David Pears

I am a hands-on engineering leader based in Stockholm. I have spent seven years building production software with React Native, React and TypeScript, and I still write the code I am responsible for.

Since 2020 I have been co-founder and CTO at NaviSavi, a travel video platform. I lead its technical development across four products built on one library of more than 250,000 user generated videos: a consumer discovery app, a licensing platform for business, a B2C booking OTA, and a commercial API. That covers front-end architecture, geospatial search, payments and licensing, iOS and Android in React Native, and leading a distributed engineering team.

Alongside that I consult as a senior React Native engineer. My current project is a social music app built from the ground up with React Native, Expo, TypeScript and Supabase.

Before NaviSavi I worked as a mobile developer across sport, fintech and music: streaming features at SolidSport, consumer fintech at LOQBOX, a music fintech startup in Tangy Market, and a rebuild of a React web platform into a mobile app at Beatchain. Earlier still I spent a decade in music, television and digital media, including Endemol and Guardian Media Group, and worked as an adjudicator in pensions and investments at the Financial Ombudsman Service. That background is why I am comfortable translating between engineering and the people paying for it.

What I work with

React Native, Expo, React, Next.js, TypeScript and JavaScript on the front end. Node.js, GraphQL and REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Stripe, Firebase and AWS behind them. Jest and React Testing Library, Git and CI/CD throughout.

What I am open to

Senior front-end and mobile leadership: CTO and fractional CTO work, technical advisory, and hands-on React Native and React engineering. I am based in Stockholm, where I can work onsite, hybrid or remotely, and I work remotely across Europe and the UK.

See the work