Lead Mobile Engineer, React Native
hace 4 días
Madrid
Lead Mobile Engineer, React Native Location: Madrid (Hybrid) · Full-time · Competitive compensation + equity Shape the Future of Marine Navigation Orca is reinventing how people navigate the sea—building the next-generation navigation platform for recreational boating. Our mobile-first experience already guides hundreds of thousands of boaters with features like real-time routing, weather overlays, and offline navigation. We’re looking for a Lead Mobile Engineer [React Native] to drive and scale the development of the Orca App. This is a hybrid role that blends hands-on engineering with technical and team leadership. Your success will come from architecting long-term solutions that endure, raising the bar for the team, and shaping an engineering culture centered on delivering high customer value. What You’ll Do • Lead the mobile App team—own the app architecture, drive technical decisions, and ensure high-quality delivery., • Mentor, support, and help grow a small team of talented React Native engineers., • Balance hands-on contributions with coaching and technical guidance., • Partner closely with Product, Design, and Backend to shape roadmap and execution., • Build robust, performant, and reliable features like sail routing, weather layers, real-time navigation, and offline maps., • Champion best practices in code quality, testing, performance, and release management., • Contribute to hiring and onboarding as we scale the engineering team. What You Bring Technical Skills • 7+ years of mobile development, including 5+ years building production React Native apps., • Strong foundation in computer science principles and software architecture design., • Expert-level knowledge of TypeScript, React, and modern front-end patterns., • Hands-on experience upgrading React Native versions and managing related code migrations., • Strong capability in profiling and optimization for performance and battery usage., • Experience with app instrumentation for monitoring, analytics, and observability., • Proficiency with native development in Java/Kotlin and Objective-C/Swift, including integration of native modules and working knowledge of TurboModules/JSI., • Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for mobile applications. Leadership & Execution • Proven experience leading small engineering teams or technical projects., • Strong systems thinker who balances short-term velocity with long-term maintainability., • Clear communicator who can align teams, clarify tradeoffs, and push through ambiguity., • Passion for product and UX—thinks like a customer and codes like an owner. Why Join Orca? • High ownership: Your work will directly impact thousands of users at sea., • We’re a small, fast-moving team with big ambitions and no unnecessary layers., • Real-world impact: This isn’t a typical consumer app—it's a mission-critical tool used in high-pressure, real-world scenarios., • Great incentives: Competitive salary + equity in a well-funded, high-growth company. Check out some features we’ve shipped: Apply Now Send your CV and links to your work (GitHub, portfolio, apps) to . Want to jump the queue? Try our coding challenge ( review submissions fast.