From Swift tattoo to React Native migration lead: a business-first approach to mobile development

Leo Picado, a Staff Engineer at Zenjob, shares his experience of transitioning from native iOS development, despite his deep personal and professional connection to it, to a unified React Native platform with Expo. This decision was driven by the need to address the inefficiencies and limitations of maintaining separate iOS and Android codebases, such as duplicated efforts, inconsistent user experiences, and slow release cycles. By migrating to React Native, Zenjob was able to unify its development process, allowing product teams to own features end-to-end without relying on specialized mobile engineers for every change. The integration of Expo further streamlined the process by enhancing development speed and enabling over-the-air updates, thus reducing time-to-market and improving engineering satisfaction. This transition not only improved operational efficiency but also transformed mobile development from a bottleneck into a company-wide capability, allowing for faster, more consistent feature delivery across platforms.

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