Full-Stack Engineer (Mobile App)

Torch.AI•Leawood, KS

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

Torch.AI is building the AI Control Layer for the United States Government, which is foundational data and intelligence infrastructure designed to make sense of messy, adversarial, multi-domain data at machine speed. Their platform—ORCUS, NEXUS, and HALO—is accredited, deployed, and operating across enterprise clouds and tactical edge environments, supporting multi-INT fusion, predictive movement analysis, targeting workflows, anomaly detection, and decision support for cross-domain operations. The company seeks candidates who can build systems that operate under real constraints like degraded visibility, adversarial mis/disinformation, intermittent connectivity, low-SWaP hardware, and seconds-to-decision timelines, emphasizing operational AI that ships, runs, and gets used. Torch.AI aims to strengthen U.S. defense readiness and protect national interests. The company believes the government must own its data, decision environment, and reasoning infrastructure, with their AI Control Layer increasing the value of existing systems rather than replacing them. They measure performance by accuracy, latency, and efficiency, focusing on craftsmanship and disciplined shipping. Employees collaborate with engineers, data experts, veterans, and mission practitioners, owning meaningful work and seeing systems deployed in production quickly. The environment is fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and mission-driven, presenting new puzzles daily. Candidates who thrive are builders, comfortable with messy data and unclear requirements, prioritize utility over elegance, care about explainability and determinism, move quickly while respecting security boundaries, and measure success by operational impact.

Requirements

3–8 years of professional engineering experience with significant ownership across frontend and backend systems.
Professional experience building applications with React.
Strong Node.js / Express backend experience using TypeScript, including: API design and implementation, PostgreSQL integration, OAuth/OIDC authentication flows, Writing production-quality, maintainable server-side code.
Deep TypeScript proficiency across both client and server codebases, with strong emphasis on type safety and shared validation patterns (Zod or similar).
Experience building responsive, mobile-first user interfaces.
Strong understanding of secure development practices and API security fundamentals.
Experience managing app store releases, signing, provisioning, and submission workflows.
Ability and willingness to mentor engineers and establish scalable engineering patterns in a greenfield environment.
Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate across engineering, product, and compliance stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Professional experience with React Native, including shipping production applications to both the iOS App Store and Google Play Store.
Hands-on experience with Expo managed workflow (Expo Router, EAS Build/Submit, config plugins).
Familiarity with TanStack Query or tRPC.
Familiarity with Nativewind.
Experience working within government/DoD environments or other compliance-driven delivery contexts.
Experience with MDM, enterprise mobility management, or secure mobile deployment constraints.
Experience implementing observability tooling (crash reporting, performance monitoring, structured logging).
Familiarity with offline-first patterns and intermittent connectivity handling.

Responsibilities

Build and evolve a greenfield mobile and web application using React and React Native, delivering secure, responsive, mobile-first user experiences.
Design and implement production-grade backend services using Node.js / Express with TypeScript, including REST API design, PostgreSQL integration, authentication (OAuth/OIDC), and robust server-side architecture.
Maintain deep type safety across client and server codebases, leveraging shared schema validation (Zod or similar) and consistent API contracts.
Develop responsive, accessible, mobile-first UIs using modern React patterns and state management approaches.
Own end-to-end delivery: feature development, testing, performance optimization, release management, monitoring, and iterative improvement.
Establish foundational engineering patterns and best practices for a team experienced in web development but new to native mobile.
Mentor teammates and help define scalable architecture patterns across frontend and backend layers.
Manage mobile build and deployment workflows, including publishing to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Navigate app store submission processes including signing, provisioning, certificates, release tracks, and compliance with platform review guidelines.
Coordinate with government security and compliance stakeholders to meet required approval gates and documentation standards.
Implement secure coding practices and support review, remediation, and compliance-driven updates.
Troubleshoot production issues across frontend, mobile, and backend systems and drive root-cause resolution.
Maintain clear technical documentation covering architecture, release workflows, and operational processes.