App Developer - React Native + ARKit - Contract

Intergalactic is looking to contract a Senior App Developer - React Native with ARKit Experience on a project by project basis.

You love working on challenging projects and ensuring that they are delivered to the highest quality. You also like to work with other smart, skilled, passionate developers and help inform tech direction and best practices. As part of a team of other web and interactive devs you will work directly with clients, designers and other developers delivering projects from concept and proposal through to development and delivery.

Who we are:

Intergalactic Agency is an award winning innovation and creative tech agency. We collaborate with design and event production companies from around the world to bring brilliant ideas to life. Projects range from complex web site builds (e.g. global virtual events platform) to real-time multi-user web AR solutions to custom apps. We’re a nimble company where you’ll see the work you do put into action.

What you’ll do:

• Work on custom applications and interactive projects
• Ideate and estimate on creative briefs as part of team ideation sessions to come up with envelope pushing experiences
• Architect, develop and deploy high quality, complex, and highly scalable systems
• Work within the software development teams to streamline the build processes and release management via continuous integration and deployment pipelines
• Produce clean, efficient, high quality code based on specifications and best practices
• Contribute to creating a cohesive and well organised team
  

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• 3 - 5+ years work experience using React Native
• Experience / proficiency with Unity
• 1+ years work experience using ARKit
• Ability to design secure and testable code
• Be curiosity driven and creative

Nice to haves (we know it's a lot for one person):

• Agency experience
• 3 - 5+ years work experience using ReactJS (NextJS) and NodeJS (for future projects)
• Experience / proficiency with three.js (for future projects)
• 3 - 5+ years work experience (expert) API development skills: JSON, graphQL, etc
• 2 - 3+ years work experience working with databases (NoSQL - MongoDB/Redis and SQL - MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Familiarity with Dev Ops: AWS
• Familiarity with Apple Distribution

We operate on a remote or hybrid model (flexible based on location) with a dog friendly "exposed post and beam" office in Yaletown, Nespresso coffee and healthful snacks and drinks provided. Please note that while contractors are not required to work from the office, it is encouraged to come into the office for collaboration.

Interested? Send us your application including a cover letter. Not a boiler plate cover letter, just a short couple of sentences telling us something about you and why you love tech; or include your favourite sci-fi movie quote (okay, it doesn't have to be sci-fi, but with a name like Intergalactic, what did you expect) and a sentence explaining why it’s your favourite.