Open to Senior / Lead React Native Roles

Arslan Mushtaq

Senior / Lead React Native Engineer · 10+ Years · Pakistan

I architect and scale React Native platforms in regulated industries like fintech and health-tech with a track record of eliminating manual QA dependency (100% → 20%), slashing build times by 85%, and shipping products used by 1M+ users. I specialise in server-driven UI, micro-frontend architecture (Re.pack), and building the CI/CD and observability infrastructure that keeps production stable at scale.

10+
Years Experience
18
Products Developed
85%
Build Time Reduced
80%
QA Automation
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Pakistan / United Arab Emirates
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Projects

Things I've Built

A selection of personal experiments and professional deliverables across mobile, web, and backend.

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PulseBoard

Monitoring & Observability Platform

An open-source mobile observability platform featuring crash analytics, real-time WebSocket event streaming, AI-powered insights via Anthropic/OpenAI/Google/Moonshot, and a React Native SDK. Self-hostable backend on Railway, web dashboard on Vercel.

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KMIH 88.9 Radio

Student Operated Radio Station

KMIH 88.9 The Bridge is a student-operated radio station at Mercer Island High School. The platform allows users to live stream the station and explore various shows broadcast on KMIH 88.9 The Bridge, which has been recognized as the best high school radio station.

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Loan Manager v1.0

Informal Loan Management Platform

Loan Manager, a mobile-first product focused on bringing structure and reliability to informal personal lending. Millions of people lend and borrow money within their personal networks without proper tracking, instalment visibility, or accountability systems. Over time, this lack of structure creates missed repayments, unclear expectations, and strained relationships.

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Technical Skills

My Tech Stack

Tools and technologies I rely on daily to architect, build, and ship production-grade mobile platforms.

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Mobile

13 skills
React Native CLIReact Native ExpoMicro-Frontend Architecture (Re.pack)Server-Driven UIRedux ToolkitRedux SagaRedux ThunkZustandWebSocketsREST APIsGraphQLiOS OptimisationAndroid Optimisation
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CI/CD & Release

6 skills
GitHub ActionsFastlaneBitriseCircleCIMulti-Environment PipelinesAutomated Quality Gates
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Quality & Observability

9 skills
AppiumWebDriverIODetoxJestRNTLDynatraceSentryMixPanelLuciq
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CMS / Analytics

10 skills
StrapiDirectusWordPressCustomer.ioIntercomLooker StudioFirebase AnalyticsCrashlyticsDatadogGrafana

// And always learning more...

Experience

Professional Journey

Over 10 years of engineering leadership across fintech, health-tech, and telecom industries.

Lead

Lead React Native Engineer

AmegaCyprus (Remote)Jun 2024 – Nov 2025

Sole architect and founding engineer for 3 React Native applications built from scratch. Owning the full stack from architecture and foundation to CI/CD, release governance, and team delivery.

  • Architected zero-touch deployment pipelines across 4 environments using GitHub Actions and Fastlane; reduced build times from ~2 hrs to under 18 min (85% reduction).
  • Eliminated 80% of manual QA dependency by building multi-tiered test infrastructure: Unit → API → Functional → E2E (BrowserStack / Appium / WebDriverIO).
  • Engineered automated data pipelines into headless CMS platforms (Strapi, Directus); integrated full analytics stack enabling real-time customer behavioural data.
  • Directed client-side optimisations including bundle payload analysis and memory-efficient rendering; implemented custom Google Cloud CDN.
  • Standardised Zustand state management, WebSocket data flows, code review protocols, and PR quality gates across a 7-person distributed team.
Senior

Senior React Native Engineer

NovosUnited States (Remote)Apr 2023 – Jun 2024

Sole mobile architect for a greenfield React Native application for a health-tech platform serving 1M+ active users.

  • Architected a multi-conditional questionnaire engine (Redux Toolkit) with complex state dependencies across 50+ question branches.
  • Designed a Server-Driven UI system ingesting dynamic form configurations from WordPress, enabling zero-engineering-intervention updates.
  • Established automated testing culture from zero: Unit (Jest), Functional (RNTL), and E2E (Detox) — reducing production crash rate significantly.
  • Optimised mobile acquisition funnels contributing to 30% increase in platform traffic and 15% growth in e-commerce revenue.
Senior

Senior React Native Engineer

S4 Digital → ProximusPakistan (Hybrid)Oct 2021 – Mar 2023

Deployed to Proximus (Belgium's largest telecom) to engineer and maintain high-scale mobile solutions within a large distributed engineering organisation.

  • Developed scalable features in the Network module using Re.pack micro-frontend architecture with federated modules and a shared enterprise UI library.
  • Grew E2E test coverage from 45% to 96% using Appium and WebDriverIO — eliminating an entire class of regression bugs before production.
  • Managed complex async state flows (Redux Saga/Thunk) and integrated Dynatrace and Instabug for platform stability at telecom scale.
Associate

Associate React Native Engineer

EcologixPakistan (On-site)Sep 2020 – Aug 2021

Led engineering delivery for high-traffic mobile applications, coordinating across a 12-person cross-functional team.

  • Implemented standardised development workflows, code review protocols, and deployment practices that stabilised production environments.
  • Mentored 8–12 developers, with several junior engineers successfully promoted to mid-level roles.
Engineer

React Native Engineer

Juice PhactreeCanada (Remote)Sep 2015 – Aug 2020

Founding mobile engineer, built the company's internal React Native mobile applications from scratch, owning the architecture and full mobile ecosystem.

  • Architected internal React Native apps from scratch for inventory management, sales operations, and financial tracking.
  • Engineered a custom native Android (Java) application integrated with handheld hardware scanners for real-time inventory logging.
Education

Academic Background

Bachelor of Computer Science

Minhaj University Lahore

Lahore, Pakistan · 2015 – 2019

President — Application Development Club: Founded the club to expose students to industry-standard product development. Organised bootcamps, hackathons, and seminars.
Winner at Softec'19: Built a Netflix-like mobile app in 28 hours at FAST-NU competition using Kotlin/Android, securing 1st prize and PKR 50,000.
Worked ~4–6 hours/day at Juice Phactree while studying full-time, self-financing education through professional salary.
Organized the Annual Dinner 2015, establishing a tradition that has continued as an annual event ever since. This initiative marked the beginning of the Annual Dinner tradition at the university after 22 years.

Intermediate of Computer Science

Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Arab Pakistani College

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E · 2011 – 2013

Certifications

Learn Intermediate Python 3

Codecademy

Learn Python 3

Codecademy

Learn React.js

Codecademy

Learn Java

Codecademy

Learn SQL

Codecademy

Meta iOS Development

Coursera

Meta Android Development

Coursera

100+ Certifications

LinkedIn Learning

Giving Back

Volunteering

Guest Speaker — Google I/O Extended 2019

Presented "Introduction to Kotlin" at LUMS, covering Kotlin fundamentals and its advantages over Java in Android development. Organised by GDG Lahore.

Speaker — Tech Tology Lahore Chapter Launch

Presented on the enjoyable aspects of constructing Android applications, demystifying Android development for attendees.

Speaker — Tech Tology & Devenings

Delivered a presentation on Firebase services and their practical applications in real-world scenarios, highlighting how Firebase can be leveraged to build and scale applications efficiently while accelerating the overall development process.

Speaker — Minhaj University Lahore

Delivered a seminar on Programming Fundamentals, focusing on how programming concepts can be applied to solve real-world problems effectively.

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I'm currently open to Senior and Lead React Native opportunities. If you have a project or role that could use someone who cares deeply about architecture, quality, and shipping — let's talk.

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