Available for lead & senior mobile roles

Lead Mobile
App DeveloperReact Native.

I lead teams building high-impact, cross-platform mobile apps — from Server-Driven UI architecture to App Store launch.

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Rawalpindi / Islamabad, Pakistan
Zohaib Ahmad — Lead Mobile App Developer

6+

Years shipping

Currently

TenTwenty Digital

6+

Years of experience

50%

Performance gains driven

5

Engineers led

95%

User satisfaction

About

I turn product ideas into fast, scalable mobile apps — and lead the teams that build them.

Senior React Native Engineer with 6+ years of experience delivering high-impact cross-platform mobile applications from concept to production. Deep expertise in Server-Driven UI, TypeScript, GraphQL, and scalable architecture patterns. I've directed teams of up to 5 engineers, driven 50% performance gains, maintained 95% user satisfaction, and consistently shipped on schedule.

Server-Driven UI

Architecting SDUI systems that ship content and layout changes without an app release.

Performance

Modular architecture and profiling that cut load times and lifted performance up to 50%.

Ship to Stores

End-to-end delivery to App Store & Google Play with CI/CD, testing and monitoring.

Team Leadership

Leading teams of up to 5, mentoring through code reviews and technical standards.

Toolbox

Skills & technologies

Languages & Frameworks

React NativeReact.jsTypeScriptJavaScript (ES6+)

Architecture

Server-Driven UI (SDUI)MVVMMVCReduxComponent-Driven Design

APIs & Real-Time

GraphQLREST APIsWebSocketsReal-Time FeaturesGetStream Chat

Mobile Platform

In-App PurchasesPush Notifications (Firebase, OneSignal)Deep LinkingAbuzz WayfindingApp Store & Google Play

Security

SSL PinningGuardsquare (DexGuard)App IntegrityDevice AttestationreCAPTCHAUAE PassRole-Based Access (RBAC)KYC / Identity Verification

Delivery & Tooling

CI/CD PipelinesUnit & Manual TestingGit · BitbucketJira · Figma · Agile

Career

Experience

Senior React Native Engineer

Current

TenTwenty Digital

Mar 2024 – PresentIslamabad, Pakistan
  • Architected a Server-Driven UI (SDUI) system enabling dynamic content updates without app releases — improving performance by 50% and cutting release-cycle time by 30%.
  • Guided and mentored a team of 5 engineers through rigorous code reviews and technical best practices, reducing technical debt by 20% and reaching 95% user satisfaction.
  • Established automated testing and deployment pipelines, decreasing production bugs by 15% and accelerating feature delivery by 20%.
  • Acted as primary client liaison, converting business requirements into precise technical specs and reducing escalations by 20%.

Front-End Developer (React & React Native)

Orcalo Holdings

Apr 2023 – Feb 2024Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Engineered a dynamic UI rendering system supporting multilingual content and instant remote updates, increasing app responsiveness by 30%.
  • Delivered real-time features including live push notifications, OAuth social login, and location mapping, lifting user engagement by 20%.
  • Co-developed the Identity Gram AI-powered KYC platform with 3-tier access control, boosting customer conversion by 15%.
  • Refactored the global state layer with Redux, cutting average screen load time by 25% across major flows.

Senior React Native Engineer

Excelorithm SMC Pvt

Jan 2021 – Mar 2023Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Redesigned core mobile architecture using modular patterns, improving application performance by 35% and reducing crash rate by 18%.
  • Shipped live streaming and real-time notification features that drove a 40% increase in daily active user engagement.
  • Introduced automated build and test pipelines, cutting the QA cycle from 5 days to 3 and reducing defect escape rate by 15%.

Junior React Native Engineer

Linknbit

Nov 2019 – Dec 2020Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Configured a Redux-based state management layer standardizing data flow across 8 app modules, reducing average load time by 20%.
  • Converted 30+ Figma screens into production-ready React Native components with 100% pixel accuracy.
  • Authored a shared component library of 20+ reusable UI elements, cutting new-screen build time by 30%.

Selected work

Apps I've shipped to real users

Live on the App Store & Google Play — real screenshots from the stores below.

ADGM – The District

ADGM – The District

All-in-one super app for Abu Dhabi Global Market

A super app to live, work, and explore the ADGM district — community, business tools, exclusive offers and events. I directed the Server-Driven UI component development enabling real-time content updates without app releases.

  • Directed SDUI components for real-time updates without releases — +50% scalability
  • Integrated interactive maps, real-time chat & push notifications — +20% engagement
  • Scalable architecture with consistent performance across global markets — +30% speed
React NativeSDUIGraphQLMapsReal-Time ChatMultilingualGuardsquareApp IntegrityDevice AttestationreCAPTCHAAbuzz WayfindingGetStream ChatUAE Pass
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Erth Dubai

Erth Dubai

AI-powered cultural storytelling

An initiative by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to preserve Dubai's heritage through the voices of its people. I oversaw the Server-Driven UI development and integrated AI speech models for immersive, multilingual audio storytelling.

  • Oversaw SDUI development for rapid content updates & multilingual delivery — +50% scalability
  • Integrated OpenAI Whisper (Speech-to-Text) and Text-to-Speech models
  • Produced immersive Arabic & English audio storytelling experiences
React NativeSDUIOpenAI WhisperText-to-SpeechArabic / English
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Clicky

Clicky

Online shopping marketplace

A hybrid mobile app for Android & iOS that wraps the Clicky (clicky.pk) online marketplace in a fast, native shell. I built the WebView bridge, deep-linking and push-notification layers to deliver an app-store-grade shopping experience on top of the existing web platform.

  • Deep linking with universal & app links routing users straight to products and campaigns — +30% re-engagement
  • Native ↔ WebView bridge for sharing, camera, file uploads & push notifications — +25% engagement
  • Offline handling, native splash and cookie-synced sessions for a seamless launch — +40% retention
React NativeWebViewDeep LinkingPush NotificationsAndroidiOS
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JOOD جود

JOOD جود

Dubai's official giving & donations platform

The official platform of the Dubai Community Contributions Establishment for organizing donations and social-responsibility contributions across the emirate. I integrated UAE Pass for secure authentication and identity verification, and built the Gift a Contribution feature end-to-end.

  • Integrated UAE Pass for secure authentication and digital identity verification
  • Built the Gift a Contribution feature — user flows, API integration, validation & state management
  • Collaborated with backend, QA, UI/UX and business teams to ship enterprise-grade mobile features
React NativeUAE PassDigital IdentityPaymentsState Management
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Identity Gram

AI-powered KYC & identity verification platform

A secure identity-verification web application supporting multiple document types, with granular role-based access control across Super Admin, Company Admin and User tiers.

  • Secure verification for multiple document types — reduced verification time by 25%
  • 3-tier RBAC (Super Admin, Company Admin, User) — +15% process efficiency
  • UI crafted with React.js & Material-UI — +20% accessibility and satisfaction
React.jsMaterial-UIKYCRBACAI Verification

Let's build something

Have a mobile app that needs a senior hand?

I'm open to lead and senior React Native roles, and consulting on architecture, performance, and store delivery.

+92 347 0657035