Lead frontend architecture for enterprise React Native mobile apps. Define code structure, state management, reusable components, and architecture patterns. Design offline-first features, secure payments/eWallet, real-time receipts, and complex checkout flows. Collaborate with backend, QA, DevOps, and security; enforce best practices, performance, accessibility, testing, CI/CD, and mentor engineers.
We are seeking a highly experienced Frontend Technical Architect to lead the architecture and design team. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in React Native, strong mobile architecture patterns, and experience in building complex enterprise-grade applications with high reliability, security, and offline capabilities.
You will define the technical direction of the frontend stack, own system-level decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure scalable, maintainable, and secure architecture aligned with business goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define code structure, modularization strategy, state management patterns, and reusable components.
- Drive the technical design for critical features: offline mode, store-and-forward, eWallet, real-time receipts, complex tender flows, and secure checkout.
- Evaluate and implement architecture patterns like MVVM, Redux, or React Context API based on performance and maintainability.
- Collaborate with backend architects to optimize API contracts for frontend performance.
- Review code, enforce best practices, and mentor frontend engineers.
- Own performance optimizations, accessibility, testing strategy, and app security.
- Work closely with QA, DevOps, and security teams to define CI/CD, automated testing, and secure coding standards.
Required Qualifications:
- 12+ years of experience in software development with at least 4 years in architectural roles.
- 5+ years of React Native architecture and development experience.
- Strong understanding of mobile performance profiling, memory management, and offline-first architecture.
- Experience in building high-volume transactional apps with secure payments and PCI/DSS compliance.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, and local storage solutions.
- Hands-on with tools like Jira, Bitrise, Fastlane, ESLint, TypeScript, Redux, Detox, Jest, Appium.
- Exceptional communication and documentation skills.
Nice to Have:
- Prior experience architecting retail systems, inventory apps, or transactional fintech apps.
- Knowledge of design systems and component libraries (Figma to React).
Photon Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office
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