Senior React Native Engineer

We are seeking a Senior React Native Engineer to take ownership of the Mattermost mobile experience for teams working in defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of mobile infrastructure, networking reliability, and offline-first architecture — building for users who operate in environments where connectivity is limited, security is non-negotiable, and the software they depend on has to work.

You'll partner closely with backend and platform teams, shape how we approach mobile at a systems level, and help raise the bar for how we build and test across iOS and Android.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve the React Native application for deployment environments with limited or unreliable connectivity
• Define how the app handles WebSocket reliability and data synchronization across degraded network conditions
• Design offline-first storage and sync patterns, including conflict resolution strategies
• Shape mobile development tooling, code organization, and testing infrastructure
• Drive performance improvements across network efficiency, package size, and memory consumption
• Own testing strategy for mobile platform-specific challenges
• Mentor engineers on mobile architecture and best practices
• Uphold security and compliance standards required by government and enterprise clients
• Contribute to the open-source codebase

What We're Looking For

We care about what you've built and the problems you've solved — not how long you've been building. If you have strong outcomes to speak to in mobile engineering, we want to hear from you.

Required

• Demonstrated experience with React Native and JavaScript/TypeScript — you can speak to real tradeoffs you've navigated
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals: HTTP, WebSockets, connection lifecycle, and how to build resilient apps over unreliable networks
• Experience with offline-first design — local persistence, sync strategies, and conflict resolution
• Familiarity with native iOS and/or Android development
• AI fluency and a track record of adapting to new tooling as the landscape evolves

Preferred

• Experience with reactive programming patterns (e.g. RxJS) or mobile database solutions (e.g. WatermelonDB)
• Familiarity with the Expo framework, including migration from bare React Native
• Mobile security best practices in enterprise or regulated environments
• Background in defense, intelligence, or critical infrastructure products
• Experience improving mobile developer tooling or testing infrastructure
• Open-source contributions
• Experience in distributed or remote-first engineering teams

Compensation 

Salary range: $165,000 – $225,000

Mattermost takes a market-based approach to pay. Compensation is determined based on skills, experience, qualifications, and work location. Ranges may be updated as market conditions evolve.

U.S. Eligibility & Compliance

This role may require obtaining and maintaining a U.S. government security clearance. Candidates must meet federal eligibility requirements to be considered. For more information visit Security Clearances — United States Department of State

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for access to export-controlled information as defined by U.S. export control laws, including EAR and ITAR. For more information visit the Bureau of Industry and Security and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.