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Senior Software Engineer - Frontend

Oolka

Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaJob$20–50K/yrPosted 6mo agoVerified open 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$20–50K/yr
Location
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

Oolka seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build and enhance its chat interface, focusing on real-time communication, offline‑first data handling, and AI‑native rendering on mobile platforms. The role involves designing transport‑agnostic pipelines, optimizing Android performance, and delivering well‑tested, maintainable code for evolving product capabilities.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

MobileReact NativeRedux.jsTypeScriptWebSocketsAndroidRenderingSQLiteWebSocketWatermelonDBFlatListHermesRedux

Qualifications

3+ Years React Native Experience

Full job description

Responsibilities:

  • Implement the chat interface for Oolka following established architecture patterns and design specs from our UI/UX team.
  • Design the real-time communication layer, a transport-agnostic message pipeline that works across WebSocket, HTTP polling, and future push notification channels without UI-layer changes.
  • Architect the local data layer offline-first storage, sync strategies, conflict resolution, and schema migration patterns that scale as Dhruva adds new capabilities.
  • Build extensible rendering infrastructure for AI-native features, streaming responses, polymorphic message types, inline actionable widgets (payment CTAs, score visualisations), and proactive nudge surfaces.
  • Handle mobile-specific edge cases, app backgrounding/foregrounding, token refresh, graceful degradation on network loss, and error recovery UX.
  • Write well-tested, documented code that the team can maintain and extend as Dhruva's capabilities grow.

Requirements:

  • 3+ years React Native with production apps shipped to both app stores.
  • Strong WebSocket integration experience, connection lifecycle, reconnection strategies, and event-driven message handling on mobile.
  • Local data persistence using SQLite or WatermelonDB, including schema migrations and offline-first patterns.
  • TypeScript proficiency in defining strict types from backend API contracts and maintaining type safety across the data layer.
  • Performance optimisation on Android FlatList tuning, memory profiling, and Hermes engine familiarity.
  • State management with Redux or equivalent handling concurrent async state (network, WebSocket, local DB) without race conditions.
  • Experience rendering polymorphic UI components, mapping different message types (text, rich cards, suggestions, documents) to distinct components from a single data stream.

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