Mobile App Engineer (React Native and Android/Kotlin) – D.C. / New York – Hybrid – Opportunity to work for a Renowned Publication!

Mobile App Engineer (React Native and Android/Kotlin) – D.C. / New York – Hybrid – Opportunity to work for a Renowned Publication!

One of the US’s most prestigious magazines, with roots tracing back to the 1800’s, are currently searching for an experienced Mobile (Reactive Native and Android) App Engineer to join their growing Mobile division!

The prestigious American magazine and multi-platform publisher covers politics, foreign affairs, business, culture, technology, and science.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Mobile Engineer with React Native and Android (Kotlin) experience to take the next step into a challenging position with a stable, well-known American institution!

About the Company:

They have influenced national discourse on business, foreign policy, politics, and cultural trends for almost 150 years.

They and their writers have collected several prizes and awards for their work.

They have over 350 employees, over one million subscribers, and growing!

About the Mobile (React Native and Android) Engineer Vacancy:

You will:

• Hit the ground running to write, test, debug, document, and deploy code across their full stack, with a primary focus on mobile development in React Native and Android (Kotlin).

• Partner with the Product and Design teams to collaboratively translate ambiguous requirements into well-scoped technical solutions.

• Participate in and contribute to code reviews, stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and technical documentation.

• Participate in on-call rotation (outside of standard business hours) to monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production incidents, ensuring system reliability and uptime.

• Research and recommend technical solutions for future product features, evaluating new technologies and presenting recommendations with clear trade-off analysis.

• Demonstrate technical leadership by mentoring engineers, establishing best practices, and helping maintain quality standards across the engineering department.

Ideal Requirements for the Mobile (React Native and Android) Engineer Vacancy:

• Several years of mobile/full-stack software development experience, including several years of React Native development

• Professional experience with JavaScript/TypeScript ideally with at least one backend language (Python preferred)

• Experience shipping and maintaining mobile applications on Android (Kotlin) platforms

• Experience deploying and maintaining production systems using cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), containerization, and CI/CD pipelines

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with React, Django, GraphQL, and infrastructure tools (Docker, Terraform)

• Experience with native iOS (Swift/Objective-C) or Android (Kotlin/Java) development

• 2+ years in a technical leadership role (leading projects, mentoring, or architectural decisions)

• Experience designing scalable systems and working with AWS/GCP cloud services

• Background in media/publishing platforms with third-party integrations and data pipelines

Apply to the Role:

Roles like these are snapped up very quickly, so act now if you do not want to miss out! Reply to this advert or email your CV to richard@weareorbis.com