8+ years of software development experience, including at least 5 years of mobile client-side development experience
Proficient in at least one native technology track — iOS/Swift or Android/Kotlin
Hands-on production experience with the other mobile platform, able to own architecture design and code review
Experience with large-scale React Native production projects; solid grasp of TypeScript, React, state management, native modules, and hybrid app architecture
Familiar with React Native performance optimization, version upgrades, platform compatibility, and crash/exception monitoring
Familiar with App Store and Google Play release processes and mobile CI/CD pipelines
Has led or been deeply involved in at least one AI agent-related feature end-to-end — requirements analysis, technical design, model/tool integration, development and integration testing, and post-launch iteration
Understands core engineering considerations for LLM applications, including prompting, context management, tool calling, streaming output, graceful degradation, evaluation, and safety boundaries
Concrete experience applying AI coding tools to improve productivity, able to speak to use cases, team workflow, quality control methods, and measured results
Experience as a Tech Lead, small-team lead, or in engineering management
Able to make sound trade-off decisions among delivery speed, technical debt, user experience, and system quality
Comfortable working across countries, cultures, and time zones
Nice to Have
Experience in consumer internet, social, content, AI, tools, or mobile-first products
Experience building a client-side product or engineering team from 0 to 1
Experience managing performance and stability for products with 1M+ users
Familiar with the React Native new architecture — Fabric, TurboModules, or Hermes
Familiar with web front-end technologies, or backend development skills in Node.js, Go, Java, or Python
Experience with internationalization, multi-language support, payments, account systems, push notifications, subscriptions, or privacy compliance