Project – the aim you’ll have
Our client delivers personalized and seamless digital experiences to millions of members. Following a major re-platforming initiative, we are adopting a modern cloud-native architecture to accelerate mobile development across both iOS and Android platforms. As Technical Lead Mobile, you will be responsible for shaping the mobile architecture, technical strategy, and engineering excellence across both native platforms. You will lead a cross-functional mobile engineering team, drive alignment between iOS and Android codebases, and ensure our apps deliver secure, high-performing, and scalable experiences that complement our cloud-native web ecosystem. This is a hands-on technical leadership role – you will contribute code to critical features while mentoring engineers, defining standards, and making key architectural decisions that impact millions of users.
Position – how you’ll contribute
- Define and evolve the mobile architecture strategy for both iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) platforms, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Lead technical decision-making on cross-platform consistency, shared design patterns (MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture), and platform-specific optimizations
- Design and develop critical native features in iOS (Swift, SwiftUI) and/or Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), including secure authentication flows (Auth0, OAuth2) and cloud service integrations
- Mentor and upskill senior and mid-level mobile engineers through code reviews, design reviews, architecture discussions, and pair programming
- Establish and enforce mobile engineering standards: code quality, testing strategies (unit, UI, integration), security practices (Keychain, secure storage, certificate pinning), and CI/CD best practices
- Drive adoption of automated testing frameworks (XCTest, JUnit, Espresso, Compose UI tests) and mobile observability tools (Firebase Crashlytics, analytics platforms)
- Collaborate closely with Product, UX, Backend, and DevOps teams to align mobile technical roadmap with business priorities and ensure seamless API integrations
- Unblock complex technical challenges, conduct root cause analysis for production issues, and champion continuous improvement across mobile platforms
Expectations – the experience you need
- 5+ years of commercial mobile development experience with deep expertise in native iOS (Swift) and/or native Android (Kotlin)
- 2+ years in a technical leadership role (Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or equivalent), with proven experience mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions
- Strong command of modern mobile architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture) and ability to apply them pragmatically across platforms
- Hands-on experience integrating REST APIs, implementing secure authentication workflows (OA