React Native Engineer - remote

Invergehq is hiring a React Native Developer as our third technical hire. You’ll be working directly with the CTO and the other founders. This is an opportunity to be an early hire, work in all parts of the system, and help a fast-growing business go to the next level. 
 

Invergehq.com 
 
At its core, Inverge is a platform that helps brands and wholesalers connect with their retailers and gives everyone the tools they need to sell more easily and efficiently. 
 
Our users are able to have one tool to get your products in the hands of customers anywhere they are with minimal effort. They can dive in deep and run every aspect of your business or just use a single piece. This could be a brand connecting to thousands of retailers across the country for both drop shipping and replenishment, sharing a single uniform catalog, managing all of your warehousing and fulfillment for orders coming from any channel be that a retailer, B2B website, marketplace, or B2C website. This could also be a small store looking to simplify its inventory management and understand its customers better. 
 
Our existing team is composed of three founders and a small development team. All are based in the areas surrounding New York City and South America. 
 
This is an opportunity to face a variety of challenges and find what excites you. If you love data, analyzing it, and building algorithms to make peoples’ lives easier, there are tons of opportunities for that. If you love putting yourself in the user’s shoes and thinking of interesting new ways to help them get their work done more quickly or easily there are a lot of roles and jobs to design for. If you love taking things apart and seeing how you can make them work better or simplify things, there is plenty of opportunity for that. If you love solving problems we are a team that loves to find the hardest problems and work together to solve them. We are curious and always looking to grow and learn. 
 
Since our soft launch, we’ve been able to attract well-known brands and as we gear up for a formal launch and an aggressive marketing/sales initiative, we’re expanding our team. 
 

We are preparing to grow rapidly and are looking for the right person to join us. This will be a critical role in our technology growth and you’ll have the opportunity to make a huge impact. 
 

In the beginning, you’ll work closely with the CTO. You’ll be introduced to the main application as well as the POS app. Once a fundamental understanding is reached you will jump right in on projects that need to be addressed, which will grow in complexity as your experience grows. 
 
You’ll primarily work with React Native and React.js consuming a REST API. You will be referencing an application using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery but will not be expected to work in that environment but may find it useful to understand details from that implementation. You will be building on AWS using EC2, CloudFront, S3, Lambda, and API Gateway. The collaboration will happen using Git (Bitbucket) and Asana. 
 
A majority of your time initially will be spent working on the existing POS app. We have many features that need to be added on an ongoing basis. There are also numerous areas that need optimization or tweaks to simplify support. You will also be responsible for developing stand-alone front ends which will consume our API as well as guide the transition of the main application to a React.js-based application. 
 
There is a significant amount of autonomy. There are clear goals and priorities but the actual implementation and timing are flexible. For the most part, you are expected to be self-motivated and complete your work. You’ll have access to the rest of the team as needed but shouldn’t expect to be babysat as long as your work is being completed. 
 

As we grow our development team we would love to leverage your previous experience collaborating with teams and putting in place development standards/best practices. This will allow us to grow our team and continue to be able to deliver features and grow at a rapid pace. Eventually, you will be managing a team, setting priorities, and overseeing development. 
 

We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and ready to take initiative. We are not looking for someone who needs to be told what to do on a daily basis. We are looking for someone who loves solving problems but doesn’t always go with the first thing that comes to mind. You also consider how this solution might be able to solve the next problem too while being mindful of when spending more time on something in the short term is appropriate. You will be working in a rapidly changing environment and will not be expected to know everything but be very interested in learning new things. You’ll be expected to have worked on teams in production environments and bring your experience and best practices to aid us in this growth period.