Role : Senior React Native Developer
Position : Full-time Remote (Work From Home)
Platform : Yokel – A community-driven fundraising and local commerce platform
About Yokel
Yokel is building a platform that connects local businesses, communities, and fundraisers in a seamless, automated way. Users make purchases at participating merchants, and automatically support local causes—no manual tracking, no friction.
Our mobile app is central to this experience : event discovery, QR-code-based deep linking, real-time fundraiser progress, purchase insights, and community engagement. We are growing quickly and are looking for a senior engineer who can help us scale our React Native application with quality, performance, and great user experience.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior React Native Developer to join the Yokel mobile application team. You will be a part of developing and managing major feature builds, architecture decisions, performance improvements, app store deployments, and collaborate closely with backend, product, and design teams.
This is a high-impact role—your work will directly shape the experience of thousands of users participating in local fundraisers and community events.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive development of new features and improvements in the React Native mobile app.
- Architect scalable, maintainable, high-performance mobile codebases.
- Implement and maintain deep linking , universal links , QR code flows , and advanced navigation patterns.
- Integrate front-end components with APIs, including secure flows such as Stripe account linking and transaction data retrieval .
- Improve app reliability, performance, and UI responsiveness.
- Own the end-to-end CI / CD pipeline for mobile (builds, OTA updates, store submissions).
- Collaborate with backend engineers to define API contracts and optimize data flows.
- Conduct code reviews, mentor junior developers, and help establish engineering best practices.
- Work closely with product and design to ensure exceptional user experiences.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.5+ years of professional experience in mobile development and 3+ years building production apps in React Native .As this is a remote position, strong command over spoken and written English is a must.Strong knowledge of JavaScript / TypeScript , functional patterns, and modern RN architecture.Experience with React Navigation , deep linking, universal links, and complex routing.Experience integrating with backend services and third-party SDKs (Plaid experience is a plus).Familiarity with iOS and Android native modules , bridging, and platform-specific constraints.Strong understanding of performance optimization, offline handling, and state management using Redux.Experience with CI / CD , app versioning, and App Store / Play Store submission processes.Strong communication skills and ability to operate autonomously in a remote environment.Nice-to-Have
Experience with Stripe , or other financial APIs.Experience with using AI based tools such as Cursor, CoPilot etc will really help.Experience with analytics, monitoring, and error-tracking tools (Sentry, Firebase, etc.).Prior startup experience—comfortable moving fast and iterating.UX intuition and an eye for polished interactions / animations.What We Offer
100% remote work with a flexible schedule.Competitive compensation.Opportunity to influence the architecture and direction of a fast-growing mobile product.Work on meaningful problems that help local businesses and communities thrive.A collaborative, supportive, high-ownership culture.