Experienced Mobile App Developer

We are developing LAID MEMBERS, a custom mobile and web-based membership platform for a premium athletic apparel brand. The app will feature QR garment authentication and registration, digital wardrobes, social media video link submissions and playback, customer reward credits, and Shopify ecommerce integration. We are seeking an experienced developer or development team with a proven track record building scalable consumer-facing applications, secure backend systems and ecommerce integrations. FULL PROJECT DESCRIPTION About the Project We are launching LAID, a premium athletic and lifestyle apparel brand, and are looking to develop a proprietary customer membership application called LAID MEMBERS. This is not a basic ecommerce app. We want to build a scalable customer engagement and loyalty platform that connects every physical LAID garment to its owner through a unique QR code and serial number. Customers will register their garments, authenticate their products, build a digital wardrobe, submit links to social media videos featuring their LAID products, earn promotional credits and redeem those credits toward future purchases. The platform will integrate with our Shopify ecommerce store, with future integration opportunities for TikTok Shop. We are looking for a developer or development team capable of managing the project from architecture and UI/UX design through development, integration, testing and launch. CORE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS 1. Mobile App Development Develop applications for Apple iOS and Android. Create a premium, modern and visually appealing user interface. Develop a responsive web-based membership portal. Provide secure customer registration and login. Support Apple and Google sign-in. Create customer profiles and account management. 2. QR Code Authentication & Garment Registration Every LAID garment will have a unique serial number and QR code. The application must: Scan and validate unique QR codes. Authenticate individual garments. Prevent duplicate registrations. Associate registered garments with individual customer accounts. Issue reward credits upon successful registration. Support millions of unique garment records. Allow bulk generation and importing of serial numbers. 3. Digital Customer Wardrobe Customers will have a personal digital wardrobe displaying every registered LAID garment. The system must support product images, garment descriptions, drop identification, color, size, serial number, registration date and authenticity status. 4. Social Media Video Links & Playback An important feature of this project is the ability for customers to submit videos featuring their LAID products. Customers will create and publish their own videos on: TikTok Instagram Reels YouTube Shorts Facebook They will submit the public video URL through the LAID app. The app must: Accept and validate social media video URLs. Identify the originating platform where possible. Display submitted videos in customer profiles and galleries. Support embedded playback through official platform embedding capabilities where permitted. Display an external link when embedded playback is unavailable. Allow administrators to review, approve or reject submissions. Prevent duplicate submissions from generating duplicate rewards. VERY IMPORTANT: LAID WILL NOT HOST OR STORE VIDEO FILES. Videos will remain on their original social media platforms. LAID will only store the video URLs and associated submission information. No video upload, hosting or streaming infrastructure is required. Experience with social media APIs, embeds and platform restrictions is highly desirable. 5. Customer Rewards & Credit System Customers will earn promotional credits for participating in the LAID membership program. Proposed initial reward structure: Customer activity Reward Register a garment $2 Approved unboxing video $3 Approved wearing video $5 Maximum per garment $10 Reward amounts and rules must be configurable through an administrative dashboard. The app must include: Customer reward wallet. Available and pending credits. Reward transaction history. Credit expiration and adjustment functionality. Duplicate reward prevention. Administrative reward controls. Secure backend credit calculations. 6. Shopify Integration We intend to use Shopify as our primary ecommerce platform. The developer must have experience integrating Shopify APIs and implementing customer discount/redemption functionality. Customers should be able to: View their available LAID credits. Select credits to redeem. Apply eligible discounts toward Shopify purchases. The system must securely reserve credits, confirm completed orders, release credits for abandoned transactions and reconcile refunds or cancellations. Experience with Shopify GraphQL Admin API, webhooks and discount functionality is strongly preferred. 7. TikTok Shop Integration We would also like the developer to evaluate the feasibility of integrating LAID MEMBERS with TikTok Shop. Potential functionality includes customer membership identification, order data integration and reward recognition or redemption where supported by approved TikTok APIs. TikTok Shop integration should be quoted separately as an optional development phase. The developer must identify applicable API access, partner eligibility and platform limitations rather than assume direct rewards redemption is available. 8. Administrative Dashboard LAID requires a comprehensive web-based dashboard to manage the platform. Administrators must be able to: Manage customer accounts. Create and manage product drops. Manage products, sizes and colors. Generate and import QR codes and serial numbers. Review garment registrations. Review and approve social video links. Manage customer reward balances. Monitor reward redemptions. Review Shopify order information. Generate reports and analytics. Monitor member activity and platform performance. The dashboard must allow LAID to manage daily operations without requiring developer assistance. REQUIRED DEVELOPER QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for an established and highly qualified developer or development team with demonstrated experience in the following areas: Mobile Application Development Proven experience building and launching iOS and Android applications. React Native, Flutter or equivalent cross-platform development expertise. Experience with consumer-facing applications and membership platforms. Strong UI/UX design and mobile application architecture skills. Backend & Database Development Strong experience developing secure, scalable backend systems. PostgreSQL, Supabase or equivalent database experience. API development and third-party integration expertise. Experience managing large databases and unique product identifiers. Authentication, user management and role-based access control. QR Code & Product Authentication Experience developing QR scanning and validation systems. Unique serial-number generation. Product registration and authentication systems. Duplicate prevention and fraud protection. Ecommerce & Loyalty Integration Demonstrated Shopify API integration experience. Customer rewards and loyalty program development. Discount code and redemption integrations. Order, payment, refund and webhook processing. Social Media Integration Experience with TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook APIs or official embed technologies. Social media video URL validation and display. Third-party video embedding and playback. Understanding of platform restrictions and API permissions. Administrative Systems Experience building custom management dashboards. Customer and product administration. Transaction management and reporting. Video moderation and approval workflows. Security & Scalability Secure customer authentication. Fraud prevention. Encrypted data transmission. Secure transaction processing. Database backup and recovery. Architecture capable of supporting substantial growth. WHAT WE EXPECT FROM APPLICANTS Please provide the following when submitting your proposal: Examples of mobile applications you have personally developed or your company has delivered. Links to live applications currently available in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, where applicable. Examples of Shopify integrations and loyalty/rewards platforms you have developed. Examples of QR authentication, product registration or serial-number tracking systems. Examples of applications integrating social media platforms or displaying externally hosted videos. Your recommended technology stack and development approach. Estimated development timeline. Itemized development cost. Estimated monthly hosting, maintenance and third-party service costs. Details of your post-launch support and maintenance program. We strongly prefer applicants who have previously developed a complete consumer-facing application with multiple integrations rather than developers whose experience is limited to basic websites or template-based applications. PROJECT OWNERSHIP LAID will retain 100% ownership of all custom-developed source code, application designs, database structures, APIs, documentation and intellectual property. The project must be developed using accounts and infrastructure controlled by LAID wherever practical. Full source code, administrative access, technical documentation and deployment instructions must be delivered upon completion. The developer must agree to these ownership requirements as part of the proposal. PROJECT STRUCTURE & BUDGET We are open to proposals from qualified individual developers, development agencies and full-stack teams. We expect the project to be divided into development phases: Phase 1: Core mobile app, member accounts, QR authentication and digital wardrobe. Phase 2: Social video link submission, playback, moderation and rewards system. Phase 3: Shopify integration and reward redemption. Phase 4: Optional TikTok Shop integration. Phase 5: Optional future community features. Please provide separate pricing for each phase, with a fixed-price proposal preferred for clearly defined deliverables. We are interested in establishing a long-term relationship with the right development partner. We are looking for quality, technical expertise, scalability and long-term ownership