case study · senior mobile frontend engineer · 2026 — present

Myka.Insurance, minus the stress.

Abuja, Nigeria · Remote

myka.insure ↗Consumer app — Play Store ↗Partner app — Play Store ↗

Myka is a NAICOM-licensed insurance brokerage making real insurance — motor, health, gadget, travel, property — something Nigerians can buy and claim from a phone, in minutes, backed by partners like Leadway, AIICO, Tangerine and Reliance HMO.

I build both of its mobile products. The consumer app is bare React Native: quoting, policy purchase, claims with live status, on-device policy PDFs, and a camera-driven device-inspection flow for gadget cover. On the Expo partner app I build new verticals and handle the bug fixing and troubleshooting that keeps agents selling.

The parts I care most about are below the UI: face verification and liveness run on my own open-source modules, releases ship over the air through CodePush, claim status streams in over sockets, and a Sanity CMS I built feeds content to both web and mobile.

stack

React Native
Expo
TypeScript
React Query
Zustand
Socket.IO
Firebase
CodePush
Vision Camera
Sanity

Claims that feel instant

Guided claim flows per incident type, real-time adjuster and payout status over sockets, and PDF policy documents generated on-device.

KYC on my own modules

Identity checks run @rick427/react-native-face-verify and liveness detection — the same libraries published on npm — wired into both apps.

Ship without the store wait

Fastlane automates the release pipeline end to end; CodePush OTA, staged rollouts and in-app update prompts keep both apps current between store releases.

the work

Myka feature graphic — insurance, minus the stress — The pitch: compare, buy and manage real insurance in minutes.

Motor insurance plan selection screen — Plan selection — third-party to comprehensive, priced in a minute.

Claim incident type selection screen — Claims start with what actually happened, not a form dump.

Phone covered confirmation screen — Gadget cover — camera-based device inspection before a policy is issued.

Claim paid confirmation with timeline — A claim, paid — with the timeline visible the whole way.

Policy management screen — Every policy in one place, with renewals that nudge before they lapse.

Licensed by the National Insurance Commission — Licensed by NAICOM, in partnership with Nigeria's leading insurers.

Want the full story?

rchardnjoku@yahoo.com ↗← back to all work