Hire a React Native Developer
A service page for founders and startups who need a senior engineer for mobile delivery.
If you're evaluating React Native developers for a new build, a stalled project, or a specific performance/release problem, here's what I'd actually want to know as the person doing the hiring — and what I bring to that conversation.
What I Can Help With
I work across the full lifecycle of a React Native app: new builds from scratch, rescuing a codebase that's grown fragile, performance investigations that have been hard to pin down internally, native module integration, and getting an app through App Store and Play Store review without last-minute surprises. I've done this both as an individual contributor and, more recently, leading a front-end team of 3–5 engineers at Dev Entity — so I can slot in as a hands-on builder or as the person coordinating a small team toward a release date.
Expo or Bare React Native — I Work in Both
A lot of the 'which one should we use' anxiety is overstated. I default to Expo for most new products because the managed workflow and EAS Build remove a huge amount of native-tooling overhead, and it doesn't lock you out of native code the way it used to — config plugins and dev clients handle most of what used to require ejecting. When a project genuinely needs deep native control — custom native modules, specific SDK integrations Expo doesn't wrap yet — I go bare, or add a dev client on top of Expo. The decision should follow the product's actual native requirements, not a general preference either way.
What a Good Engagement Looks Like
The clearest, fastest engagements start with a specific scope: a performance problem that's hard to reproduce, a native integration that's stuck, a release pipeline that needs to stop depending on manual App Store Connect steps, or a defined feature set for a new build. I'd rather scope a focused two-to-four-week piece of work with a clear outcome than an open-ended retainer with no defined win condition — it's easier to evaluate whether it worked, and it's a lower-risk way to start working together.
For an existing codebase, I usually start with a short architecture and dependency review before writing any code — what's the state management approach, how is navigation structured, what does the release process look like, are there tests around the critical flows. That review alone tends to surface the actual risk areas, which is often different from what the team assumed going in.
Stack I Work In
React Native, Expo and EAS Build, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit and Zustand for state, REST API integration, Firebase, and native-adjacent work in Kotlin/Swift when a screen genuinely needs it. On the delivery side: Git-based workflows, CI/CD via GitHub Actions and Fastlane, and sprint-based planning if I'm working alongside your team rather than solo.
How to Reach Out
The fastest way to get a useful answer from me is to describe the actual problem or goal — not just 'we need a React Native developer' but what the app does, what stage it's at, and what's blocking the next release. I can usually tell within one conversation whether I'm a good fit for the specific problem, and I'll say so directly if I'm not.
