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Pelago · 3 hours ago

Senior/Lead React Native Engineer, New Product

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $180K/yr

7+ years exp

Pelago is the world’s leading virtual clinic for Substance Use Management, providing personalized solutions for members seeking to overcome substance use issues. The Senior/Lead React Native Engineer will help incubate and scale new AI-native products, transforming prototypes into production-ready experiences while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable interfaces.

Health CareMedicalmHealthRehabilitationWellness

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Build, ship, and maintain cross-platform applications in React Native (mobile) and React/TypeScript (web) from prototype to production

Turn AI research into product: instrument experiments, validate hypotheses, and iterate quickly on research previews on the path to live product

Partner cross-functionally (Design, Product, Backend, Clinical) to deliver accessible, reliable interfaces that handle real-time data

Integrate & evolve APIs (REST/GraphQL), help shape contracts, and ensure graceful states (loading, error, empty) and resilient data flows

Use AI to raise velocity & quality (Copilot, Cursor) alongside strong tests, performance checks, and WCAG-minded reviews

Strengthen foundations: evolve the design system and improve CI, code review, and releases to increase confidence and speed

Qualification

React NativeReact/TypeScriptSwiftKotlinREST APIsGraphQLComponent architectureUX sensibilityAI coding assistantsClean code

Required

5+ years in React Native

7+ years building production software

Ability to lead React Native work from prototype to GA, setting approach, coordinating APIs, and driving releases and post-launch improvements independently

Strong grasp of component architecture, design patterns, and state management (e.g., React Query, Zustand, Redux)

Comfortable integrating backends (REST/GraphQL), working with real-time/streaming data, and shaping API contracts

Experience building React Native bridges and writing native modules in Swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android) when platform APIs or performance require it

Write clean, scalable, maintainable code with unit/integration tests and clear documentation

Sharp UX sensibility and attention to detail; commitment to accessibility (WCAG)

Fluency with AI coding assistants (e.g., Copilot, Cursor) and the judgment to verify outputs