Senior Mobile Engineer — React Native

Company: Forage

About the Company: Forage is a YC W21-backed payments company building the infrastructure for SNAP EBT online. About 1 in 8 Americans — over 40 million people — use SNAP to buy groceries, and Forage processes the EBT payments that let them shop on Uber Eats, DoorDash, and major grocery chains. Now building a first consumer product: a mobile app that surfaces cash rewards at partner merchants so EBT shoppers can stretch their benefits further.

Job Category: Mobile Engineering / React Native / Consumer / Fintech

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: Hybrid — NYC (2–3 days in office preferred); remote considered for exceptional candidates Salary: $185,000–$200,000 base + equity

Application Link: https://jobs.gem.com/-joinforage/am9icG9zdDoQzZQuSvDKMNwsFFJ3e4g3 (mention HN in your application)

Posted: May 12, 2026

Job Description: You'll own the frontend of Forage's new consumer mobile app — the first product designed directly for EBT shoppers. You'll oversee significant parts of the codebase, work closely with a small product and design team, and ship features that put real dollars back in low-income families' pockets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own significant portions of Forage's consumer mobile app codebase in React Native
• Work closely with product and design to ship features for EBT shoppers
• Lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive complex projects from design through execution
• Help establish mobile engineering best practices at Forage as the first consumer product scales
• Partner with backend engineers to define APIs and data contracts for the mobile experience

Requirements:

• 3+ years of mobile engineering experience building end-to-end user solutions
• Deep React Native experience — ideally having built an app from scratch or made meaningful production contributions
• Track record of leading technical initiatives and driving complex projects from design through execution
• Strong product sense and attention to user experience quality

Benefits: Competitive compensation ($185K–$200K base), equity, full benefits package, well-funded YC-backed company with a mission to serve 40M+ low-income Americans.