Senior Product Engineer, React Native + Backend (Contract)

• Audit the React Native and TypeScript mobile app and the related HomeBase admin flows

• Review backend and API structure, database models, and the business logic around bookings, guests, cancellations, refunds, credits, and notifications

• Identify technical debt, broken workflows, security risks, stale code, and missing tests

• Review Linear and project artifacts, and compare planned work against actual implementation

• Produce a prioritized technical recovery plan

• Ship or supervise one small but meaningful stabilization fix during the engagement

• Recommend the exact team needed to continue: mobile, backend, data, QA, design, or fractional CTO
  

• Senior or staff-level experience with React Native and TypeScript

• Strong backend experience with APIs and relational databases

• Experience with payments, refunds, booking systems, marketplaces, memberships, or operational and admin tooling

• The ability to read messy code and make judgment calls quickly

• Strong written communication: you can explain risks clearly to a non-technical founder or operator

• Comfort working without perfect specs
  

• Experience with Metabase or analytics cleanup

• Experience migrating away from NativeBase, NativeWind, or inconsistent styling systems

• Experience with mobile release pipelines, QA automation, push notifications, and email workflows

• Prior startup rescue, code audit, or fractional CTO experience
  

• Recovery roadmap

• Technical debt triage

• Recommended architecture changes

• Test and QA priorities

• One shipped stabilization improvement, or a verified implementation plan
  

Details
Type: Contract (2 to 4 weeks, option to extend) Location: Remote, US Compensation: Candidate-proposed hourly or weekly rate Eligibility: Eligible to work in the US

How to Apply
Apply through the link below. You will be asked to share work samples, relevant experience, your availability, and your rate, plus answer one short screening question.

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