Senior Software Engineer, Mobile; React Native

At Forerunner, we’re building AI-powered geospatial tools that modernize how governments work. Our platform helps local agencies manage critical workflows, improve accuracy, and protect their communities in the face of rising hazards.

If you’re motivated by purpose, complexity, and impact, you’ll feel at home here.

Take part in work that directly impacts community safety.

We foster a workplace that values both autonomy and teamwork.

Help craft high-quality, user-centric software solutions.

San Francisco, CA; NYC;
Portland, ME

Full time

Hybrid

We believe that climate adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex – it implicates how municipalities plan, manage capital, and communicate to both residents and higher levels of government. Forerunner helps local communities do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale.

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Mobile to lead the evolution of our mobile experience. You’ll play a key role in building and scaling our React Native application
, which is critical to how governments collect, act on, and communicate real‑world data in the field.

This is a high-impact role at the intersection of geospatial data, field operations, and climate resilience
—where performance, reliability, and usability directly affect outcomes for communities.

• Build and scale mobile applications using React Native
  , delivering high-quality, performant experiences across iOS and Android
• Own features end-to-end
  , from early design and architecture through production and iteration
• Develop intuitive, responsive mobile interfaces that work seamlessly in real-world field conditions (low connectivity, high urgency)
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to ship impactful features
• Integrate and optimize APIs, geospatial data, and real-time workflows within mobile applications
• Identify and solve performance bottlenecks to ensure native-like speed and reliability
• Contribute to mobile architecture decisions, including when to leverage native modules (iOS/Android) for performance or platform-specific needs
• Improve developer experience through tooling, testing, and best practices
• Mentor engineers and help raise the bar for mobile engineering across the team

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
  , with a strong focus on mobile development
• 3+ years building production applications with React Native
• Experience building and maintaining cross-platform mobile applications (iOS + Android)
• Strong understanding of mobile performance, UI/UX, and responsiveness
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs and handling complex data flows
• Familiarity with native mobile development (Swift/Kotlin or Objective‑C/Java) and when to use it
• Strong product sense and ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Experience with offline-first or field-based mobile applications
• Background in geospatial data, mapping, or GIS systems
• Experience with state management (Redux, Context API) and modern mobile architecture patterns
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps and app store deployments
• Experience working in Gov Tech, climate tech, or other regulated/complex domains

Forerunner is an early stage company with an interdisciplinary team. We are motivated by seemingly intractable problems and work hard to support one another.

We’re mission-driven. Our mission orients our business strategy and pushes us to work with a sense of urgency. We’re in the weeds - our entire team spends time engaging with our partners in the field to better understand the real-world problems they face.

We’re a small team. As a member of our growing team, you will quickly become an invaluable part of our organization and have a meaningful impact on our business and technical direction. We welcome unique perspectives and backgrounds. Your…