React Native Intern

Lokal; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A local content and service platform in Bengaluru is seeking a Mobile Application Developer to assist in building and maintaining applications using React Native/Expo. The ideal candidate will work closely with designers and developers, ensuring high-quality UI/UX translation into functional mobile components. Responsibilities include debugging, optimizing app performance, and integrating with backend systems. Join a fast-paced environment where access to the internet significantly impacts lives.

Qualifications

• Experience with mobile application development using React Native/Expo is a plus.
• Ability to write clean and maintainable code under mentorship.
• Familiarity with mobile app performance optimization practices.
• Debug, test, and optimize app performance across devices.
• Integrate mobile apps with REST APIs and backend systems.
• Stay curious and learn best practices in modern mobile development.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and maintaining mobile applications using React Native/Expo.
• Work with designers to translate UI/UX designs into mobile components.
• Help in debugging and optimizing app performance across devices.
• Help in debugging, testing, and optimizing app performance across devices.
• Support integration of mobile apps with REST APIs and backend systems.
• Stay curious and learn the best practices in modern mobile development.
• Contribute ideas to enhance user experience and team productivity.

Skills

React Native

UI/UX Design Translation

Debugging and Testing

REST API Integration

Fast Learning

Tools

Git

Job description

In 2018, we began with a WhatsApp group with a simple hypothesis: people in tier-2/3 towns weren't really using the internet meaningfully yet. We believed that if we started with local content in their own language, they'd come back every day; once there was a habit and trust, that same space could naturally grow into classifieds and, eventually, something they used for almost everything online. This spark became Lokal. Our first instinct was to put everything in one place & one app - local updates, classifieds, jobs, matrimony and more. It worked, till it stopped working. Users gave us the insight - when one use case outweighs the others, everything else seems like noise. We listened. Like how Craigslist quietly seeded a generation of focused companies & marketplaces, we began unbundling and verticalising.

Today, Lokal is a house of focused apps, many products, one mission:

• Edutainment & Skill Learning - practical skills and learning in regional languages (GyanTV)
• Matrimonial Matchmaking - hyperlocal, compatibility-first partner search (Lokal Matrimony)
• Agri Consulting - farmer-first advisory in local languages (AgriLokal)
• Local Jobs - blue- and grey-collar opportunities close to home (Lokal Jobs, Sahi Jobs)
• Social & Community - Place to find & post social updates (Lokal app)
• Emotional Well-being & Peer Support - safe spaces to talk and feel heard (Dostt & Eaze)
• Astrology & Guidance - instant access to trusted Astrologers via chat and voice (AstroLokal)
• Advisory Services - early bets in legal help, financial guidance, career counselling, and more

Under the hood, Lokal is a discovery and access platform: local-language internet + deep Bharat insight+ AI. When someone opens a product we've built, they don't wade through clutter; they get a straight line to what they came for. This is the story new teammates walk into:

A company that started as a whatsapp group, became a family of focused apps, and kept one belief at the centre — access changes lives. We ship fast. We learn fast. We build for Bharat. We are backed by leading global and domestic investors including Y Combinator, Sony, Global Brain, India Quotient, and 3one4 Capital.

Requirements

Assist in developing and maintaining mobile applications using React Native/Expo.

• Work with designers and developers to translate UI/UX designs into working mobile components.
• Write clean, modular, and maintainable code under mentorship.
• Help in debugging, testing, and optimizing app performance across devices.
• Support integration of mobile apps with REST APIs and backend systems.
• Stay curious and learn the best practices in modern mobile development.
• Contribute ideas to enhance user experience and team productivity.