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You'll play a key role in building and scaling our React Native application , which is critical to how governments collect, act on, and communicate real-world data in the field.\r\nThis is a high-impact role at the intersection of geospatial data, field operations, and climate resilience —where performance, reliability, and usability directly affect outcomes for communities.\r\nWhat You'll Do\r\nBuild and scale mobile applications using React Native , delivering high-quality, performant experiences across iOS and Android\r\nOwn features end-to-end , from early design and architecture through production and iteration\r\nDevelop intuitive, responsive mobile interfaces that work seamlessly in real-world field conditions (low connectivity, high urgency)\r\nCollaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to ship impactful features\r\nIntegrate and optimize APIs, geospatial data, and real-time workflows within mobile applications\r\nIdentify and solve performance bottlenecks to ensure native-like speed and reliability\r\nContribute to mobile architecture decisions, including when to leverage native modules (iOS/Android) for performance or platform-specific needs\r\nImprove developer experience through tooling, testing, and best practices\r\nMentor engineers and help raise the bar for mobile engineering across the team\r\nWhat We're Looking For\r\n5+ years of software engineering experience , with a strong focus on mobile development\r\n3+ years building production applications with React Native\r\nDeep proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React\r\nExperience building and maintaining cross-platform mobile applications (iOS + Android)\r\nStrong understanding of mobile performance, UI/UX, and responsiveness\r\nExperience integrating RESTful APIs and handling complex data flows\r\nFamiliarity with native mobile development (Swift/Kotlin or Objective-C/Java) and when to use it\r\nStrong product sense and ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments\r\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills\r\nNice to Have\r\nExperience with offline-first or field-based mobile applications\r\nBackground in geospatial data, mapping, or GIS systems\r\nExperience with state management (Redux, Context API) and modern mobile architecture patterns\r\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps and app store deployments\r\nExperience working in GovTech, climate tech, or other regulated/complex domains\r\nWhat We Offer\r\nForerunner is an early stage company with an interdisciplinary team. We are motivated by seemingly intractable problems and work hard to support one another.\r\nWe're mission-driven. Our mission orients our business strategy and pushes us to work with a sense of urgency. We're in the weeds - our entire team spends time engaging with our partners in the field to better understand the real-world problems they face.\r\nWe're a small team. As a member of our growing team, you will quickly become an invaluable part of our organization and have a meaningful impact on our business and technical direction. We welcome unique perspectives and backgrounds. Your opinion matters and we hope you'll share it.\r\nWe build each other up. A team works best when its members are adequately equipped with the tools to tackle the problems they are facing. Forerunner strives to provide adequate feedback and appropriate learning opportunities to help all its team members expand their skills.\r\nWe want you to be happy and healthy. Forerunner offers competitive compensation, health/vision/dental coverage, a 401k plan, and one expensed lunch per week. We also have a quarterly wellness reimbursement so that you can have flexibility in defining what \"health\" means to you.\r\nThe salary range for this position is $185,000-$215,000. This posting may span more than one career level. 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