Job Description
Lead Front-End Engineer (React Native), Bonsai
What you can expect
Bonsai, now part of Zoom, builds tools that help agencies and professional teams focus on meaningful work. We’re hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer with advanced React Native expertise to lead our mobile and desktop applications. You’ll work across core areas like proposals, contracts, invoicing, payments, time tracking, tasks, and projects—mainly on mobile and desktop, with some web exposure. You’ll own both implementation and technical direction. You’ll build and improve our React Native apps while ensuring a smooth cross-platform experience.Partnering with Product and Design, you’ll turn complex workflows into simple, elegant mobile-first experiences. J
Join a team that combines startup energy with Zoom’s scale. Your work will help small businesses focus on what matters—not busywork.
About the Team
At Bonsai, we build technology that helps agencies, consultancies, and professional services teams do their best work without getting buried in busywork. Now part of Zoom, we combine deep operational expertise with Zoom’s mission to create meaningful, flexible human connection.
From small studios to growing global teams, we design tools that remove friction across proposals, contracts, projects, time tracking, and billing. Together with Zoom, we build smarter systems, collaborate more freely, and help shape the future of work.
Responsibilities
Owning and evolving the mobile and desktop frontend architecture using React Native, balancing speed, scalability, and maintainability.
Implementing and deciding on React Native patterns, navigation strategies, state management, and native module integrations.
Building and evolving our cross-platform design system and component library using React Native and TypeScript.
Partnering with Product and Design to define mobile UX patterns, elevate usability, and ensure platform-appropriate experiences.
Contributing to code reviews and knowledge sharing with other engineers.
Establishing best practices for mobile performance optimization, testing, accessibility, and cross-platform reliability.
Collaborating with backend teams to design clean, efficient API contracts optimized for mobile data flows.
Contributing to roadmap planning and breaking down ambiguous mobile-first problems into actionable work.
What we’re looking for
Have extensive experience building and shipping production React Native applications for iOS and Android
Demonstrate a proven track record of owning complex mobile features or driving major technical initiatives in React Native.
Show deep understanding of React Native architecture, navigation, state management, and mobile performance optimization.
Make pragmatic decisions in ambiguous environments with high autonomy.
Have experience with native modules, platform-specific APIs, and cross-platform development challenges.
Apply solid understanding of mobile testing strategies, accessibility standards (iOS/Android), and app store deployment processes.
Build SaaS products; familiarity with workflows like billing, contracts, or payments is a advantageous. React web experience is valuable for occasional web contributions.
Ways of Working
Our structured hybrid approach is centered around our offices and remote work environments. The work style of each role, Hybrid, Remote, or In-Person is indicated in the job description/posting.
Benefits
As part of our award-winning workplace culture and commitment to delivering happiness, our benefits program offers a variety of perks, benefits, and options to help employees maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health; support work-life balance; and contribute to their community in meaningful ways. Click Learn for more information.
About Us
Zoomies help people stay connected so they can get more done together. We set out to build the best collaboration platform for the enterprise, and today help people communicate better with products like Zoom Contact Center, Zoom Phone, Zoom Events, Zoom Apps, Zoom Rooms, and Zoom Webinars.
We’re problem-solvers, working at a fast pace to design solutions with our customers and users in mind. Find room to grow with opportunities to stretch your skills and advance your career in a collaborative, growth-focused environment.
Our Commitment
At Zoom, we believe great work happens when people feel supported and empowered. We’re committed to fair hiring practices that ensure every candidate is evaluated based on skills, experience, and potential. If you require an accommodation during the hiring process, let us know—we’re here to support you at every step.
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