Summary
TAWANTECH is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to provide technical leadership across web and mobile applications. The role includes designing scalable React and React Native architectures, setting engineering standards, leading complex implementations, and overseeing mobile releases. The engineer will also improve performance, accessibility, security, and maintainability, review technical work, resolve production issues, and mentor other engineers. Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, at least 5 years of frontend experience, and experience with regulated financial services; a master’s degree is preferred.
The posting
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Purpose:
To serve as a senior technical authority in frontend engineering, designing complex and scalable frontend solutions and driving engineering standards, performance, quality, and technical excellence across digital applications.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as senior technical authority for frontend engineering across both web and mobile platforms.
- Design complex, scalable frontend architectures using React (web) and React Native (mobile).
- Define frontend engineering standards, patterns, reusable components, and shared design systems.
- Own cross-platform code sharing strategy and maximize reuse between web and mobile.
- Lead technical implementation of complex features and modernization initiatives.
- Own mobile release engineering, including native build configuration and App Store / Google Play processes.
- Review complex code and technical designs to ensure quality and architectural alignment.
- Drive improvements in performance, accessibility, security, and maintainability across platforms.
- Apply client-side security requirements for authentication, session handling, and sensitive data.
- Resolve critical and device-specific production issues.
- Ensure effective integration between frontend applications, APIs, and backend services.
- Evaluate frontend technologies, frameworks, and engineering approaches.
- Mentor frontend engineers and raise the technical bar across the chapter.
- Contribute to enterprise-wide engineering and architecture initiatives for frontend technologies.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field; Master’s preferred.
- 5+ years of frontend engineering experience, including senior or lead technical ownership.
- Deep expertise in React and React Native, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern state management.
- Proven delivery of production mobile apps, including native tooling (Xcode, Android Studio) and store releases.
- Payments, banking, or regulated financial services experience.
- Professional Certificates.