Senior React Native Developer (Team lead)

GymNation is expanding our team worldwide and looking for a Senior React Native engineer who has taken apps from zero to production to ongoing support. If you have a portfolio packed with apps you personally shipped and maintained and you're eager to mentor three talented engineers who are new to React Native, we'd love to meet you. The goal is to develop, ship and support completely new mobile app from 0 to 1.

Who we are? 

GymNation is a Dubai-based chain of large-format fitness centers founded in 2017, operating over 20 locations across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Why join GymNation?

• High-impact work - Own our next-generation member-experience app end-to-end.
• Green-field product - Start from a blank repo and ship to thousands of daily users.
• 100% fully remote job - Result driven development
• Opportunity to move to Dubai - If you want
• Career growth - Define mobile standards and grow into an engineering-lead role.

What you'll do

• Ship 0-to-1 features - Release an MVP in your first 3 months, iterate bi-weekly thereafter.
• Own the mobile codebase - Architect, test, release and monitor both iOS & Android builds.
• Interview additional developers - if required
• Set quality bars - Introduce CI/CD, automated testing and performance monitoring. 
• Collaborate deeply - Shape product direction with Design, CTO, CMO.
• Operate in production - Handle crash triage, OTA updates, store reviews, push notifications, and analytics loops (CDP). 

You'll bring

• Live apps in the App Store / Google Play that you can demo and discuss in depth (architecture, trade-offs, metrics).
• Proven record of taking greenfield ideas to v1.0 and iterating post-launch.
• Comfort leading code reviews, pair-programming and running short learning sessions.
• Solid native fundamentals (iOS/Android), React Native, Expo or other boilerplates.
• Clear, concise communication in English; able to explain complex topics to non-mobile engineers.
• We welcome applicants of every age, gender identity, ethnicity, and background.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior leadership of a small mobile squad.
• Experience setting up A/B testing or growth experiments on mobile.
• Experience integrating with nest.js, AWS will be a plus, time based OTP, IMEI filtering, gamification.

What we offer

• Competitive salary + annual bonus.
• GymNation all-access membership & wellness stipend.
• 30 calendar days paid vacation + UAE public holidays.

Hiring process

• Intro call - 30 min with Engineering Manager.
• Technical interview - 1 hour conversation with test task.
• 1 to 1 - Meet with CTO
• Meet with management
• Offer - Target turnaround within one week.

Ready to build the next must-have fitness app?

Fill the form:

https://forms.clickup.com/90181299214/f/2kzkjv0e-2878/4CNMX5757NFT4ZM333

And we'll contact you regarding the job. We can't wait to see what you'll ship next.