Who We Are
At Certn, we’re revolutionizing background screening with The World’s Easiest Background Check — fast, global, and powered by tech. We’re not about outdated processes and red tape. We’re about innovation, speed, and impact. If you’re looking for a place where ownership, collaboration, and creativity thrive, this is it.
The Opportunity
The Senior Mobile Developer will be responsible for building and maintaining Certn’s mobile applications for both iOS and Android using Expo / React Native. You’ll be working with our design, product and backend teams to design and implement new features, ensuring high performance and delivering a great user-experience. You’ll also help define mobile architecture, lean into platform-specific behaviours when needed, make sure our apps feel native and help manage deployments to the App Store and Play Store.
By bridging design, product, and backend engineering, the Mobile Developer ensures that mobile users experience the same reliability and innovation found across Certn’s digital ecosystem. The role helps the organization reach users where they are—on their devices—supporting adoption, engagement, and overall customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
Mobile Application Development
Build and enhance mobile applications for iOS and/or Android using TypeScript, Expo and clean coding practices, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and maintainable products that deliver a stable and feature-rich user experience.
Implement mobile UI/UX designs in collaboration with design teams so that interfaces reflect Certn’s brand identity, accessibility standards, and usability goals, resulting in intuitive and engaging experiences.
Refactor and maintain existing codebases to improve structure, efficiency, and long-term sustainability, enabling faster development cycles and consistent application reliability.
Mobile Application CI and Deployments
Manage deployments using EAS to the App Store and Play Store
Resolve any issues found during an App Review
Manage OTA updates using EAS Update.
Manage any issues with certificates, provisioning profiles and keystores.
Integration and System Connectivity
Integrate mobile applications with backend APIs and services to provide users with real-time, secure access to platform functionality, ensuring seamless and dependable communication between mobile and server systems.
Collaborate with backend and DevOps teams to align on API standards and deployment processes, reducing integration issues and improving delivery speed across products.
Test integrations under various device and network conditions to identify and resolve performance gaps, ensuring consistent responsiveness and reliability across environments.
Quality Assurance and Performance Optimization
Conduct thorough testing and debugging (manual and automated) throughout the development lifecycle to detect and fix issues early, maintaining a reliable, high-performing mobile experience for users.
Monitor and optimize app performance metrics such as load time, responsiveness, and resource usage to enhance speed and efficiency, ultimately improving satisfaction and retention.
Leverage analytics and crash reporting tools to make data-driven improvements that enhance app stability, guiding continuous optimization and user confidence.
Collaboration and Cross-Functional Partnership
Work closely with product managers and designers to translate business needs into technical solutions, ensuring that mobile development supports strategic product objectives and customer outcomes.
Participate in Agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos) to maintain alignment, promote transparency, and foster iterative improvements across teams.
Document and share technical knowledge to build collective understanding and consistency in development practices, enabling faster onboarding and stronger collaboration within engineering.
Continuous Improvement and Innovation
Research and evaluate emerging technologies and frameworks to identify opportunities for innovation, ensuring Certn’s mobile applications remain competitive, efficient, and forward-looking.
Contribute to architectural and strategic technical decisions to strengthen scalability and performance, building a sustainable foundation for future growth.
Champion mobile development best practices and mentorship within the team to elevate code quality and foster a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.
Key Requirements
Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and practical experience
Additional coursework or certification in mobile development (e.g., Android Developer Certification, Apple Developer Program, or equivalent) is considered an asset.
Proficiency in TypeScript / React.
Strong understanding of mobile UI/UX design principles and accessibility standards.
Experience integrating mobile apps with RESTful APIs and backend systems.
Knowledge of mobile testing frameworks and debugging tools (e.g., XCTest, Espresso, Firebase Crashlytics).
Familiarity with Agile development practices and version control systems (Git).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Clear communication and collaboration abilities.
Demonstrated experience publishing applications to the App Store or Google Play.
Experience working within cloud-integrated or API-driven environments.
Exposure to performance tuning, analytics, and app monitoring tools.
Why You Should Be Excited
Flexibility: Remote-first role with teammates across North America and the UK.
Global Collaboration: Partner with experienced engineers in multiple regions
Compensation: Competitive salary, commission structure, comprehensive health benefits, generous paid time off.
Culture: Collaborative, async-friendly, and innovation-focused.
We believe talent knows no borders, and we’re open to candidates from the UK and beyond.
A Little Bit More About Us
Certn is a growing global technology company reinventing the way organizations build trust in people with technology and AI-backed background checks. Having recently been named one of Canada’s Companies-to-Watch in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Awards, we are one of the fastest-growing start-ups in the sector. Just so you know, the selected candidate will be required to complete a background check — so you’ll get to see first-hand what we do. Certn is committed to equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. If you have a disability that requires accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know how we can best assist you.
Ready to build your career and make an impact? Apply now and start your journey with Certn.
