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TrustedHousesitters is a fast growing, direct-to-consumer marketplace that is redefining pet care and travel.
The Role:
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior App Engineer to join our Member Experience squad within the Member Lifetime Value organisation. This squad is instrumental in delivering a premium experience to our members and plays a vital role in our strategy to scale from 250,000 to 1 million members.
This role is centered on mobile development with a strong emphasis on user experience, performance, and accessibility. Operating within a collaborative, experimentation-driven environment, you will have significant autonomy and ownership over the features that define how pet owners and sitters connect globally.
Core Responsibilities:
- Technical Leadership: Lead technical discovery, architectural planning, and the end-to-end implementation of complex product features.
- Engineering Excellence: Develop and maintain high-performance, accessible, and engaging mobile interfaces using React Native and Expo.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and stakeholders to align technical execution with business objectives.
- Mentorship & Quality: Enhance the capabilities of the engineering team through active pairing, comprehensive code reviews, and structured knowledge-sharing.
- Scalable Architecture: Maintain and evolve scalable mobile architectures, ensuring adherence to secure coding practices and performance optimisation standards.
- Product Iteration: Contribute to a culture of measurement and continuous improvement, utilising data and user feedback to refine the product.
Requirements:
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Technical Proficiency: 4+ years of professional experience in mobile application development, with deep expertise in React Native and JavaScript/TypeScript.
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Platform Expertise: Proven hands-on experience with Expo and modern JavaScript build tooling (e.g., Webpack, Vite).
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Architecture & Standards: Strong understanding of scalable mobile architectures, accessibility (a11y) standards, and mobile performance optimisation.
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Integration: Experience collaborating with API developers and successfully integrating complex third-party platforms.
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Operational Awareness: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing/observability strategies (e.g., GitHub Actions, Sentry).
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Communication: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate technical strategy to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to haves:
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Full-Stack Capability: Production-grade experience with React for web and backend frameworks (preferably Python/Django and Django Rest Framework).
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Emerging Technologies: Experience integrating AI/ML-powered tools to enhance user personalisation or automation.
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Data-Informed Growth: Familiarity with A/B testing frameworks and data-driven product experimentation.
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Observability: Experience leveraging tools such as Datadog to monitor and improve application health.
In addition to a competitive salary and bonus, we offer a range of benefits, including:
🐾 For the love of pets
- Each year, you’ll get a Premium TrustedHousesitters Combined membership which includes benefits like free airport lounge passes, Sit Cancellation Plan and Home and Contents Plan, plus five Premium memberships to gift to friends and family
- Our team can work remotely from as many house sits as they like, and we contribute up to £500 per
year towards travel costs to and from sits - Find a rescue pet to join your family and we’ll cover the adoption fees, as well as “pawternity” to help your pet settle into their new home
💜 Health & wellbeing
- SimplyHealth healthcare cash plan
- Bupa Health Insurance and Dental Insurance plan
- Specsavers eyecare scheme
- Weekly virtual yoga sessions
- Optional enrollment onto our Trusted Giving scheme, which includes employee giving via Charities Trust and 2 days paid annual volunteering allowance
💻 Working environment
- Work fully remotely from anywhere in the world – as long as you follow compliance as a UK tax resident
- Get £200 to spend on home office equipment each year + Macbook and Apple accessories when you start
- Access to Spaces co-working locations across the globe
- We host an all-expenses-paid meetup each quarter and fund team events (remote or in-person) throughout the year
- We cover the costs of personal development resources and have regular time set aside for learning and growth
- Depending on your role within the business, you’ll have the option to customise your work hours to better align with your personal schedule
💰 Compensation & time off
- 25 days off per year, plus bank holidays and festive closure between Christmas and New Year (36 days + Christmas Day for some roles)
- Competitive salary which is reviewed twice a year
- Generous equity package
- Discretionary 10% quarterly bonus scheme, distributed quarterly
- Pension scheme: 5% from you as an employee and 3% from TrustedHousesitters
- £500 recruitment referral bonus
If you’re ready to join us on our mission to become the most loved pet travel solution, we’d love to hear from you!
Contact Detail:
TrustedHousesitters Recruiting Team