Senior Mobile Engineer — React Native & TypeScript Expert

Skit AI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Skit AI is seeking an experienced mobile engineer to lead app development on iOS and Android using React Native and TypeScript. You will architect foundations, implement authentication, push and deep linking, and collaborate with backend teams on APIs.

You’ll own CI/CD, testing, and deployments, driving performance and stability across platforms. Applicants should demonstrate live apps on both stores and comfort with end-to-end product ownership in a distributed US-India team.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with React Native and TypeScript, plus solid React fundamentals.
• At least one app built or led that is live on both App Store and Play Store.
• Experience with native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) for native modules and platform behavior.
• Knowledge of GraphQL/REST APIs and ability to read/write Node.js backend code.
• End-to-end product ownership as an individual contributor.

Responsibilities

• Choose and set up the mobile foundations, including project structure, navigation, state management, theming, and a reusable component library.
• Implement core platform features such as authentication, push notifications, deep links, offline support, and real-time updates.
• Work with backend engineers to define and consume GraphQL and REST APIs, and contribute to Node.js services when needed.
• Set up mobile CI/CD, automated testing, crash reporting, analytics, and over-the-air updates.
• Own App Store and Play Store submissions, review compliance, versioning, and staged rollouts.
• Keep the app fast and stable through performance profiling, memory and battery optimization, and app size management.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

React fundamentals

Push notifications

Deep linking

Secure authentication

GraphQL

REST APIs

Node.js backend

End-to-end product ownership

Tools

Expo

CodePush

AWS Cognito

Detox

Maestro

Appium

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Jest

Cypress

Job description

Skit AI is seeking an experienced mobile engineer to lead app development on iOS and Android using React Native and TypeScript. You will architect foundations, implement authentication, push and deep linking, and collaborate with backend teams on APIs.

You’ll own CI/CD, testing, and deployments, driving performance and stability across platforms. Applicants should demonstrate live apps on both stores and comfort with end-to-end product ownership in a distributed US-India team.