EARLY STAGE STARTUP
Sprout
A children's learning app for ages 3–8
Little minds. Big adventures. Every day.
3 – 8 yrs Ireland 🇮🇪 Mobile App Dev
Target age Based in Team role
Founders Shikha Rajouria · NIT Jalandhar · IIT Bombay
Shobhit Srivastava · BIET Jhansi · ICT Mumbai
What we're looking for
Joining Sprout as a Mobile App Developer
Creative builder Mobile-first thinker
🎨 📱 You optimise for touch, small screens, and low-latency
You build playful, visually engaging UIs — proficient in
interactions. Comfortable with device APIs — camera,
React Native or Flutter, with a feel for animations,
audio, sensors — and aware of performance on mid-
transitions, and child-friendly interaction design.
range Android devices.
Remote collaborator Startup mindset
🤝 🚀 You own features end-to-end — from design to
You work independently from India, use Git for version
deployment. Comfortable with Firebase or Supabase
control, communicate async via Slack/Notion, and are
for backend, and familiar with app store build
reliable for weekly video check-ins and code reviews.
pipelines (Expo / Android APK).
1 position available · Work from India · Flexible hours · Remote Working
Your evaluation tasks
Complete all 4 within 7 days of receiving this deck and let us know at teamsprout2026@[Link]
Design a 5-minute engagement loop
01 Pick any activity (drawing, story, puzzle, song). Write 1–2 pages: what the activity is, why a 3-year-old would enjoy it, and what happens
when time runs out. A sketch is welcome.
Build a mini interactive screen
02
Create a single-screen app (HTML/JS, React, or Flutter) for ages 3–5 with at least one tap interaction + animation or sound. Share a
working link (GitHub Pages / Vercel) or a 2-min screen recording.
Diagnose a drop-off problem
03 You're told: "Kids leave after 2 minutes." No data, no designer, one week. In ≤ 200 words (bullets): what do you investigate first, what do
you build or test, and how do you measure success?
Build a live device-integration feature
Build a working mobile app (React Native or Flutter) that uses the device camera for a learning activity — e.g. “Snap 5 flowers around you” or
04 “Find 5 electrical devices at home.” The app should identify or label the captured item and give the child a reward. Share a link + 2-min demo
video.
Scoring: Task 1 → 25 pts | Task 2 → 25 pts | Task 3 → 20 pts | Task 4 → 30 pts | Total: 100 pts