Senior Application Developer (12 months contract)
Requisition ID: 191131
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Technology Solutions - Marketing
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario
City: Mississauga
Location: Tahoe Office
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Ready to Make an impact?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a 12 months opportunity for a Senior Application Developer. This role is based out of our office in Mississauga, ON.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
What You’ll Do:
- Lead the development of new features and enhancements in our React Native applications for iOS and Android.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (design, product, backend, QA) to translate business requirements into high-quality, maintainable code.
- Write clean, reusable, and well-tested TypeScript/JavaScript code following best practices and coding standards.
- Integrate RESTful APIs, GraphQL endpoints, and cloud services into mobile apps.
- Optimize app performance, memory usage, and responsiveness.
- Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across the mobile stack.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for React Native builds and deployments.
- Conduct code reviews, mentor junior developers, and promote engineering excellence.
- Build and maintain native modules in Swift/Kotlin when needed for React Native integration.
- Stay current with the latest React Native releases, ecosystem libraries, and mobile development trends.
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What you have to offer:
- 6+ years of professional software development experience, with 4+ years in React Native delivering production apps at scale.
- Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript.
- Solid understanding of mobile app architecture, state management (Redux, MobX, or Recoil), and navigation (React Navigation).
- Experience with native iOS (Swift/Objective-C) and/or Android (Kotlin/Java) development for integrating platform-specific features into React Native.
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design, Firebase, and mobile security best practices.
- Hands-on experience with Azure Repos, Git, Gitflow, CI/CD pipelines, and build tools.
- Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest, Detox, or Appium.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in Scrum teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Nice to haves:
- Understanding and experience in Python.
- Experience with performance profiling and optimization in React Native apps.
- Knowledge of GraphQL and Apollo Client.
- Experience with mobile analytics, A/B testing, and feature flagging.
- Familiarity with cloud environments (GCP, AWS, or Azure) for mobile backend integration.
- Understanding of DevOps, SRE principles, and mobile app observability (New Relic).
At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.