Hi, I'm Aqeel.
Senior Mobile Engineer · React Native · Flutter · AI Apps
I help startups and product teams ship secure, high-performance cross-platform mobile apps with React Native, Expo and Flutter. From MVP to App Store, with bulletproof CI/CD and observability baked in.
Senior mobile engineering, end-to-end
I take products from a blank screen to the App Store, owning architecture, releases and reliability.
Senior Mobile Engineer with 6+ years building, optimising and shipping cross-platform mobile applications for iOS and Android using React Native, React Native Expo, Flutter, TypeScript and Dart. I take products from a blank screen to the App Store, owning mobile architecture, API integration, authentication, payments, analytics, CI/CD automation, native modules and post-launch reliability.
Recent work: led ground-up rebuilds and modernisation of consumer and enterprise mobile products. Shipped Hansel (gifting fintech), IHide VPN, Pangea Provider (Flutter healthcare), Virtual World (Flutter telemedicine), Trusted Air (Flutter IoT), courtPro (Flutter bookings), an NFC-based productivity controller with Swift and Kotlin native modules, and a WebSocket real-time chat, across healthcare, fintech, telemedicine, VPN, IoT, attendance, booking and AI domains.
Hands-on with Figma-to-code implementation, microinteractions, LiveOps, Expo tooling, monorepo workflows and AI-powered mobile features. If you're shipping a mobile product and want a senior engineer who can lead architecture, mentor your team and own the release end-to-end, I'm your person.
What I bring to the table
- 6+ years shipping mobile apps in React Native, Expo and Flutter
- Healthcare, fintech, telemedicine, VPN, IoT, AI and gifting domain depth
- Owns CI/CD, code signing, OTA / LiveOps and App Store releases
- Mentors mobile engineers and runs technical interviews
Ways we can work together
Three packaged engagements. Pick the one that matches where your mobile product is today.
Cross-Platform MVP Build
From wireframes to App Store. A production-ready MVP in React Native or Flutter your users can hold in their hands in 8 to 12 weeks.
- Choose React Native (Expo) or Flutter, best fit for your roadmap
- Auth, payments, push notifications, analytics plus AI features wired up
- iOS and Android builds with automated CI/CD and OTA / LiveOps
- Sentry and Crashlytics observability plus a 2-week post-launch warranty
Mobile Tech Lead Engagement
Plug me in as the senior voice on your mobile team. Architecture reviews, mentoring and unblockers across React Native and Flutter without the full-time hire.
- Architecture review of your RN or Flutter codebase plus a 30/60/90 plan
- Sprint leadership, code reviews and PR mentoring
- Pair programming on native modules, performance and auth
- Hiring and tech-interview support for mobile candidates
CI/CD and Release Hardening
Cut your release time, stop shipping bugs to prod, and sleep through your next App Store and Play Store submission.
- GitHub Actions or Bitrise pipelines for iOS, Android and Huawei
- Code-signing automation, OTA / LiveOps and staged rollouts
- Crash reporting, error budgets and on-call alerting
- Runbooks plus a Loom walkthrough so your team can run it solo
The stack I build with daily
Production-grade tools I've shipped in fintech, healthcare and enterprise apps.
Mobile & Frameworks
Product Experience
Architecture & State
AI Apps & Automation
APIs & Backend
Auth & Security
Payments & Communication
Data & Storage
Monitoring & Quality
CI/CD & Release
Testing & Debugging
Tools & Design Handoff
Projects that shipped
A snapshot of mobile products I've architected, built, and released to real users.
Hansel Gift App
Jan 2024 to PresentCross-platform gifting app with personalised, media-rich experiences. Virtual cards, Lottie animations, gesture interactions, instant, scheduled and link-based gift delivery, plus end-to-end payment flows.
IHide VPN App
Feb 2026 to Apr 2026React Native VPN app. Fixed critical analytics integration, cross-platform event accuracy and subscription stability for production iOS and Android releases.
Pangea Provider
Nov 2025 to Feb 2026Flutter healthcare app for providers. Appointments, consultations, prescriptions and EMR workflows. Hardened API integration, fixed production bugs and shipped App Store and Play Store releases.
Virtual World
Jan 2026 to Apr 2026Flutter telemedicine app. Migrated for Play Store and App Store compliance (Android API 34), upgraded dependencies, fixed build issues and enhanced Agora video calling.
