I design and build mobile products

Mike Camara

Senior Mobile Apps Engineer

React Native · Expo · iOS · Android · CI/CD · AI-Assisted Engineering

I build, modernise and rescue production mobile apps. I have been shipping mobile products since 2012, from native iOS and Android to React Native, Expo, EAS, app store delivery, mobile CI/CD, observability and AI-powered app features.

Available for remote senior mobile engineering roles.

14+apps shipped
iOS · Android · Web
Building mobile since 2012
Daiet AI screenshot
PlayPal screenshot
4ever Fitness screenshot

Portfolio

Selected Apps

A small studio's worth of shipped products — each designed, built and released end to end.

Daiet AI

Health

Daiet AI

AI-powered personalised meal plans.

Daiet AI generates personalised diet plans and visualises body-goal progress, with transparent privacy controls for consent, retention, and deletion.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Product · Design · Engineering

Daiet AI screenshot
PlayPal

Family

PlayPal

500+ play ideas to delight your kids.

PlayPal is a parent's pocket library of 500+ creative play ideas — scavenger hunts, fort-building, arts & crafts, and more — categorised by age and energy.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Product · Design · Engineering

PlayPal screenshot
4ever Fitness

Fitness

4ever Fitness

Custom training programs for trainers and dojos.

4ever Fitness is a complete platform for personal trainers and dojo owners to design programs, manage students, and run sessions.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Product · Design · Engineering

4ever Fitness screenshot
4get Countdown

Productivity

4get Countdown

Beautiful countdowns for the moments that matter.

4get is a beautiful countdown app for birthdays, holidays, deadlines, and dreams. Set it once and never forget.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Product · Design · Engineering

4get Countdown screenshot

Expertise

Mobile Engineering Capabilities

50+ years in software engineering. Production mobile apps, platform work, release engineering and practical AI-assisted development.

React Native and Expo

  • Production React Native apps, Expo migrations, EAS build profiles
  • Native integrations, monorepo patterns and reusable mobile architecture

Native iOS and Android

  • Swift, Kotlin, app store delivery, native debugging and mobile SDKs
  • Permissions, push notifications, deep links and platform-specific issues

Mobile CI/CD and Release Engineering

  • GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Expo EAS, Fastlane and release governance
  • Automated builds, rollout controls and App Store / Google Play delivery

Mobile Testing and Observability

  • Maestro, Appium, WebdriverIO, BrowserStack, Sentry and New Relic
  • Crash investigation, performance monitoring and production issue triage

AI-Assisted Engineering

  • Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and repository analysis
  • Jira/GitHub/Slack automations, incident investigation and release diagnostics

AI-Powered Mobile Products

  • LLM-powered app features, image analysis and document parsing
  • Firebase, Supabase, AWS and mobile-first product architecture

production stack

React NativeExpoEASSwiftKotlinTypeScriptGitHub ActionsBitriseFastlaneMaestroAppiumSentryNew RelicFirebaseSupabaseAWSStripeRevenueCatLaunchDarklyAuth0

Focus

What I Build

Production Mobile Apps

Reliable apps across iOS and Android using React Native, Expo, native modules, app store delivery and production monitoring.

Mobile Platforms

Shared mobile architecture, CI/CD pipelines, release standards, testing frameworks and observability practices that help teams ship safely.

App Modernisation

Migration from native or bare React Native patterns toward more maintainable React Native and Expo workflows.

AI-Enhanced Mobile Experiences

Practical AI features inside mobile products, including LLM workflows, image understanding, document parsing, personalisation and automation.

AI-Assisted Developer Workflows

Engineering automation that helps with PR review, Jira updates, incident investigation, test failure analysis and release confidence.

Career

Professional Experience

Senior Mobile Apps Engineer and Technical Lead

Flight Centre Travel Group

Dec 2023 — Present
  • Lead mobile platform and delivery practices across multiple consumer travel apps
  • Work across React Native, Expo, EAS, GitHub Actions, Maestro, Sentry, New Relic, LaunchDarkly, Auth0, OneTrust and app release governance
  • Support teams building and releasing apps across Flight Centre, Travel Associates, Cruiseabout and World 360
  • Built AI-assisted engineering workflows for PR analysis, repository intelligence, sprint reporting, incident investigation and test failure summaries
  • Integrated production AI assistant capabilities into mobile app experiences using AWS-backed services, rollout controls and observability

Senior Mobile Engineer & Cloud

VBreathe Pty Ltd

Aug 2022 — Nov 2023
  • Built React Native, cloud and IoT application capabilities for connected health products
  • Worked across mobile app delivery, Node.js, AWS-backed services, Pulumi, CI/CD, Appium and WebdriverIO
  • Collaborated across product, hardware and engineering to deliver production software connected to real devices

Mobile Apps Engineer, Native iOS/Android & Web

Staffer Pty Ltd

Feb 2018 — Aug 2022
  • Built native iOS and Android applications plus web-based CRM and workforce management systems
  • Worked across mobile engineering, backend APIs, customer workflows, production support and release delivery
  • Delivered features for identity verification, credential management, rate calculations and operational workflows

Mobile Apps Engineer

Progressive Medical Pty Ltd

Oct 2017 — Jan 2018
  • Built mobile application capabilities for healthcare and medical workflows
  • Worked across native iOS and Android delivery, production support and release processes

Mobile Apps Engineer — React Native, Expo, Android and iOS Swift

7X AI Engineering

2012 — Present
  • Built and published many independent apps across iOS, Android, React Native, Expo, Firebase, Supabase, AWS, Stripe, RevenueCat and app store delivery
  • Built AI-enabled consumer apps using LLMs, image analysis, document parsing, personalisation and mobile-first product architecture
  • Own end-to-end delivery from idea and architecture through development, release, monitoring, customer support and iteration

Education

Academic Foundation

MSE

Master of Software Engineering

University of Tartu / TalTech

Estonia · 2023

BSc

Bachelor of Computer Science

Murdoch University

Australia · 2018

BSc

Bachelor of Communication

PUCRS

Brazil · 2014

AD

Associate Degree in Mobile Apps Development

TAFE Australia

Australia · 2016

Contact

Work with me

Work with me

I am best suited to remote senior mobile engineering roles where the goal is to build, maintain or modernise serious production apps.

Good fits:

  • Senior React Native Engineer
  • Senior Mobile Engineer
  • Expo / React Native Platform Engineer
  • Mobile CI/CD and Release Engineer
  • Mobile App Modernisation Engineer
  • Mobile Developer Productivity Engineer
  • AI-assisted mobile product engineer

If your mobile app needs a calm, experienced engineer who can understand the system quickly and improve it without creating noise, let's connect.