Lead Engineer (React Native)

About The LEGO Group

Based on the iconic LEGO® BRICK, the lego group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of play materials.

Children are our role models and the importance of play has been at the heart of our business ever since 1932 when the company was founded. Their curiosity, creativity, and imagination inspire everything we do.

Position

Kids Technology is part of the Consumer and Creator Technology organization within Digital Technology. Kids Technology is responsible for crafting consumer facing digital products, which include experiences such as LEGO Life, LEGO Building Instructions, and LEGO.com/Kids.

As an engineer you are also encouraged to drive, mentor and inspire the team through your passion and experience.

You will work on experiences that will reach millions of consumers worldwide, and you will join a highly-skilled international team that eats agility for breakfast and values individual talents and team spirit, where playing and having fun is an integrated part of working.

Responsibilities

• Build efficient and reusable applications using React Native (JavaScript, TypeScript)
• Design, build and maintain smart phone apps end-to-end
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX designers and other specialists to deliver both new functionality and iterative improvements to apps in the Kids space
• Bring your curiosity to explore new technologies and methods, seeing opportunities that can help us improve and move our solutions to the next level
• Active participation and contribution to team initiatives, knowledge-sharing and communities
• Create and apply security/privacy best practices from ideation to production release and beyond
• Ensure high quality and be a steward of the LEGO values that consumers expect from our brand

Your qualification

• Expert knowledge of React Native development (JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Expert knowledge of working with optimizing front end performance and cross-device compatibility
• Proficient knowledge about optimizing for accessibility within native apps
• Experience with native app development (iOS or Android)

Will be a plus

• Knowledge about the React JavaScript Library
• Knowledge of consuming and providing APIs
• Curious about exploring new technologies and opportunities
• Passion to drive technology, through technical leadership on engineering and architectural practices and standards

What we offer

Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind
• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
• Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. The hiring team will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model 'Best of Both', role eligibility and frequency with you during the recruitment process