Lead Mobile Engineer, React Native
Location : Madrid (Hybrid)
- Full-time
- Competitive compensation + equity
Shape the Future of Marine Navigation
Orca is reinventing how people navigate the sea—building the next-generation navigation platform for recreational boating. Our mobile-first experience already guides hundreds of thousands of boaters with features like real-time routing, weather overlays, and offline navigation.
We’re looking for a Lead Mobile Engineer (React Native) to drive and scale the development of the Orca App. This is a hybrid role that blends hands-on engineering with technical and team leadership. Your success will come from architecting long-term solutions that endure, raising the bar for the team, and shaping an engineering culture centered on delivering high customer value.
What You’ll Do
Lead the mobile App team—own the app architecture, drive technical decisions, and ensure high-quality delivery.Mentor, support, and help grow a small team of talented React Native engineers.Balance hands-on contributions with coaching and technical guidance.Partner closely with Product, Design, and Backend to shape roadmap and execution.Build robust, performant, and reliable features like sail routing, weather layers, real-time navigation, and offline maps.Champion best practices in code quality, testing, performance, and release management.Contribute to hiring and onboarding as we scale the engineering team.What You Bring
Technical Skills
7+ years of mobile development, including 5+ years building production React Native apps.Strong foundation in computer science principles and software architecture design.Expert-level knowledge of TypeScript, React, and modern front-end patterns.Hands-on experience upgrading React Native versions and managing related code migrations.Strong capability in profiling and optimization for performance and battery usage.Experience with app instrumentation for monitoring, analytics, and observability.Proficiency with native development in Java / Kotlin and Objective-C / Swift, including integration of native modules and working knowledge of TurboModules / JSI.Experience implementing and maintaining CI / CD pipelines for mobile applications.Leadership & Execution
Proven experience leading small engineering teams or technical projects.Strong systems thinker who balances short-term velocity with long-term maintainability.Clear communicator who can align teams, clarify tradeoffs, and push through ambiguity.Passion for product and UX—thinks like a customer and codes like an owner.Why Join Orca?
High ownership : Your work will directly impact thousands of users at sea.We’re a small, fast-moving team with big ambitions and no unnecessary layers.Real-world impact : This isn’t a typical consumer app—it's a mission-critical tool used in high-pressure, real-world scenarios.Great incentives : Competitive salary + equity in a well-funded, high-growth company.Global ambition : Join us early as we scale Orca to become the reference platform for boating worldwide—read more on our blog (Check out some features we’ve shipped :
Navigation instruments -Weather for boaters -Guard Mode -Upgraded Logbook -Apply Now
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