Senior Software Engineer (Front end)

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

You will be part of a cross functional product team challenged with revolutionising Viasat’s Partner Experience’s and Field Operations across our business segments.

Crafting engaging user experiences, using AI and our platform to build user journeys that simplify our business processes, improve quality, and support usability for various personas.

You’ll participate in our team meetings and agile ceremonies. This is a hands on software engineering role.

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field or equivalent practical hands on experience
• Extensive professional experience in a related job using an Agile software lifecycle including TDD, pair programming, short release cycles
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment

• Experience developing applications using React Native combined with TypeScript (required)
• Experience with Test Automation with JEST
• Experience with native build processes including deploying apps to App/Play Store.
• Experience integrating with GraphQL and RESTful JSON API’s
• Background in developing Native mobile apps (important to have some experience)
• Experience delivering mobile applications developed with REACT Native to production
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Experience with Datadog or another analytics tools

• Effective communicator with internal xcfaprz and external collaborators
• Ability to seek out, clarify and challenge requirements
• Ability to mentor other engineering team members
• Rota paid on call
• Opportunities to work on full-stack (native & backend) development
• Architect, build and maintain excellent React Native applications
• Contributing to our design and software development lifecycles
• Experience creating native modules for React Native apps (important to have)

• Experience with EXPO
• Experience working with hardware integrations with React Native (Bluetooth and USB preferable)