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[Matter] Director of Engineering at Matter in Miami, FL
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Job Description
The Role
We're hiring a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to build our consumer mobile app and the AI features inside it. You'll work closely with the Director of Engineering and own features end to end, from the React Native UI down to the backend endpoints and LLM pipelines that power them. Your specialty is building highly engaging, dynamic mobile experiences that feel fast and alive, increasingly powered by AI / LLM components (think meal analysis, nutrition intelligence, and conversational features).
What you'll do
Build and ship features in our React Native / Expo consumer app. Polished, performant, animation-rich UI
Design and integrate LLM-powered features end to end: prompt design, streaming responses, tool use, and wiring model outputs into a great mobile UX
Build the backend behind those features: REST endpoints, data models, and AI provider integrations
Own performance and responsiveness: smooth interactions, offline tolerance, fast data fetching and caching
Collaborate with product and design to turn ideas into engaging, measurable experiences
Instrument features with analytics and iterate based on real usage
What we're looking for
5+ years of full-stack engineering, with strong React Native / Expo (or heavy React) experience shipping production consumer apps
Demonstrated ability to build dynamic, high-quality mobile UI: animation, gestures, responsive layouts, attention to detail
Hands-on experience integrating LLMs into products
Solid TypeScript and comfort across the stack: Node.js / Express backends and PostgreSQL
Experience with modern mobile state and data patterns (e.g. Zustand, TanStack React Query)
Product sense: you care about how it feels, not just whether it works
Nice to have
Experience with Expo Router, native modules, and EAS build/release pipelines
Familiarity with local persistence (expo-sqlite), offline-first patterns, and real-time sync
Background in nutrition, health, food, or another data-rich consumer domain