Senior React Native Developer

Who we are

JustWatch delivers data-driven digital marketing for the global entertainment business, from the biggest blockbusters to award-winning shows and major sporting events. We are entertainment-obsessed ourselves, fueling the world's largest streaming guide, which in turn gives us unparalleled insights into audience behaviours and content tastes.

Our Team

The Mobile engineering team is responsible for developing the React Native apps for iOS, Android, and multiple TV platforms. The iOS & Android applications have over 4 million installs. Alongside the web app, these help users discover, start, and manage their streaming journeys.

You'll be joining the mobile development team, which focuses on rapid, experiment-driven feature development, monetisation optimisations, and deep tracking integration, which informs business-wide decisions.

Job Description

As a Senior React Native Developer, you'll be working on the JustWatch TV & Mobile Apps. For this role we're mainly looking for someone with deep experience with TV Apps and a hands-on mentality to help us reach our ambitious goals.

About streaming-related experience, this is the most important part of this role. It will be the full technical aspect of finding and dealing with content streaming. You yourself are a power user, different services, tons of watch hours, and maybe even some hot takes on what makes the best streaming service.Curiosity, drive, and passion are the core ingredients we are looking for. You need people to be willing to constantly learn through challenging yourself and others, and love getting things done. We believe in the 80/20 rule and try to apply common sense and pragmatism to everything.

You'll be primarily working on the development of our streaming capabilities on the TV Apps as well as new feature development, performance, and architecture decisions to ensure a stable and reliable experience for the millions of users across JustWatch apps.

Main Job Duties

This is an overall list of tech and skills that you may find yourself leaning on. If you feel confident in any combination of these, do apply Whatever's missing will become a source of learning with all of us.

• React Native
• Typescript
• GraphQL
• Expo
• Snowplow
• Sentry
• Video Streaming, DRM, and related tech

• Have a side project/startup (in-development or live) and/or entrepreneurial spirit.
• Collaborate closely with our Designer and SVP Platforms to build engaging features and views that attract and retain users across mobile and TV platforms.
• Experience with React Native, TypeScript, Expo, developing TV Apps, and streaming technologies.
• You can and have run multiple React Native and Expo updates and can work with native modules.
• Ideally, some experience with UI/UX design (using tools like Figma).
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team, closely collaborating with other Mobile Developers, Backend Developers & Product Managers.
• Willingness and desire to take ownership of the TV App and guide it along even your own personal desires. We also want to serve the best possible experiences and will do nothing but support you and work alongside you to get there.
• Constant learning, delivering results, and creating value are the core characteristics of everyone at JustWatch, and we are looking for these values in every person we hire.
• Implement and run A/B tests to validate hypotheses and roll out successful experiments.
• Enhance performance, reliability, and accessibility across mobile and TV devices at scale.
• Build internal tools to help us monitor and optimise a multi-million user app ecosystem.
• Ensure seamless experiences across multiple platforms and screen sizes.
• Excellent written and spoken communication in English

• An open-minded and international team that loves to collaborate to reach our goals.
• Day one impact, your thoughts, opinions, and work you do directly impact millions of people across the entire globe. It's an opportunity to work at a global scale, along with the unique challenges and problem-solving this brings.
• We believe in a permissionless environment that lets us focus on delivering value without overcomplicating things.
• We prioritise meaningful work over perks, and that true fulfilment comes from intrinsic motivation, personal growth, and making a lasting impact.
• We trust our skilled professionals to maintain a no-nonsense attitude and create an environment that promotes innovation.
• We are committed to helping you achieve your personal and professional goals, and we offer a collaborative and supportive environment to do so.
• Truly a hybrid work environment. You are not required to come to the office, but you will want to.

Media is important to us, and we are always happy to hear from people who enjoy film If you feel like you are missing some of the hard skills, don't worry, we are hiring for the attitude, values, and personality.

If we caught your attention and you're eager to delve into our perspectives and thought processes, we recommend immersing yourself in our blog post, which elaborates on these subjects:

- A company culture that really works

- Audience as a Service

- Or visit our blog here: 

How to apply

Just hit the apply button at the bottom of this page, and leave us your CV, info, and a short intro that gives us an idea of what motivates you, why you want to work at JustWatch, and how you think you will help us achieve our goals.

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Please only apply if you are interested. Copy&paste mass applications will receive a copy&paste rejection email. If you have any questions, please reach out to our talent team via LinkedIn or apply to this role directly through our jobs page.

Research shows women apply when meeting 100% qualifications, men at 60%. JustWatch welcomes all candidates, especially women and marginalized groups. Apply, let's talk, and explore if you're a great fit.