Developer Needed for Fast-Growing Edu-Tech Startup

[login to view URL], a fast-growing edu-tech start-up, is looking to start the process of developing mobile apps. Our first iteration of our product was only a website. In a nutshell, our service connects students based in Asia with tutors located around the world, primarily in America for 1 on 1 video conferencing lessons. Students browse tutors profiles and tutor products, and buy packages. They then schedule classes and both tutor and student enter a video conference, powered by Zoom. A very good reference would be [login to view URL], but for teachers and courses This app will be primarily for the customer/student facing portal. JOB ROLE - full-time developer, reporting to Tim, head of tech development who is located in Hong Kong time zone. - we will discuss programming skills during the interview but more important are timeliness, communication skills and positive attitude - the 'language' displayed to the customer will be simplified Chinese, however, as a technical project, I don't think it's necessary for one to know Chinese During the interview, I would specifically like to hear your thoughts on the pros and cons of using React Native versus native or other hybrid solutions. BASIC SUMMARY OF APP FUNCTIONS "Student side' - user signup, registration and login, perhaps w/3rd party SMS verification (Nexmo) or Weibo / Wechat 3rd party login credentials -purchasing of the classes via 3rd party payment providers such as Stripe, Braintree, Wechat Pay API, Baidu Wallet API - scheduling of classes via custom calendar scheduling function - email generation via Send Grid at various points - Wechat / Weibo sharing API's closely integrated (on tutor's profiles a - API connection with Zoom, our video conferencing solution for booked classes - categorize and display tutor profiles and courses (which are fed from our databases) "admin /server side" - connect database and servers w/ Zapier plugins for reporting - analytics tools / plugins - web portal to alter database bookings with admin override - hosted by AWS architecture WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR ON WEB - Symfony-based web portal for both students and tutors - tutors can: register, login, set their time availability, input payment information - students can: sign up, login, buy classes via Stripe, schedule classes, view tutor profiles, launch Zoom class sessions via Sendgrid-generated emails *Pay can be discussed. Actual budget not selected.*