Senior Frontend Engineer, React Native

About Palette Labs

Palette Labs is building a decentralized protocol for commerce. Our first major use case is food delivery. We run a profitable, growing network where customers order from restaurants, drivers deliver food, and local operators spin up their own marketplaces. Think Uber Eats, but permissionless and owned by the people who use it.

We’re now focused on unlocking restaurant access at scale. That means integrating with key platforms like Olo, Toast, Square, Otter, and others. We’re looking for individuals to lead and help develop those partnerships.

To learn more about Palette Labs and read our whitepaper take a look at: https://palette-labs-inc.github.io/

About the role

This Senior Frontend Engineer role is critical for delivering high-quality, performant, and reliable mobile applications that power our entire ecosystem (customer, restaurant, and driver apps). You will own the architecture and implementation of our mobile codebase, focusing heavily on state management, performance, and seamless native integration. You will partner closely with product designers to translate complex logistics workflows into polished, usable interfaces. Success in the first 6–12 months will be measured by the stability and performance of our core apps, the successful deployment of critical new features (like advanced mapping or payments), and your ability to establish and enforce high standards for our React Native/TypeScript codebase.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build robust mobile applications (iOS and Android) using React Native and TypeScript, establishing best practices for a scalable and maintainable codebase.

• Own the complex challenges of Frontend state and data orchestration, including predictable state management, normalized caching, optimistic updates, and robust offline-first functionality.

• Drive performance and stability improvements, focusing on render budgeting, list virtualization, memoization, and proactive profiling to ensure a smooth 60fps experience.

• Lead the release process, including managing OTA updates, phased rollouts, crash reporting integration, store readiness, and ensuring high-quality analytics/telemetry.

• Define the navigation architecture and modular feature boundaries to create a clean, scalable mobile experience that supports deep linking and complex user flows.

• Partner with designers to implement polished UI/UX, leveraging design system components and thoughtful animation to deliver intuitive and professional screens.

Requirements

Must-haves

• 5+ years of experience in frontend or mobile software engineering, with significant experience shipping production applications.

• Deep professional expertise in React Native and TypeScript.

• Proven experience architecting and managing complex Frontend state and data orchestration in large-scale applications.

• Strong focus on Performance and Stability optimization in mobile environments (e.g., measuring render performance, optimizing large lists).

• Solid understanding of Native platform fluency, including managing iOS/Android build pipelines, provisioning, and app signing.

• Experience with integration patterns for payments, push notifications, and partner SDKs.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience defining and maintaining a cross-platform Design System.

• Familiarity with Platform Tooling like EAS/Fastlane, deterministic builds, and artifact signing.

• Experience with logistics or mapping applications requiring complex navigation and background modes/permissions.

• Experience implementing security/privacy best practices (OAuth/JWT, keychain/keystore management).

Compensation & Details

Total Rewards Package

We believe in a comprehensive and competitive compensation strategy that rewards talent and drive. Our Total Rewards Package typically includes:

• Base Salary: A competitive annual salary, commensurate with your experience and industry standards.

• Performance Bonus: Eligible for our company semi-annual performance bonus, which is tied directly to individual achievements.

• Equity / Stock Options: We offer stock options to all full‑time employees, allowing you to share directly in the company's success and long-term growth.

Comprehensive Benefits

We are committed to the health, well‑being, and long‑term financial security of our team. Benefits coverage typically begins on the first day of employment.

• Health & Wellness: 100% employer‑covered premium options for Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for employees.

• Time Off: Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy

Unless otherwise stated, all roles with Palette Labs are remote-based in the United States with a preference to hire in New York City. We require that you overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).