Engineer, React - Players Health

About Players Health

At Players Health, we are on a mission to create the safest and most accessible environment for an athlete to play the sports that they love. This is not only our mission, but also our promise to sports. A promise we will not break. There are over 50 million youth athletes playing sports in the US and they are counting on us to ensure that the environment that they are coming into not only accepts them for who they are, but fills them with encouragement, love, inspiration, and so much more.

Players Health is a VC backed, mission-driven, sports technology platform providing digital risk management services, reporting tools and insurance products to sports organizations to comply with the changing athletic environment and responsibilities.

Our Core Values

We cannot achieve our mission without having a strong culture. We believe that at the core of a strong culture is a shared set of values. The values that we hold true and look for our employees to embrace are as follows:

• Mission Driven: Our mission always comes first. If we stay on mission as an organization then we believe we will be successful in our professional and personal lives.
• Humility: We approach our challenges and our work with a sense of purpose and humility. We can only succeed if we are willing to learn and adapt to the situation with a humble attitude.
• Collaborative: We are part of a team. No one person at Players Health can succeed on their own and therefore we must work and build together.
• Hard Work: We put in the hard work. Both professionally and personally. We aim to bring the best of who we are every single day.
• High Integrity: We uphold the highest standards of integrity in all of our actions within our industry. Our integrity should never be compromised or come into question.

About The Role

Candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing user interface components using React.js concepts and workflows like Redux, Flux, etc. You will also be responsible for profiling and improving front-end performance and documenting our front-end codebase.

To ensure success as a react.js developer, you should have in-depth knowledge of JavaScript and React concepts, excellent front-end coding skills, and a good understanding of progressive consumer facing web applications. Ultimately, a top-class react.js developer should be able to design and build modern user interface components to enhance application performance.

Responsibilities (are inclusive of but not limited to):

• Developing and implementing highly responsive user interface components using react concepts.
• Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.
• Design and implement user interface components for JavaScript-based web and mobile applications using React ecosystem
• Work as a part of a small team that includes other react native developers, designers, QA experts, and managers
• Build app and UI components from prototypes and wireframes
• Work with native modules as and when required
• Use Native APIs for tight integrations with both platforms – Android and iOS
• Write automated tests to ensure error-free code and performance
• Improve front-end performance by eliminating performance bottlenecks
• Create front-end modules with maximum code reusability and efficiency
• Implement clean, smooth animations to provide an excellent user interface
• Work with third-party dependencies and APIs
• Work with Redux architecture to improve performance of the websites/mobile apps
• Coordinate with the cross-functional teams to build apps in stipulated time/budget.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 5+ experience working with React web and mobile along with tools like Flux, Flow, Redux, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, functional programming, and front-end languages
• Strong knowledge of React fundamentals such as Virtual DOM, component lifecycle, and component state
• A complete understanding of the full mobile app development lifecycle right from prototyping
• Knowledge of type checking, unit testing, typescript, prop types, and code debugging
• Experience working with REST APIs, document request models, offline storage, and third-party libraries
• Strong understanding of web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Knowledge of user interface design and responsive designs
• Well-versed in a variety of React Native software and technologies such as Jest, Enzyme, ESLint, and so on
• Hands on experience on Spring boot & SPARK Microservices and OSGi specifications
• Working knowledge of front-end technologies like React, React Native
• Strong knowledge of micro-service logging, monitoring, debugging and testing
• Implementations experience of micro-service integration, packaging, build automation and deployment
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
• The desire to be continually learning about emerging technologies/industry trends
• Knowledge of software architecture
• Project management experience
• A hands-on, engaged approach to solving problems
• Excellent communication skills and experience in collaborative environments
  
  

Non-Technical Skills Of React Native Developer:

• Strong knowledge of software development approaches, principles, and flows
• Experience working on large, complex web and mobile apps
• Ability to create and maintain smooth continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline of React Native applications
• Understanding of React Native best principles and design aesthetics
• A positive mindset and continuous-learning attitude
• Stay updated with new updates, technologies, and news of React Native
• Ability to solve issues and contribute to libraries as and when needed
• Experience working in an agile development environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate strategy
• Familiarity with modern front-end tools and building pipelines
• A collaborative approach to build apps and solve complex problems
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Client-focused approach with a goal of creating user-centric designs
• Good interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to write clean, well-documented code that follows good coding practices
  
  

Desired Characteristics:

• Although not required, a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Sports Management, Business Administration, or related field is desired.
• At least 5 years of working on consumer facing applications experience is required.
• Good knowledge of technical requirements for a human centric or customer centric digital experience is desired.

Players Health is committed to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.