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# Mobile Engineer - React Native (Contract)

- **Company:** hedgehog lab
- **Location:** Edinburgh, UK
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Apple IOS, App Store (IOS), Mobile Application Software, TypeScript, GitHub Copilot, Backend, React Native
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=18329462b4c724d2

## About the Role

* Strong React Native and TypeScript.
 * Proven experience shipping apps to the App Store and Play Store.
 * Good grasp of mobile accessibility.
 * Solid understanding of mobile performance and testing.
 * Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot as part of your everyday workflow.

Bonus points for financial services or regulated-app experience.

## Description

We're hiring a React Native engineer to build a mobile app for a large regulated UK organisation. It's used at scale, so dependable, accessible mobile matters a lot here.

What you'll do:

 * Build and ship a cross-platform app in React Native and TypeScript.
 * Deliver for both iOS and Android.
 * Keep accessibility front of mind throughout.
 * Work with backend and design to ship features end to end.


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