Mobile Application Developer

Role type: Full-time · Mobile Engineering Lead

Stack: React Native (Expo / EAS) · TypeScript · REST APIs (NestJS backend)

Platforms: iOS + Android from a single codebase

About Globeia:

Moving countries shouldn't mean starting your paperwork from scratch. Born in India. Studied in the US. Worked in Canada. Married in the UK. Settling in Spain.

Every move means the same headache - police clearances, apostilles, verifications, translations & endless paperwork.

Globeia has been solving this problem the hard way since 2020 - across the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia & India. Now, we're turning that operational expertise into software.

One platform. Upload your documents once. We handle the rest - wherever life takes you.

Built bootstrapped. Built to last. And we're just getting started.

About the Role

We are building a mobile application for our Associate Portal and are hiring a mobile developer to own it end to end. This is a hands-on, single-owner role: you will lead the app from architecture and setup through development, testing, and deployment to both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

What You'll Do

• Own and set up the React Native (Expo) application from scratch - project setup, architecture, folder structure, and conventions.
• Build the app end to end: screens, navigation, state management, and integration with our REST APIs.
• Integrate cleanly with our NestJS backend - authentication, data fetching, caching, error handling, and offline-friendly patterns.
• Own deployment: set up the full release pipeline - builds, signing, over-the-air updates, and submission to both the App Store and Play Store.
• Implement authentication and secure defaults - secure token storage, session handling, and privacy-conscious data handling.
• Set up push notifications for status updates and associate communications.
• Establish a maintainable, scalable codebase in TypeScript with reusable components and shared types with the backend where possible.
• Set up basic testing and CI/CD for the app (aligned with our existing GitHub Actions workflows).
• Collaborate with backend and design to define API contracts and deliver a consistent, high-quality user experience.
• Manage app store review, releases, versioning, and post-launch fixes and improvements.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional mobile development experience, with strong hands-on React Native.
• Proven experience building and shipping React Native apps, ideally with Expo / EAS Build.
• Strong TypeScript proficiency - you write clean, typed, well-structured code.
• Solid experience of integrating REST APIs: authentication flows, data fetching, caching, and error handling.
• Experience with mobile state management and data-fetching libraries (e.g. React Query / TanStack Query, Zustand, Redux, or similar).
• End-to-end deployment experience - you have personally shipped at least one app to both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, including builds, signing, and store submission.
• Comfortable with mobile navigation patterns (e.g. React Navigation / Expo Router) and building responsive, cross-platform UI.
• Familiarity with push notifications (Expo Notifications, FCM / APNs).
• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows.
• Ownership mindset - able to lead the app independently, make sound architectural decisions, and communicate clearly.

Nice to Have

• Experience with a NestJS / Node backend, or comfort reading API/backend code.
• Familiarity with secure storage (Keychain / Keystore) and biometric or token-based auth.
• Testing (unit/component/E2E) and CI/CD experience (bonus for GitHub Actions).
• Some web (React / Next.js) experience - useful for sharing code and types across our stack.
• Experience building offline-first or resilient data-sync patterns.
• Awareness of app performance profiling and optimization.