About the role
Outsmart is a mission-driven, early-stage startup reimagining higher education for the age of AI by creating an entirely new collegiate experience that expands access and opportunity. Backed by $38M from top venture firms including Khosla Ventures, Forerunner, DST Global Partners, and Lightspeed, the company is led by former Duolingo executives and a founding team that also includes Emmy Award winners. With a strong culture centered around high-impact, detail-oriented team members, Outsmart is already seeing significant traction, generating 1–5 million weekly organic views on social media. What You’ll Be Doing In this role, you’ll own key features of a consumer friendly learning experience. As an early member of the engineering team, you’ll play a critical role in setting the tone for Outsmart’s technical culture including setting standards for quality, scalability, and UX. You will work closely with Outsmart’s design team to ship and maintain state-of-the-art animations and interactive experiences. You’ll be expected to ship experiences that you would want to engage with. Our applications are built for both iOS and Android using React Native, Rive, and Unity.
Who You Are 7+ years mobile development experience, with demonstrable experience using React Native Experience working with iOS native (Objective‑C / Swift) Proven track record building and maintaining mobile apps at scale. 1M+ users preferred Deep knowledge of performance tuning and mobile testing strategies Experience writing unit/E2E tests Ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced environment What You’ll Own Own and develop new mobile features (currently in React Native) end-to-end Bridge into native modules like Swift when performance or access demands Work closely with the Design team to ship high-quality Rive and Unity experiences Own end-to-end testing for all mobile features Collaborate with the broader engineering team to establish technical culture and quality standards Conduct code reviews and participate in architecture design sessions What Helps You Succeed Craftsmanship and Extreme Ownership Open-mindedness Frequent, direct, honest, kind communication Demonstrable adoption of AI in all aspects of work Track record of shipping in an environment of high-performance User obsession Salary Range: $175K-230K
