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<h1><strong>👥 About the Engineering Team</strong></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">At ZOE, we use advanced science and technology to transform health—and our Engineering team sits at the heart of that mission. We are a distributed team of around 40 engineers across the UK and EU who thrive on solving complex challenges together.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are a highly <strong>cross-functional</strong> group, bringing together front-end, back-end, mobile, machine learning, and data expertise. We partner closely with Product, Design, and Science to build truly impactful member experiences.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We value <strong>curiosity, openness, and empowerment</strong>. We encourage continuous learning, sharing ideas, and shaping how we work—whether through experimenting with new technology or improving team efficiency.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><em>We're proud of our team's diversity (40% female, 60% male) and believe that varied backgrounds, cultures, and lived experiences make us stronger, more creative, and better equipped to serve our global community.</em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1><strong>🚀 About the role & impact</strong></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’re looking for a <strong>Senior React Native Engineer</strong> to join our cross-functional product engineering team.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You’ll work closely with Product, Design, and Analysts to build features that enable customers to snap meals, track their progress, and understand how their diet affects their bodies.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>ZOE’s React Native mobile app features include:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Barcode scanning and AI photo logging of meals.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Wearables integration for sleep and exercise data.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Visualisation and tracking of health and diet data.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Joyful animations built using Rive to make habit-building delightful.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">You’ll also be an active member of our <strong>Mobile Community of Practice</strong>, connecting with engineers across the company on platform initiatives like React Native upgrades, accessibility, and automated deployments. You’ll help us find the sweet spot between fast iteration and building a high-quality, "joyful" experience for our members.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>💻 <strong>About our stack</strong></h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Frontend:</strong> React Native, Expo, TypeScript</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Mobile Tools:</strong> Rive, Reanimated, RTKQuery, Redux, Scandit, Maestro, Storybook, Fastlane</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>App Tools:</strong> Mixpanel, Kameeleon, AppsFlyer, Firebase, RevenueCat</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Backend:</strong> Kotlin / Spring Boot, Python / FastAPI & Django</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>CI/CD:</strong> GitHub Actions</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1><strong>🎯 What you’ll be doing</strong></h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Collaborative Building:</strong> Deeply understand our customers to build delightful and meaningful solutions, working in fast loops with product managers, designers, and analysts.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Taming Complexity:</strong> Take ownership of ambiguous technical problems, breaking them down into manageable parts to ensure we deliver value to our members quickly and incrementally.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Pragmatic Quality:</strong> Balance speed and quality by prioritising solutions that allow us to learn quickly while ensuring our mobile architecture remains scalable and healthy.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Elevate the Team:</strong> Mentor and support your teammates through thoughtful code reviews and knowledge sharing, helping to shape a world-class engineering culture.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Iterate & Ship:</strong> Ship to production frequently, working in quick iterations to learn from real user data and refine the experience.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1><strong>🌟 We think you would be great if you…</strong></h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have 4+ years of hands-on frontend experience, with experience in React Native or React Web.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Are adaptable in fast-paced environments, comfortable navigating challenges and driving progress under changing conditions.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Bring a positive and collaborative energy, building strong relationships and helping to make ZOE a joyful place to work.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have a pragmatic mindset, championing simple, elegant code over unnecessary complexity, and knowing when a design needs to evolve for the future.</p></li></ul><h2><strong>✨ Bonus Points</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A passion for accessibility and design systems, ensuring our products are usable by everyone.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience building animations and motion using Rive or tools such as Ski or Reanimated.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with automated E2E testing, such as Maestro, Detox, or Appium.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1><strong>✨ Our Hiring Journey</strong></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">We value your time. We’ve designed a streamlined, 4-step process to get us from "Hello" to "Welcome to the team" as quickly as possible:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Step 1: 👋 Intro chat with Talent Team</strong> (High-energy alignment alignment check)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Step 2: 🧠 Hiring Manager Interview</strong> (Tactical conversation focused on your craft)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Step 3: 🔄 The Remote Loop</strong> (2 to 4 focused interviews assessing technical and collaboration skills)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Step 4: 🎉 The Finish Line</strong> (Offer, equity/benefits breakdown, and onboarding)</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">___________________________________________________________________________</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>🚀 <strong>Ready to thrive? Apply Now</strong> </h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">If you are genuinely excited about ZOE's mission and this opportunity, please don't hesitate to apply—even if you don't meet every single requirement listed. We fundamentally value potential and commitment above all else.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><em>ZOE is an equal opportunity employer. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the interview process, just let us know—we are here to support you.</em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">___________________________________________________________________________</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1><strong>Not the perfect match? </strong><em>Join </em><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zoe/form/talent-community"><em>ZOE's Talent Community</em></a><em>!</em></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><div style="text-align:center"><img style="max-width:100%" src="https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/52df5476-920a-4f03-83e5-2312df164703/b28c4418-b89a-4104-ab22-e98d67e610fa/Screenshot%202026-05-22%20at%2011.41.34.png" width="295.67535400390625"></div><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">If this role isn't the exact right fit, or the timing isn't right, don't let the journey end here. Drop your resume here. When a role opens up that matches your unique superpowers, you'll be the first person we reach out to.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><h2><strong>📸 Stay Curious. Follow the Journey.</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Want to see life behind the scenes, our latest health breakthroughs, and how we're changing the world through food? Follow us on our socials:</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://linkedin.com/company/joinzoe/"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a> | <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/zoe/"><strong>Instagram</strong></a> | <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@join_zoe"><strong>TikTok</strong></a> | <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@joinZOE"><strong>YouTube</strong></a> | <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/joinzoe1/"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></p>

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