Mobile Engineer - React Native (Contract)
hedgehog lab · Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Business Consulting and Services · 51-200 employees
About the role
Build and ship a cross-platform mobile application for a large regulated UK organization using React Native and TypeScript. Collaborate with backend and design teams to deliver end-to-end features for both iOS and Android platforms.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires strong proficiency in React Native and TypeScript with a proven track record of shipping apps to the App Store and Play Store. Candidates should have a solid understanding of mobile accessibility, performance, and experience using AI-assisted development tools.
Full description
We're hiring a React Native engineer to build a mobile app for a large regulated UK organisation. It's used at scale, so dependable, accessible mobile matters a lot here.
What you'll do:
- Build and ship a cross-platform app in React Native and TypeScript.
- Deliver for both iOS and Android.
- Keep accessibility front of mind throughout.
- Work with backend and design to ship features end to end.
What we're looking for:
- Strong React Native and TypeScript.
- Proven experience shipping apps to the App Store and Play Store.
- Good grasp of mobile accessibility.
- Solid understanding of mobile performance and testing.
- Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot as part of your everyday workflow.
Bonus points for financial services or regulated-app experience.
About hedgehog lab:
We're hedgehog lab, a digital product and engineering consultancy. For nearly 20 years we've embedded engineers inside the teams of well-known organisations in regulated, high-trust sectors, from financial services to the public sector.
We're a certified B Corp.
We're also serious about AI-assisted engineering. We've built our own agentic tooling and cut time-to-merge by around 60% on recent work, and our people get to use that on real projects.
The details:
- Contract, outside IR35.
- 3 to 6 months, with strong potential to extend.
- Hybrid. You'll work from the client's London, Bristol or Edinburgh office a couple of times a week.
Apply below and I'll get back to you.