Lead React Native Engineer

Role & responsibilities

We are looking for a Lead React Native Engineer to own the architecture, technical direction, and delivery of our cross-platform mobile applications. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has spent years deep in production React Native codebases.

• Own end-to-end mobile architecture across iOS and Android, from technical roadmap to production release.
• Lead migration to and ongoing development on React Native's New Architecture (JSI, Fabric, TurboModules, Hermes).
• Design and build custom native modules bridging JavaScript with native Kotlin/Swift code.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and release (Fastlane, GitHub Actions, Bitrise).
• Drive performance optimization across rendering, memory, bundle size, and startup time.
• Manage Play Store and App Store release cycles, including versioning, compliance, and rollout strategy.
• Lead code reviews, mentor engineers, and set technical standards across the mobile team.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Backend, and QA to deliver large-scale, production-grade mobile applications.

Preferred candidate profile

Must-Have Requirements:

• 6+ years of overall software engineering experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on React Native development in production apps.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript.
• Solid experience with Redux and Redux Saga for state management.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with React Native's New Architecture (JSI, Fabric, TurboModules, Hermes).
• Proven native module development experience.
• Working proficiency in Kotlin and/or Swift.
• Experience with React Native CLI (bare workflow), not limited to Expo-managed apps.
• Strong understanding of mobile application architecture and design patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture, or similar).
• Hands-on CI/CD experience with tools like Fastlane, GitHub Actions, or Bitrise.
• Track record of performance optimization in production mobile apps.
• Experience managing Play Store and App Store release processes end-to-end.
• Demonstrated technical leadership: code reviews, mentoring, and driving engineering standards.
• Experience building and scaling large, production mobile applications used by real users at scale.
• Good to Have:
• Experience at a product-based company (not purely service/consulting).
• Domain experience in FinTech, SaaS, E-commerce, or Healthcare.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT).
• What We're Looking For: We're being selective for this role - genuine, sustained hands-on React Native depth matters more than breadth across many frameworks. Candidates should be able to speak in detail about real production challenges they've solved: native bridging, New Architecture migrations, performance bottlenecks, and release management at scale.