Mobile Lead

Remote (
Everywhere
)
|Full Time

Posted: 1 month ago

Hires remotely in

Everywhere

Visa Sponsorship

Not Available

RelocationNot Allowed

About the job

Company:

SimpleStudy is a consumer AI platform for students.

We help them stay motivated to study their subjects - everything from Biology and Mathematics to Literature and Art.

Our small team has already helped +1.5 M students worldwide (UK, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, and Australia) study better, and ~40–50k new students join us every week.

We are a remote team with a Lisbon office, having recently raised ~$4M seed round with incredible investors from Strava, OpenAI, and Meta.

Responsibilities and key results:

Own the React Native app end-to-end — architecture, performance, release process, and roadmap — without needing the problem framed in advance
Lead and mentor the two existing engineers already supporting mobile, setting technical direction and raising the bar for mobile craft
Partner directly with Affan on engineering strategy and with Oisin on product direction where mobile intersects with growth, onboarding, and retention
Drive native-feel polish: smooth animations, responsive interactions, platform-specific conventions (iOS/Android)
Work in a PLG/A/B testing environment — ship features, instrument, measure impact, iterate fast
Own app store presence and release cadence — versioning, store optimization, crash/performance monitoring
Potentially help grow a dedicated mobile team as the app becomes a bigger part of the business

Requirements:

At least 5 years of experience with mobile development (React Native)
Proficiency in Typescript
Proven experience building and shipping consumer-grade mobile applications.
Familiarity with common mobile tools and libraries (e.g., Expo, Firebase, push notifications, app store deployment).
Experience with Tailwind, TanStack Query, React Native Reanimated and Jotai (or Zustand/Redux)
Experience with leading and managing test teams
Bonus: iOS development (Swift)
Bonus: Android development (Kotlin)

Conditions:

Remote in Europe (preference: Western/continental Europe)
Portugal relocation sponsorship possible
Salary: no fixed budget. Flexible.
Stock options: yes
Contract type: full-time employment, independent contractor
Tech Stack: Node.js, React.js, React Native, Next.js, Nest.js, Expo, Prisma, Tailwind, AWS