Mobile Engineering

QUORE IT : Talent Sourcing & Recruitment; Palo Alto (CA); Hybride; USD 200 000 - 400 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

QUORE IT : Talent Sourcing & Recruitment in Palo Alto seeks a Founding Mobile Engineer (React Native) to build the client’s social commerce app from zero to launch for iOS and Android.

You’ll own mobile architecture, components, testing, CI/CD, and performance, shipping production-ready features that power millions of conversations weekly. This role offers hybrid work, relocation support, and visa transfer options for exceptional candidates.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in React Native (iOS and Android).
• Experience shipping production mobile apps currently live in the App Store.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, navigation, state management, and platform-specific considerations.

Responsabilités

• Own the mobile platform end to end: architect, build, and launch the client’s React Native app on iOS and Android.
• Set groundwork for mobile architecture, shared components, testing, CI/CD, and performance standards.
• Build AI-powered, real-time experiences backed by distributed systems that handle more than 10M conversations per week.
• Integrate with social platform APIs (TikTok, Meta, Instagram) and commerce systems like Shopify.
• Work closely with product, design, and the founders to shape what gets built and set a high bar for reliability.

Connaissances

React Native

iOS development

Android development

Distributed systems

Outils

CI/CD

Description du poste

Title: Founding Mobile Engineer (React Native)

Duration: Full Time/Direct Hire

Location: Hybrid — Palo Alto, CA (119 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301). Relocation assistance available; remote may be considered for exceptional candidates.

Comp range: Up to base $400K + Equity + Annual Bonus

Work Authorization: Open to Visa transfer

Interview Process: 4 rounds!

Why you should join

• Builds the AI-native social OS for brands like Oura and e.l.f. Its agents handle community management and social listening across 10M+ conversations a week.
• Ex-Meta founders just raised a $30M Series A led by Menlo with GV and True Ventures. The team grew from 41 to 60 in a month and onboards new enterprise customers every week.
• You'd be the founding React Native engineer building the app from zero to launch. Pay runs $200k–$400k base plus meaningful equity and a bonus. It's hybrid in Palo Alto with relocation help and remote for exceptional people.

Must Have:

• Deep expertise in React Native (iOS and Android)

Required:

• 5 - 16 years of experience as a Founding Mobile Engineer, Founding Engineer, Founding Full-Stack Engineer, or Senior Full-Stack Engineer
• Experience shipping high-quality production mobile applications currently live in the App Store
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, navigation patterns, state management, and platform-specific considerations
• Experience with distributed systems
• Experience integrating with external APIs and building real-time, data-intensive features

Nice To Have:

• Early-stage startup experience with zero-to-one building or ownership (Founding Engineer, Founding Mobile Engineer, Senior Fullstack Engineer)
• Experience in social media platforms, e-commerce systems, or commerce infrastructure

Red Flag:

• Only mobile experience on unsuccessful startup products unable to scale
• Recent large-company mobile experience without startup exposure in the past 4 years

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Founding Mobile Engineer (React Native) with 5+ years of experience to build clients Social's mobile app from zero to one as we get close to launch. You'll be our first dedicated mobile engineer, so you'll make the foundational decisions for how our AI-native social commerce platform reaches brand teams on iOS and Android. We want someone with deep React Native expertise who has shipped polished, live apps that serve many users. You should take initiative and be comfortable owning work across the stack, not just the front end. This is a time-sensitive, high-impact role at a fast-moving, Series A–backed startup founded by ex-Meta leaders.

What will you be doing?

• Own the mobile platform end to end: architect, build, and launch the client's React Native app on iOS and Android
• Set the groundwork for mobile architecture, shared components, testing, CI/CD, and performance standards as we build out a mobile team
• Build AI-powered, real-time experiences backed by distributed systems that handle more than 10M conversations per week, and work across the stack when needed
• Integrate with social platform APIs (TikTok, Meta, Instagram) and commerce systems like Shopify
• Work closely with product, design, and the founders to shape what gets built and set a high bar for reliability