NFC Productivity Controller
Aug 2025 to Nov 2025Cross-platform productivity app that blocks distracting apps via NFC-triggered workflows. Includes native modules in Swift and Kotlin bridging React Native to platform-specific blocking APIs.
Trusted Air
May 2025 to Aug 2025Flutter app for indoor air quality monitoring across offices, gyms and large venues. Real-time sensor data, alerts, threshold management and multi-location dashboards on AWS IoT.
courtPro
Feb 2025 to May 2025Flutter sports facility booking app. Real-time reservations, secure Stripe payments and direct comms between players and venue managers.
Real-Time Chat
Jul 2024 to Sep 2024Cross-platform real-time messaging app. WebSocket-driven messaging, video streaming and native platform integrations on iOS and Android.
Almana Patient App
Sep 2021 to Dec 2023Feature-rich patient app. Appointments, home and hospital visits, teleconsultation, online payments, invoices, lab results, diagnosis history and medication refill workflows.
Almana Maintenance App
Mar 2021 to Aug 2021Maintenance-focused mobile app supporting operational workflows, task visibility and service coordination across departments.
Almana Attendance App
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021Attendance and workforce management app with manual check-in, QR scan, facial recognition and history tracking. Reusable cross-platform modules for iOS and Android.
Where I've shipped
Roles, responsibilities and the wins along the way.
Team Lead, Senior Mobile Engineer
Pikes Soft · Lahore, Pakistan · On-site
- Lead mobile application delivery across React Native and Flutter projects for iOS and Android, including ground-up rebuilds and product modernisation from planning through production deployment.
- CI/CD: Built and maintained pipelines on GitHub Actions and Bitrise to improve release speed and delivery consistency.
- Integrations: Implemented secure authentication, payment flows, analytics and third-party integrations across consumer and enterprise mobile products.
- Leadership: Drive performance optimisation, code reviews, sprint execution, release management and App Store submissions across cross-functional teams.
Lead Mobile Engineer
Pikes Soft · Lahore, Pakistan · On-site
- Led ground-up rebuilds and modernisation of cross-platform mobile products with React Native and Flutter, focused on scalable architecture, reusable components and production-grade integrations.
- Delivered feature-rich applications with authentication, push notifications, payments, analytics and real-time engagement workflows.
- Improved mobile performance through profiling, optimisation and release hardening for Android and iOS.
Software Engineer, Mobile App Development
Pikes Soft · Lahore, Pakistan · On-site
- Built and maintained mobile applications in healthcare and business productivity domains using React Native and TypeScript.
- Integrated Google Fit, Apple HealthKit, payment gateways, push notifications, crash monitoring and release automation to lift user experience and platform reliability.
- Contributed to scalable architecture, reusable UI systems and stable app releases for Android and iOS.
Associate Software Engineer, Mobile App Development
Pikes Soft · Lahore, Pakistan · On-site
- Developed mobile features for workforce management and attendance products using React Native.
- Integrated QR scanning, facial recognition workflows, deep linking and reusable components for cross-platform use.
- Supported bug fixing, performance improvements and store deployment for early-stage mobile products.
Numbers that matter
Outcomes from the work, not vanity metrics.
Apps shipped to stores
Delivered cross-platform mobile applications across healthcare, telemedicine, gifting, VPN, attendance, IoT, booking and real-time communication.
Stores covered end-to-end
Shipped and maintained apps across Apple App Store, Google Play and Huawei AppGallery, with a focus on store compliance and release reliability.
Frameworks mastered
Senior-level depth in both React Native (CLI and Expo) and Flutter, a rare combo that unlocks cross-platform options for any roadmap.
Faster release cycles
Automated iOS and Android pipelines on GitHub Actions and Bitrise with code signing, OTA and staged rollouts.
Production uptime
Sentry, Bugsnag and Firebase Crashlytics tuned to catch regressions before users, across fintech and healthcare apps.
Critical auth incidents
Auth0, Clerk and Firebase Authentication with biometric and multi-factor flows, JWT, SecureStore and SSL pinning across healthcare and fintech releases.
Foundations
Academic background that started it all.
BS Information Technology
University of the Punjab
Sep 2015 to Sep 2019
Intermediate (FSc), Computer Science
Govt. Degree College Pattoki
Sep 2013 to Sep 2015
Matriculation, Science
Govt. High School Dullu Multani
Sep 2011 to Sep 2013
Let's build your mobile product
The fastest way to start is a 20-minute discovery call. Or drop me a line directly.