Senior Principal React Native Engineer, Design Systems

1 Month ago • All levels • System Design • $160,965 PA - $349,885 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Yahoo is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer with extensive expertise in React Native to lead cross-platform mobile initiatives. The role involves architecting and delivering mobile-native components that align with web systems, ensuring consistent user experiences across iOS, Android, and web platforms. This position aims to bridge critical gaps, optimize performance, and influence the future direction of mobile development at Yahoo. Key responsibilities include developing robust, high-performance cross-platform mobile components using React Native and TypeScript, and ensuring visual, functional, and accessibility parity with existing web design systems.
Must have:
  • Develop robust, high-performance cross-platform mobile components using React Native and TypeScript.
  • Ensure visual, functional, and accessibility parity with web design systems.
  • Architect and implement mobile-native components using React Native and TypeScript.
  • Guarantee consistency and parity with web-based systems.
  • Optimize mobile components for iOS and Android performance.
  • Act as a technical leader, collaborating with mobile teams.
  • Establish and document mobile theming systems, responsive layouts, and best practices.
  • Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript.
  • Solid understanding of mobile architecture and platform-specific design patterns.
  • Experience optimizing React Native applications for performance.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Familiarity with mobile accessibility standards.
Good to have:
  • Exceptional knowledge of mobile architecture, UI design patterns, and platform-specific nuances.
  • Proven experience bridging web and mobile engineering teams for platform parity.
  • Demonstrated ownership of mobile-specific performance optimizations.
Perks:
  • Flexible hybrid work options
  • Healthcare
  • 401k
  • Backup childcare
  • Education stipends

Job Details

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

Yahoo is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer with extensive expertise in React Native to spearhead our cross-platform mobile initiatives. In this role, you'll architect and deliver mobile-native components aligned with our web systems, ensuring consistent experiences across iOS, Android, and web platforms. Your role will bridge critical gaps, optimize performance, and shape the future direction of mobile development at Yahoo.

Primary Focus:

  • Developing robust, high-performance cross-platform mobile components using React Native and TypeScript.

  • Ensuring visual, functional, and accessibility parity with existing web design systems.

Responsibilities:

  • Architect and implement mobile-native components leveraging React Native and TypeScript.

  • Guarantee consistency and parity with web-based systems in terms of design, user interaction, and accessibility.

  • Optimize mobile components specifically tailored to address the performance intricacies of iOS and Android.

  • Act as a technical leader, working collaboratively with mobile teams across Yahoo to ensure seamless adoption, integration, and support.

  • Establish and document mobile theming systems, responsive layouts, and platform-specific best practices.

Qualifications:

  • Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript, with proven experience building complex, performant cross-platform mobile apps.

  • Solid understanding of mobile architecture, including detailed knowledge of platform-specific design patterns for iOS and Android.

  • Demonstrable experience in optimizing React Native applications for enhanced performance, usability, and responsiveness.

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience leading and mentoring cross-functional engineering teams.

  • Familiarity with mobile accessibility standards and best practices.

Desired Strengths:

  • Exceptional knowledge of mobile architecture, UI design patterns, and platform-specific nuances.

  • Proven experience bridging web and mobile engineering teams to maintain platform parity and consistency.

  • Demonstrated ownership and deep understanding of mobile-specific performance optimizations, gesture handling, and adaptive layout behavior.

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $160,965.00 - $349,885.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.

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