Senior React Native Engineer

Dealership:

At Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) our success is fueled by our high performing teams delivering Auto Done Easy for our customers. We create simple, transparent, and convenient customer experiences throughout the vehicle-ownership lifecycle by leveraging our hundreds of store locations and our key adjacencies - Driveway, DFC, and GreenCars. We've built a retail model that champions entrepreneurial leadership, Growth Powered by People, and a strategy that creates possibilities and pushes us to reach our potential.

As our Senior React Native Engineer and founding mobile architect, you'll define the technical vision, architecture, and engineering standards that power the future of the MyDriveway mobile experience. Leveraging React Native and Expo, you'll bring key customer-facing capabilities from our web platform to iOS and Android while building a secure, scalable, and high-performing application designed for long-term growth.

You'll have significant influence over architectural decisions, development practices, quality standards, and release processes. Beyond building the foundation, you'll help grow our mobile capabilities by mentoring experienced web engineers as they expand into mobile development.

Supported by dedicated web, API, and database engineering teams that manage our Azure infrastructure, backend services, Salesforce ecosystem, and core web platforms, you'll be empowered to focus on what matters most: creating an exceptional mobile experience and establishing the framework for future innovation.

Location: Remote (West Coast Hours)

Target Hiring Range: $100,000-$140,000

What You'll Do

• Architect and build a scalable React Native mobile application from the ground up using Expo, Expo Router, and TypeScript, establishing the foundation for future growth.
• Define mobile engineering standards including state management, offline data strategies, code quality guardrails, automated testing, and secure development practices.
• Integrate enterprise systems by connecting mobile experiences to Azure APIs and platforms such as Salesforce and Snowflake while ensuring scalable, reliable data flows.
• Transform prototypes into production-ready solutions, optimizing performance, security, maintainability, and mobile user experience across iOS and Android.
• Lead and mentor engineers, helping experienced web developers expand into mobile development and adopt mobile-first best practices.
• Own the mobile delivery lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, App Store and Google Play releases, and ongoing platform evolution.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, QA, and Engineering teams to shape technical direction, define acceptance criteria, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years building and shipping production React Native applications.
• Advanced expertise with React Native, TypeScript, Expo, Expo Router, and EAS build workflows.
• Strong background in mobile architecture, state management, offline-first design, performance optimization, and debugging across diverse devices and network conditions.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, automated testing strategies, and maintainable application architecture.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude and the ability to review and productionize generated code.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers, drive technical decisions, and build alignment across teams.
• Experience with Azure, Salesforce, Snowflake, and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Total Rewards

At Lithia & Driveway, we believe in pay transparency. The full compensation range for this position is $100,000–$150,000, reflecting the earning potential and growth opportunities available within the role. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, job-related knowledge, and geographic location. Final pay decisions are made through the interview process and in accordance with applicable pay equity and transparency laws.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Paid Holidays
• PTO: 80 hours front-loaded on day 1
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Lithia Learning Center
• Vehicle Purchase Discounts
• Wellness Programs

Additional information about our Total Rewards benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at totalrewards.lithiadriveway.com

High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. We are a drug free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.