We are hiring a Software Engineer, Mobile Development to join our team located in San Francisco, California or Washington, DC.

You will own our React Native codebase end-to-end. One sprint you'll deliver offline-first reading with encrypted SQLite sync; the next, you'll add push-notification workflows so users can watch a bill in real time from committee to the governor's desk-all while re-using shared TypeScript logic from our Next JS web app.

As the Software Engineer, Mobile Development, you will:

• Ship feature parity with web via universal search, saved feeds, and collaborative annotation which are rendered at 60 fps on iOS and Android.
• Architect for scale and maintainability by using typed GraphQL/REST clients, modular feature folders, and Expo EAS CI/CD hooking into GitHub Actions.
• Leverage AI as a force-multiplier by using Cursor/Copilot/Claude-Code to scaffold native modules, write E2E Detox tests, and generate i18n copy variants.
• Integrate with backend services (Node APIs, Postgres, Mongo) via secure OAuth flows and on-device crypto key-chains.
• Measure and iterate by implementing performance tracing, crash analytics, feature-flag rollouts, and in-app feedback funnels.
• Collaborate cross-platform to keep shared design-system tokens and business logic in sync with web/full-stack teammates

Essential Qualifications for this position include:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of professional work experience as a software engineer, mobile development
• Professional work experience building React Native applications in production
• Ability to utilize LLM tools (Claude-Code, Cursor, Codex) to accelerate development, testing, documentation, and refactors.
• Knowledge of mobile architecture patterns-MVVM, Clean Architecture, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of state management libraries such as Redux or MobX.

Preferred Qualifications for this position include:

• Ability to develop with native iOS/Android development
• Knowledge of Expo bare workflow, CodePush/OTA strategies, and deep-linking schemes.
• Knowledge with vector-search-powered semantic features or small-form-factor data-viz.
• Professional work experience with offline-sync tech (CRDTs, WatermelonDB, SQLite) or push infrastructure (FCM/APNs).
• Professional work experience with native modules or bridging (Swift/Kotlin, Objective-C/Java).
• Prior professional work experience in a start-up organization

This is an onsite work opportunity and our teams operate from the Washington, DC office (located at L and 15th St. NW) and the San Francisco, CA office (located at 535 Mission Street).

The annual salary range for this role as it is posted is $149,000 - $210,000 for candidates working from a State Affairs office. The final job level and annual salary will be determined based on the education, qualification, knowledge, skills, ability, and experience of the final candidate(s), and calibrated against relevant market data and internal team equity. Benefits listed in this posting may vary depending on the nature of your employment with State Affairs.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.