App Developer (React Native / Expo / TypeScript)
Employment Type: Full Time
Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm
Location: Bristol (Hybrid)
Team: Product Engineering
Contract: Permanent
Your next chapter
At Travel Chapter, we're building technology that powers unforgettable holidays across the UK. Our digital platforms connect guests, homeowners and colleagues, and our mobile applications are a key part of that experience.
We're looking for a talented and motivated App Developer to join our growing Product Engineering team in Bristol. In this mid-level role, you'll play a key part in building and evolving our React Native mobile applications, delivering seamless, scalable experiences for our customers and partners.
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who enjoys ownership, solving real-world problems and building high-quality mobile products in a collaborative, supportive environment.
The role
As an App Developer, you'll work across the full mobile app development lifecycle, contributing primarily to our front-end mobile applications built with Expo, React Native and TypeScript.
You'll collaborate closely with engineers, product managers and stakeholders to deliver features that make a real impact across the business.
What you'll be doing
• Building and enhancing mobile applications using React Native, Expo and TypeScript
• Writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
• Contributing to technical design discussions and solution planning
• Integrating mobile applications with GraphQL and RESTful APIs
• Supporting backend integrations and collaborating on API design
• Participating in code reviews and sharing best practice across the team
• Identifying and resolving bugs, performance issues and edge cases
• Continuously improving development standards and engineering processes
What we're looking for
We're excited to meet people who are passionate about mobile development and modern JavaScript ecosystems. You don't need to tick every single box, but experience in the core areas below is important.
Ideally, you'll bring:
• Commercial experience building mobile applications with React Native
• Strong experience working with Expo
• Excellent proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript
• Experience integrating with GraphQL and RESTful APIs
• Solid understanding of Git and collaborative workflows
• Experience writing unit and/or integration tests
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• A proactive approach with confidence to suggest improvements
Highly regarded but not essential:
• Experience working with and building or maintaining APIs
• Familiarity with AWS services or cloud-based infrastructure
• Experience with AppSync or similar GraphQL tooling
Why join Travel Chapter?
We believe in taking care of our people. As well as joining a growing, data-led business with a strong culture and real opportunity for development, you'll receive a competitive salary and a range of benefits including:
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• A special day off for your or a loved one's birthday
• £500 towards a holiday of your choice
• A paid volunteering day
• Friends and family discount scheme
• Life assurance
• A range of social clubs including fitness, sustainability, pets and more
• Exciting social events including our famous Christmas parties
Who are we?
We're Travel Chapter, the holiday home people. From our roots as a small South West holiday letting agency, we've grown to become one of the UK's leading holiday home businesses, without losing sight of our family ethos and people-first values.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We're proud of our collaborative culture, where everyone is encouraged to be bold, explore ideas and continuously improve. We take a practical, common-sense approach to solving problems and we're always learning, adapting and evolving.
Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our success. If you require any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know. We'll be happy to support you.