Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (React Native)

Forerunner builds intelligent software for government and regulated industries to manage critical infrastructure. This role involves leading the evolution of the mobile experience using React Native, focusing on geospatial data, field operations, and climate resilience.

• Build and scale mobile applications using React Native, delivering high-quality, performant experiences across iOS and Android
• Own features end-to-end, from early design and architecture through production and iteration
• Develop intuitive, responsive mobile interfaces that work seamlessly in real-world field conditions (low connectivity, high urgency)
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to ship impactful features
• Integrate and optimize APIs, geospatial data, and real-time workflows within mobile applications
• Identify and solve performance bottlenecks to ensure native-like speed and reliability
• Contribute to mobile architecture decisions, including when to leverage native modules (iOS/Android) for performance or platform-specific needs
• Improve developer experience through tooling, testing, and best practices
• Mentor engineers and help raise the bar for mobile engineering across the team

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on mobile development
• 3+ years building production applications with React Native
• Deep proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React
• Experience building and maintaining cross-platform mobile applications (iOS + Android)
• Strong understanding of mobile performance, UI/UX, and responsiveness
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs and handling complex data flows
• Familiarity with native mobile development (Swift/Kotlin or Objective-C/Java) and when to use it
• Strong product sense and ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• competitive compensation
• health/vision/dental coverage
• a 401k plan
• one expensed lunch per week
• quarterly wellness reimbursement