Software Engineer, Mobile Development
About The Position
State Affairs is the nation’s leading news and policy intelligence platform focused on state governments. We combine nonpartisan coverage of Statehouses across the country alongside state government data and AI-native tools into a singular platform. We inform and empower decision makers, policy professionals and citizens through our award-winning journalism and data – delivering profound insights to help our customers decode and act on state politics and policy. We’re building a category-defining business that will reshape America as we strengthen visibility into what’s happening and why at the state level. We are hiring a Software Engineer, Mobile Development to join our team located in San Francisco, California or Washington, DC. You will own our React Native codebase end‑to-end. One sprint you’ll deliver offline‑first reading with encrypted SQLite sync; the next, you’ll add push‑notification workflows so users can watch a bill in real time from committee to the governor’s desk—all while re‑using shared TypeScript logic from our Next JS web app.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of professional work experience as a software engineer, mobile development
- Professional work experience building React Native applications in production
- Ability to utilize LLM tools (Claude-Code, Cursor, Codex) to accelerate development, testing, documentation, and refactors.
- Knowledge of mobile architecture patterns—MVVM, Clean Architecture, or equivalent.
- Knowledge of state management libraries such as Redux or MobX.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to develop with native iOS/Android development
- Knowledge of Expo bare workflow, CodePush/OTA strategies, and deep‑linking schemes.
- Knowledge with vector‑search‑powered semantic features or small‑form‑factor data‑viz.
- Professional work experience with offline‑sync tech (CRDTs, WatermelonDB, SQLite) or push infrastructure (FCM/APNs).
- Professional work experience with native modules or bridging (Swift/Kotlin, Objective‑C/Java).
- Prior professional work experience in a start-up organization
Responsibilities
- Ship feature parity with web via universal search, saved feeds, and collaborative annotation which are rendered at 60 fps on iOS and Android.
- Architect for scale and maintainability by using typed GraphQL/REST clients, modular feature folders, and Expo EAS CI/CD hooking into GitHub Actions.
- Leverage AI as a force‑multiplier by using Cursor/Copilot/Claude‑Code to scaffold native modules, write E2E Detox tests, and generate i18n copy variants.
- Integrate with backend services (Node APIs, Postgres, Mongo) via secure OAuth flows and on‑device crypto key‑chains.
- Measure and iterate by implementing performance tracing, crash analytics, feature‑flag rollouts, and in-app feedback funnels.
- Collaborate cross‑platform to keep shared design‑system tokens and business logic in sync with web/full‑stack teammates
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
