Adding Mobile Engineering Capacity Without Slowing the Team Down

Embedded React Native Engineer for Digital Health

Astra Health mobile care experience

Year

2026

Client

Jones Skavo

Timeframe

Released in 2026

Astra Health had an experienced product team and a growing mobile roadmap, but limited React Native capacity. CipherCross added one senior engineer to the existing team to take ownership of production mobile work inside its established delivery process.

Astra Health had an experienced product team and a growing mobile roadmap, but limited React Native capacity. CipherCross added one senior engineer to the existing team to take ownership of production mobile work inside its established delivery process.

The challenge

Product, backend, design and QA were already moving, but too much mobile implementation depended on a small number of engineers. Roadmap features queued behind maintenance work, technical debt competed for the same capacity, and permanent hiring could not match the product schedule. The team did not need a separate delivery process or another management layer. It needed an engineer who could learn the existing codebase, follow the team's architecture and review standards, and work directly with product, design, backend and QA.

Product, backend, design and QA were already moving, but too much mobile implementation depended on a small number of engineers. Roadmap features queued behind maintenance work, technical debt competed for the same capacity, and permanent hiring could not match the product schedule. The team did not need a separate delivery process or another management layer. It needed an engineer who could learn the existing codebase, follow the team's architecture and review standards, and work directly with product, design, backend and QA.

Astra Health patient journey screens

Work process

Technical matching

We matched a senior React Native engineer to Astra Health's stack, product stage and immediate backlog. The handover covered architecture, release practices, coding standards and the feature areas where extra ownership would help most.

We specialize in digital solutions including website development, web applications, e-commerce platforms, and enterprise software integrations. Our expertise spans diverse industries, delivering strategic technological solutions tailored to unique business challanges.

Structured onboarding

The engineer joined the client's communication, planning, repository and documentation flow. The first production task covered the full path from local setup through code review, QA and release.

We specialize in digital solutions including website development, web applications, e-commerce platforms, and enterprise software integrations. Our expertise spans diverse industries, delivering strategic technological solutions tailored to unique business challanges.

Embedded sprint delivery

After onboarding, the engineer worked from the same backlog, joined the same ceremonies and collaborated directly with product, design, backend and QA. Astra Health did not have to run a parallel agency workflow.

We specialize in digital solutions including website development, web applications, e-commerce platforms, and enterprise software integrations. Our expertise spans diverse industries, delivering strategic technological solutions tailored to unique business challanges.

Feature ownership

The role grew from scoped tickets to complete mobile features, including clarification, implementation, analytics, tests, edge cases, review feedback, QA support and release follow-up.

We specialize in digital solutions including website development, web applications, e-commerce platforms, and enterprise software integrations. Our expertise spans diverse industries, delivering strategic technological solutions tailored to unique business challanges.

Ongoing collaboration

Capacity shifted between roadmap work, technical debt, performance and production issues as priorities changed. Astra Health kept control of the backlog, architecture and final approval.

We specialize in digital solutions including website development, web applications, e-commerce platforms, and enterprise software integrations. Our expertise spans diverse industries, delivering strategic technological solutions tailored to unique business challanges.

Astra Health mobile product workflow

The solution

CipherCross embedded one senior React Native engineer directly into Astra Health's product team. The engineer used the client's backlog, joined planning and stand-ups, submitted pull requests through the same review rules, and worked with its designers, backend engineers and QA specialists. This kept Astra Health's product process and technical direction intact while adding mobile delivery capacity inside the team. The engineer could own a feature from refinement through release, reduce pressure on the internal mobile team and help the roadmap move without waiting for a full hiring cycle.

CipherCross embedded one senior React Native engineer directly into Astra Health's product team. The engineer used the client's backlog, joined planning and stand-ups, submitted pull requests through the same review rules, and worked with its designers, backend engineers and QA specialists. This kept Astra Health's product process and technical direction intact while adding mobile delivery capacity inside the team. The engineer could own a feature from refinement through release, reduce pressure on the internal mobile team and help the roadmap move without waiting for a full hiring cycle.

Astra Health application home and care plan
Astra Health daily activities and progress
Astra Health care team communication

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