About SERHANT.
SERHANT. is the most followed real estate brand in the world, calibrated for the marketplace of tomorrow, delivering proven results for buyers, sellers, and developers. SERHANT. revolutionizes the traditional brokerage model by innovating through media and content creation and is powered by a full-service in-house film studio as well as an amplification platform that puts our properties in front of more people than anyone else.
About the Role
We’re hiring a Mobile Engineering Lead to own the technical direction of our mobile applications. You’ll balance hands-on development with leadership—setting standards, mentoring engineers, and shipping polished experiences across iOS and Android. You approach mobile development as a craft, and you use every tool available—including AI—to elevate your team’s output.
Our Stack
Mobile Framework: Expo (React Native)
Primary Database: Postgres
Languages: TypeScript, Python (backend services)
Infrastructure: Azure, event-driven architecture
Responsibilities
Lead mobile engineering efforts across iOS and Android using Expo
Define technical architecture and establish patterns that scale within the Expo ecosystem
Write and enforce specifications for features before implementation begins
Ship high-quality code yourself while elevating the engineers around you
Integrate AI-assisted development practices into the team’s workflow
Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver cohesive experiences
Own mobile release processes, performance, and reliability
Drive adoption of Expo’s latest capabilities (EAS, dev builds, config plugins)
*The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.
Qualifications
6+ years of mobile development experience with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity
Deep expertise with Expo and React Native - you know when to use managed workflow vs. dev builds, how to optimize bundle size, and how to debug native issues
Strong TypeScript proficiency
Experience integrating mobile apps with Postgres-backed APIs
Track record of shipping consumer-facing mobile applications at scale
Daily use of AI coding tools to accelerate development and code review
Familiarity with frontier LLMs and practical experience integrating them into your work
Strong opinions on spec-driven development - you believe clarity upfront prevents chaos later
Experience building mobile apps with real-time features
Background in CI/CD for mobile, feature flagging, and phased rollouts (EAS Update, EAS Build)
Eye for design and user experience
Native iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin) experience for edge cases requiring native modules
Skills
Relentlessly curious - you dig into new tools and technologies before they have comprehensive documentation
High agency - you don’t wait for permission or detailed instructions; you figure things out and drive forward
Comfortable with ambiguity - you can pick up bleeding-edge LLM tools and make them productive without hand-holding
Self-directed - you identify what needs to be done and do it