AI-Native Mobile App Developer (React Native / Expo)

A founder-led consumer app studio is hiring an AI-native React Native and Expo developer. You will build its first subscription app, then a reusable template for a growing portfolio of apps.

About the role

The founder handles growth and paid acquisition, and you own the build. You work mainly through AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, often several at once. You write the specs and rules files, the agents write most of the code, and you check everything with tests, type checks, diff review, and on-device testing. The speed bar is clear: take a new app from zero to App Store submission in about 2 weeks, with a working build and a short demo video every day. The first app is a consumer subscription app with a full-screen vertical content feed, a native app-lock feature built on Apple’s Screen Time APIs, a paywall with a free trial, and home and lock screen widgets. After that, you build a shared template so each new app ships in under 2 weeks.

Required Qualifications

Has shipped real apps with React Native and Expo, with live App Store links to share
Deep native iOS skills in Swift, including iOS app extensions and native modules inside Expo (config plugins, development builds)
Builds with AI coding agents every day and can demo the setup (tools, rules files, automations) and walk through how the last feature was built
Has taken an app from zero to live on the App Store in weeks, not months
Has built consumer subscription apps: paywalls, free trials, StoreKit 2, Superwall or RevenueCat, and analytics and attribution (PostHog, AppsFlyer, Meta and TikTok SDKs)
Works independently from a written brief and makes sensible product decisions without waiting
Strong professional English, written and spoken

Preferred Qualifications

Apple Screen Time API experience (FamilyControls, DeviceActivity, ManagedSettings), which is a major plus
Kotlin and Android experience
Experience with right-to-left text layouts
Has built custom automations for their own workflow, such as MCP servers, scripts, or CI that ships to TestFlight
Startup or founder-led background

Responsibilities

Build and ship consumer mobile apps in React Native and Expo, from first build through App Store release and iteration
Build native iOS modules and app extensions in Swift where the product needs them
Turn product briefs into written plans, task files, and repo rules so the agents build it right the first time
Automate shipping with EAS builds, TestFlight, and over-the-air updates on every merge
Keep the code clean enough to support many apps on one shared template
Add AI features to the apps where they help, and bring better AI tools to the table without being asked
Switch between apps and ideas without losing momentum, and get up to speed fast on new product categories
Send the founder a daily written update and demo, flag risks, and push back constructively when something could be built better

Working arrangement

This is a fully remote 3-month contract with strong potential to extend, open to candidates based in Latin America. You need at least 6 hours a day of overlap with US Eastern Time. You also need a Mac with current Xcode, a physical iPhone for testing, reliable high-speed internet, and a quiet home office. All code, designs, and accounts belong to the company under an IP assignment signed before paid work begins. Applications should include live App Store links, a 2 to 5 minute screen recording of you building with AI, and the fastest you have taken an app from zero to live.

Who thrives in this role

Builds fast and ships daily without letting quality slip
Treats AI agents as the core of how they work, not a shortcut
Comfortable in a fast, entrepreneurial setting with no corporate structure
Communicates clearly and responds with urgency
Wants a long-term role building many apps, not a single projec

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