App Developer

REACT NATIVE DEVELOPER – FOUNDING MOBILE ENGINEER

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 2–5 years

Employment Type: Full-time

ABOUT AIRA AI

At AiRA, we are building the world’s most advanced personal AI, designed to blend seamlessly into everyday life. Our systems remember context, anticipate what matters next, and respond with personality, making every interaction feel effortless and human. Driven by memory, proactivity, and trust, AiRA feels less like a tool and more like a collaborator that learns, guides, and grows alongside you.

ROLE SUMMARY

We are looking for a React Native Developer to be the first mobile engineer at AiRA. You will take our product from 0 to 1 on mobile, working closely with designers and backend engineers to create a fast, beautiful, cross-platform app for Android and iOS. If you have built and shipped apps from scratch before, and thrive in high-speed, high-ownership environments, this role is for you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build AiRA’s mobile app from the ground up in React Native, ensuring cross-platform excellence
• Translate Figma designs into production-ready components with pixel-perfect detail
• Own navigation, animations, and core interaction flows end-to-end
• Integrate with backend APIs and handle state management (Redux, Context, or MobX)
• Optimize performance, responsiveness, and reliability across devices
• Write clean, modular, and maintainable code with proper documentation
• Establish the mobile development foundation including testing, deployment pipelines, and best practices
• Move fast: iterate rapidly, balance polish with speed, and ship to users quickly
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REQUIREMENTS

• 2–5 years of professional React Native experience
• Proven ability to build and launch mobile apps from scratch (0 to 1)
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and component-driven architecture
• Familiarity with React Navigation, Gesture Handler, and Reanimated
• Experience integrating APIs, handling authentication, and managing async storage
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to deliver independently in high-ownership settings
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PREFERRED

• Experience with advanced animations, transitions, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with mobile testing frameworks such as Jest or Detox
• Hands-on experience deploying to the App Store and Google Play
• Comfort with TypeScript in React Native projects
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WHAT WE OFFER

Ownership: be the founding mobile developer and build AiRA’s app from scratch

Direct collaboration with designers and backend engineers, your work will define how users experience AiRA

Growth opportunities: as we scale, you will have the chance to lead the mobile team

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Job Location: Kolkatta

Job Description:

• 3-9 yrs experience in developing new features and user interfaces from wireframe models
• Ensuring the best performance and user experience of the application
• Fixing bugs and performance problems
• Writing clean, readable, and testable code
• Cooperating with back-end developers, designers, and the rest of the team to deliver well-architected and high-quality solutions
• Complete knowledge of Uploading app on google play store and Apple app store
• Through analytical skills to Recommend system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchasing alternatives

Requirement

• extensive knowledge of mobile app development. This includes the whole process, from the first line of code to publishing in the store(s)
• Deep knowledge of Kotlin, Flutter,Android, iOS, etc.
• Proficiency with writing automated tests. depending on the libraries you use to test
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and mobile libraries for networking
• Experience with profiling and debugging mobile applications
• Strong knowledge of architectural patterns - MVP, MVC, MVVM, and Clean Architecture -and the ability to choose the best solution for the app
•  Familiarity with Git
• Familiarity with push notifications
• Understanding mobile app design guidelines on each platform and being aware of their differences
• Proficiency in Kotlin/Java/Swift/Flutter/Dart

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Android Developer with over 5 years of experience to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Android development, strong problem-solving skills, and a track record of delivering high-quality mobile applications. You will lead development efforts, mentor junior developers, and work closely with cross-functional teams to build and maintain exceptional Android applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Android applications.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define and implement application features.
• Lead code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Identify and troubleshoot issues, and implement solutions to improve application performance.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our applications remain competitive.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, following best practices and coding standards.
• Contribute to the architecture and design of new features and improvements.
• Work with APIs and integrate third-party libraries and services.
• Participate in Agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Over 5 years of experience in Android development, with a strong portfolio of released applications on the Google Play Store.
• Proficiency in Java and Kotlin, with a deep understanding of Android SDK and Android Studio.
• Experience with modern architectural patterns (e.g., MVVM, MVP) and libraries (e.g., Retrofit, Dagger, Room).
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and third-party libraries and APIs.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment processes.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Flutter or other cross-platform frameworks.
• Knowledge of Android Jetpack components and libraries.
• Familiarity with mobile application security best practices.
• Experience with cloud services and backend integration.
• Contributions to open-source projects or involvement in the Android developer community.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and performance bonuses.
• Comprehensive health and dental insurance.
• Flexible working hours and remote work options.
• Professional development opportunities and career growth.
• A supportive and inclusive work environment.

• Leads a project end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
• Understands requirements well and comes up with efficient design
• Develops complex, well backed and bug-free products. Estimates accurately.
• Takes well-reasoned tech decisions keeping in mind goals and trade-offs
• Becomes a go-to person in more than one area. Provide technical mentoring to team
• Communicates clearly, gets clarifications and establishes expectations for all parties
• Helps establish SDLC best practices and high standards of code quality
• Demonstrates excellent problem solving & debugging skills
• Proactively identifies and resolves issues in requirements, design and code
• Perform peer code reviews and help us all get better.

• Apply knowledge of Javascript (ES6) including all the latest features
• Usage of third party libraries for Maps, UI scaling, Styles, Secure storage, Permissions, Navigation, Splash screen, Network. Analytics. Push notifications, Localization, Calendar, etc.
• Build and run apps using Xcode, and Android Studio
• Persistence support using frameworks like Realm
• Comprehend performance issues and solve them
• Knowledge of Git (including merging, branching and resolving merge conflicts)

• Ability to create flexbox driven UI layout
• Configuring ESLint for JS code linting
• Being aware of alternate state management mechanisms like MobX
• Is proficient in either iOS or Android programming too.

• Knowledge of all aspects of React framework
• Components, containers, JSX specification of component UI layout, Component lifecycle
• Props and State mechanism used for data flow
• Various kinds of views (text, button, scroll view, flat list, etc.)
• Navigation
• RN animations and gesture system fundamentals
• Redux state management library
• React Router usage
• JSON/XML parsing