PUBLIC SAFETY · MOBILE · API
Real-time wildfire intelligence people rely on.
Two generations of mobile applications and API contributions for a real-time wildfire intelligence platform.LEAD MOBILE DEVELOPMENT + CONSULTING
CLIENTWatch Duty
ROLELEAD MOBILE DEVELOPMENT + CONSULTING
OUTCOMETwo generations — of mobile products delivered
Watch Duty delivers rapidly changing wildfire intelligence to people making real decisions about safety.
The mobile product had to present complex, time-sensitive information clearly across iPhone and Android.
Application behavior depended on a broader production system including live data and backend APIs.
RESPONSIBILITY
What Mitch owned.
Delivered shared iPhone and Android application systems
Contributed to the REST API supporting the product
Provided ongoing senior engineering judgment
WHAT WAS BUILT
The working system.
Cross-platform mobile applicationsReal-time incident experiencesMap and alert-driven product flowsREST API contributionsTECHNICAL COMPLEXITY
What made it consequential.
Time-sensitive public-safety informationHigh user demand during active incidentsMobile platform differencesCoordination across product, API, data, and operationsPRODUCTION OUTCOME
Two major generations of a mobile product designed for real-world public-safety use, supported by contributions across the application and API layers.
Mobile engineeringReact NativeREST APIsProduct architecturePublic safetyProduction reliability
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BRING THE HARD PROBLEM
Put that project back on the roadmap.
Tell me what needs to work, where you’re stuck, and what the system has to fit.
Talk to Mitch