React Native Engineer

Tapcart is the leading mobile app platform for the world’s fastest-growing Shopify brands. We help marketers and eCommerce teams strengthen their brands and create differentiated customer experiences through a direct mobile channel.

Our platform powers mobile shopping for over 50 million consumers and processes more than $8 billion in revenue annually. Brands like Béis, Grove Collaborative, and Ruggable trust Tapcart to turn mobile traffic into high-retention, high-growth relationships — with mobile apps launched in hours, not months.
THE ROLE

As a Senior Software Engineer, React Native at Tapcart, you’ll work in a small, highly collaborative cross-functional team to build and enhance our mobile commerce platform. You’ll have end-to-end ownership, from ideation to deployment, with a direct impact on our customers. We value rapid iteration, empowering and expecting engineers to ship code daily in a fast-paced, data-driven, and agile environment. You’ll drive innovation while ensuring accountability and transparency, with regular progress updates keeping the team aligned.

The ideal candidate is passionate about code quality and following best practices while always searching for new, better ways to get things done. Presented with a problem space, this person can autonomously translate business and functional requirements into live production-ready solutions and drive projects to completion.  They are obsessed with customer value, understanding that completion means not just finishing code but personally validating solutions and delivering tangible value to customers. This person will help shape the next generation of products at Tapcart - building marketing tools, developer tools, generative AI tools, and more - as part of a close-knit, small cross-functional team.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Build and deploy full-stack solutions with a focus on pixel-perfect user interfaces delivered to over 100M shoppers, owning projects end-to-end.

• Architect and review the design for cutting-edge mobile and web services using the latest tools, with a strong emphasis on cross-platform development, in close collaboration with other cross-functional team members.

• Optimize application architecture and infrastructure for cost and performance, specifically considering the demands of high-volume mobile application delivery.

• Protect customer and shopper data with enterprise-grade security best practices and global regulatory compliance, with a deep understanding of mobile security considerations.

WHAT SKILLS YOU’LL NEED

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant experience in React Native, React, Next.js, and full-stack development in a JS/TS stack.

• Strong web development fundamentals – HTML, CSS, Accessibility – with a track record of building beautiful UI for production applications

• Demonstrated ability to architect complex full-stack solutions, including mobile applications, and obtain buy-in from stakeholders.

• Experience defining API schemas for mobile and web applications and managing change over time.

• Strong experience in system architecture design, application development (both mobile and web), and DevOps practices tailored for mobile and web deployments.

• Expertise with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS), including services relevant to mobile application deployment and management.

• Strong proficiency in mobile development best practices, including performance optimization, offline data management, and platform-specific considerations.

  BONUS IF YOU HAVE:

• Experience with Shopify Storefront/Admin API frameworks.
  

SALARY RANGE: $175,000 - $185,000 annually
This position is not eligible for visa transfer or sponsorship.

This position is remote eligible in the following states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, MA, ME, MI, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA

TAPCART PERKS AND BENEFITS:

• 💰 Financial Wellness

  • 401(k) plan and equity grants for all full-time employees — because we grow together

  • Competitive compensation with room to grow

• 🏥 Health & Wellbeing

  • Affordable, high-quality medical, dental, and vision coverage

  • Mental health support via Headspace and Talkspace, ensuring your whole self is supported

• 🛋 Flexibility & Time Off

  • Flexible PTO policy — take the time you need to rest and recharge

  • 11 paid company holidays

  • Work remotely

• 🛒 Work-Life Balance with a Tapcart Twist

  • One-time home office setup stipend to get you started

  • Recurring merchant shopping stipend so you can experience the magic of Tapcart like our customers do

WHY JOIN TAPCART?

We’re a Santa Monica-based tech company with the energy of a startup and the momentum of a market leader 🏖. At Tapcart, we believe building great products starts with building an environment where passionate people can thrive.

Since our $50M Series B in 2021, we’ve continued scaling our platform and our community of merchants. Backed by world-class investors and trusted by leading eCommerce brands, we’re on a mission to redefine mobile shopping — and we’re just getting started.

• Check out what our customers are saying. 

Learn more about who we are and what we offer on our Careers page.

Recruitment Disclaimer:
Please be aware that Tapcart, Inc. (“Tapcart”) and our official professional recruiting agencies and platforms do not:

• Send job offers from free services like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Whatsapp, etc.

• Request money, fees, or payment of any kind from prospective candidates to apply to Tapcart, for employment, or for the recruitment process (e.g. for home office supplies, or training, etc.).

• Request or require personal documents like bank account details, tax forms, or credit card information as part of the recruitment process prior to the candidate signing an engagement letter or an employment contract with Tapcart.

You may see all job vacancies on our official Tapcart channels:

• Official Tapcart website, Careers page: https://www.tapcart.com/careers

• Official LinkedIn Jobs page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tapcart/jobs/