A fast-growing AI start-up is redefining how people learn by delivering personalized 2-minute podcasts with world-class experts anytime anywhere. As they accelerate their product and expand their team they are hiring a Lead Front-End Engineer to take their mobile experience to the next level.
Whether you are a high-agency product engineer ready to own the React Native stack or a seasoned mobile developer seeking a fresh high-impact challenge this is an opportunity to shape an emerging consumer AI product alongside a talented well-supported team.
Requirements
What you will do
- Lead the end-to-end development of the B2C mobile app using React Native and TypeScript
- Prototype ship measure scale or sunset experiments rapidly
- Craft delightful UX including micro-animations offline resilience and p95 performance
- Collaborate with design and data to optimize features and retention
- Contribute across the stack (Node and TypeScript backend Python AI pipelines) when needed
- Treat experiments as core product work instrument A/B test and iterate
- Work directly with the founder tech lead and advisors to drive product direction
What we are looking for
- 3 to 8 years of experience building and shipping B2C mobile products ideally in early-stage startups
- Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript with the ability to dip into Swift or Objective-C
- Experience navigating backend or infrastructure (Python GCP Airflow) to unblock yourself
- A scrappy resourceful mindset and comfort moving fast and iterating quickly
- Excellent judgment on what good looks like in design performance and user value
- Strong product thinking with the ability to balance user experience technical trade-offs and business impact
- Track record of spinning up prototypes quickly and improving or replacing them without ego
Why this role stands out
- Strategic opportunity to own the mobile front-end for a high-potential AI product
- Direct mentorship from a founder who scaled a multi-billion-dollar company and advisors like Tinder s former CPO
- Competitive salary and benefits with strong equity upside
- Flexible work setup with three days in person in Victoria and remote flexibility
- Immersion sprints in Silicon Valley with founders and top AI investors
- Zero bureaucracy with a focus on impact and growth
Nice to have
- Experience shipping 0 to 1 products even if they did not succeed
- Background in consumer AI or audio products
- Familiarity with Google Cloud infrastructure and experimentation frameworks
Node, GCP, JavaScript