Senior React Native Engineer & Team Lead Patient Squad (all genders)

Pegel; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly home office allowance

Meal subsidy

30 vacation days per year

Learning & development budget

Job summary

Caspar Health is seeking a Senior React Native Engineer & Team Lead for the Patient Squad. You will lead, coach, and own the growth of engineers while building intuitive frontends for patients and clinicians.

You will shape the technical roadmap, collaborate with Product and Clinical teams, and drive innovation in a remote-first, flexible-work environment with strong ownership and collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Strong React Native and mobile development experience.
• Proven track record leading and coaching engineering teams.
• Experience with OTA (Over-the-Air) updates.
• Familiar with AI-assisted coding and LLM-driven workflows.
• Frontend mastery with modern JS frameworks and backend exposure.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the Patient Squad, owning delivery and quality.
• Directly collaborate with Product and Clinical teams to translate needs into features.
• Own the technical roadmap and make pragmatic, value-driven decisions.

Skills

React Native

Team leadership

Mentoring

Scrum

Remote work

Tools

Redux

RxJS

Cypress

Node.js/TypeScript

Job description

Senior React Native Engineer & Team Lead Patient Squad (all genders)

At Caspar Health, we don’t just build software - deliver Combined Care. We bridge the gap between technology and medical expertise to help people regain their independence after illness or accidents. For us, digital innovation only works when paired with personal, human medical support.

The Role: Lead. Build. Coach.
We are looking for a Senior Engineer with initial experience in a leadership role.

The "Combined Care" Mission:Develop intuitive frontends that empower both patients and medical professionals, ensuring technology enhances—not replaces—the human touch

People Leadership:You are the anchor of the team. You will lead, coach, and take full responsibility for the growth and well-being of your fellow engineers

Strategic Ownership:Directly collaborate with other Product Squads and Clinical teams to translate medical needs into seamless digital experiences

You’re a fit if you are a React Native expert who wants to lead a team where the "Definition of Done" includes making someone's recovery possible.

Manage Multiple Projects: Effectively oversee and orchestrate development across several concurrent projects, including our white-label mobile apps, web applications, and core React Native mobile apps

Shape the Engineering Culture:You are the mentor and disciplinary lead for the team. You don’t just "manage" them; you empower them to grow, collaborating closely through Scrum while remaining hands-on with the code yourself

Technical Sovereignty & Pragmatism:From day one, you own the technical roadmap of our application. You have a knack for cutting through complexity to makesimple, pragmatic decisionson how we evolve our product to meet patient needs without over‑engineering

Pioneer AI & Automation:Actively use LLMs for coding and spearhead the development of a multi-agent environment to multiply the team's efficiency and capabilities

Bridge Technology & Therapy:Work at the heart of Combined Care. You’ll collaborate directly with Rehabilitation and Prevention experts to translate medical expertise into intuitive mobile experiences

Set New Standards & Drive Innovation: As a key partner for Product and Design, you ensure that our frontend isn't just user-friendly, but a benchmark for digital health accessibility. You define the processes and introduce the best practices that keep our development at the cutting edge

Your Profile

Mindset & Attitude: You possess a strong "can-do" attitude and a growth mindset, always eager to learn, adapt, and tackle new challenges with positivity

React Native & Mobile Ecosystem:You have extensive experience in mobile application development, specifically within the React Native ecosystem, and a proven track record of mentoring or leading engineering teams

OTA Updates:You are highly experienced in practicing Over-the-Air (OTA) updates to ensure smooth, continuous delivery for mobile applications

AI-Assisted Engineering:You actively use LLMs in your daily coding workflows and have the knowledge and vision to build and integrate multi-agent environments for your team

Frontend Mastery:You are an expert in modern JS frameworks with years of experience in both web/frontend and mobile development

Full-Stack Understanding:You have a strong interest in backend technologies (such as Node.js, TypeScript, and/or Ruby on Rails) and can effectively bridge the gap between frontend and backend architectures

Quality & Testing:You have experience with end-to-end testing frameworks (like Cypress) and guide the team in implementing best practices for test coverage and code quality

State Management:You have a deep understanding of state management frameworks (like RxJS or Redux) and help your team utilize them efficiently

Value-Driven Execution: You can analyze complex customer requirements and quickly develop intuitive, pragmatic solutions that provide significant, tangible value to patients

Remote-first with flexible working hours - office optional in Berlin-Mitte or up to 90 days a year outside of Germany

To match this, we support you with a monthly home office allowance and an additional meal subsidy

Plenty of time to recharge - with 30 vacation days per year

Budget for learning & development, conferences, and coaching - tailored to your potential and growth opportunities.

High level of ownership and decision-making freedom - no micromanagement. We hire experts who know what they’re doing. #MakeAnImpact!

Genuine collaboration - no silos, no egos. After all, we’re all working toward the same vision. #ValueFocus!

Access to all Caspar offerings for mental and physical well-being #HealthyTogether!

And yes - all the snacks your heart desires, group sports sessions, a never-empty drinks fridge, and a healthy dose of humor are included too.

What defines us as a team

We live diversity - it's not a marketing slogan, it's part of our everyday reality

Feedback isn’t a tool - it's part of our culture

We believe that technology only makes sense when it truly helps people

Our drive is purpose - but our standard is professionalism

At Caspar Health, we strive to provide a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all Casparians* regardless of ethnic origin, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, limitations of any kind, physical appearance, social background, age or religion (or lack thereof).

When you apply, we purely focus on your experience and motivation. You decide what additional information you want to disclose (picture, marital status, religion, gender, nationality, etc). We value and treat all applications equally.

We are looking forward to getting to know you!

Our product CASPAR Health is used in the environment of medical institutions, patients, doctors, and therapists. Working with (sensitive) personal data (e.g. health data) is part of our daily work. Therefore, we require a high level of commitment to the protection of personal data from our employees in order to protect the rights of the data subjects as best as possible.

Note on data protection:

You can find our privacy policy here.