Junior React Native Developer

Junior React Native Developer at Picnic

In a nutshell

At Picnic, we use React Native to provide an innovative service to our customers through our mobile app. Quality is our top priority, so we use TypeScript in our server-driven UI framework as well as our frontend code.

In this role, in addition to working with React Native daily you'll be working with our powerful server-driven UI framework that's at the heart of our business's success:

• Powers our entire shopping app and enables rapid iterations
• Drives sophisticated personalization at scale, delivering tailored content to each user
• Empowers our business teams to operate the store autonomously - dozens of operators and analysts make every day real-time updates without any further tech involvement

You can expect to work with a wide range of technologies within the JavaScript ecosystem, across the full stack!

Tricks of the trade

• Growth: Learn to collaborate with cross-functional teams across the entire business, get to work on increasingly challenging tasks and projects, and have ownership over your contributions
• Contribution: Work on our customer facing Picnic store, implementing new features on a daily basis, contribute to our React Native architecture and server-driven UI framework
• Collaboration: Collaborate with designers and product owners to create specifications for new features
• Our Tech: TypeScript and RxJS, React Native, Redux, Styled Components, Jest, Storybook

We’re looking for

• You have (or will soon have) a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2+ years of full-time software development, and have worked with React, React Native, Typescript, or similar JavaScript frameworks
• Enthusiasm to work with a variety of technologies and a problem-solving mindset
• Hands-on experience with (unit) testing
• Experience working in a product-based company is a nice to have
• The willingness and flexibility to take feedback and learn from other developers

Picnic Perks

✍🏼Every expert was once a beginner!

You’ll get plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and grow, including the Picnic Tech Academy, Lunch & Learn sessions, and tailored soft skills training. We also offer free professional weekly language courses.

💡Make a difference

You’ll work in an awesome startup environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact. Our fully electric vehicles and sustainable business model mean you’ll also be contributing to making the world a better place!

🫱🏼‍🫲🏾Teamwork makes the dream work

With more than 80 nationalities across 3 countries, you’ll be part of a diverse company with plenty of cool stuff to get involved with, from board game evenings to after-work drinks to our company ski trip and more!

🍎You are what you eat

You’ll get freshly prepared, healthy lunches and snacks (with plenty of vegetarian, vegan, and halal options). Coffee snob? Don’t worry, our amazing Picnic barista has you covered.

🚴🏽Stay healthy

Mental health is important. As well as having the option to speak with Picnic colleagues who act as confidential advisors, our collaboration with OpenUp gives you easy access to professional psychologists, along with workshops and materials.

There are plenty of sports communities and events to get involved with, from tennis to yoga, to climbing!

🔋Attractive package

We offer competitive compensation and a pension plan that looks out for your future self, as well as 25 vacation days per year, so you can recharge your batteries

🌍Benefits for expats

It can be daunting starting a new job AND moving to a new country. That’s why we offer lots of support for our many expat colleagues.