Founding Mobile Engineer, React Native | Equity & Impact

Nectar Social; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

ClassPass membership

Mobile stipend

Internet stipend

Early equity

Job summary

Nectar Social is building an AI-native social operating system that enhances how brands engage with communities. We are seeking a Founding Mobile Engineer to own the mobile experience from the ground up, architecting the platform and delivering AI-powered features across iOS and Android.

This highly autonomous role offers direct influence over product direction, engineering standards, and a chance to ship pivotal mobile experiences that bring Nectar's AI capabilities to customers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in React Native.
• Proven track record of shipping high-quality production mobile applications.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, navigation patterns, state management, and platform-specific considerations.
• Experience integrating with external APIs and building real-time, data-intensive features.
• Comfortable working across the stack in a fast-moving startup environment.
• High ownership mindset with bias toward action in ambiguity.
• Strong product intuition and interest in shaping what gets built.

Responsibilities

• Own the mobile platform end-to-end, architecting, building, and shipping our React Native application across iOS and Android.
• Build AI-powered mobile experiences that surface insights and power real-time agent interactions.
• Establish mobile architecture patterns, shared components, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and performance standards.
• Integrate with social platform APIs (TikTok, Meta, Instagram) and e-commerce systems like Shopify.
• Collaborate with product, design, and founders to shape product experience and technical implementation.
• Set a high bar for reliability and performance through monitoring and optimization.

Skills

React Native

Mobile architecture

API integration

CI/CD

Performance optimization

Startup mindset

Tools

iOS development

Android development

Bridging native modules

Job description

Nectar Social is building an AI-native social operating system that enhances how brands engage with communities. We are seeking a Founding Mobile Engineer to own the mobile experience from the ground up, architecting the platform and delivering AI-powered features across iOS and Android.

This highly autonomous role offers direct influence over product direction, engineering standards, and a chance to ship pivotal mobile experiences that bring Nectar's AI capabilities to customers.