Description
Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical direction and development of our iOS app
- Build and scale the mobile engineering team, including recruiting, hiring, and mentoring
- Establish engineering best practices, processes, and documentation
- Build and maintain the foundational iOS app using Swift
- Collaborate with the backend team to integrate services
- Develop and enhance the user interface for a seamless user experience
- Ensure the app's performance, quality, and responsiveness
- Balance elegant and general code with speed and product goals
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders on team progress and technical roadmap
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute hiring plans to build out the mobile engineering team
- Create and maintain career development frameworks for the engineering team
- Establish engineering processes and best practices that scale
- Mentor and grow engineering talent
- Collaborate with product and design leads to define technical strategy
- Manage team performance and provide regular feedback
Requirements
Skills and Experience at-a-Glance:
- 7-10 years of experience building mobile apps, specifically iOS
- 2+ years of engineering management experience
- Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams
- Fluency in SwiftUI/UIKit
- Experience with mobile architecture design and technical decision-making
- Exceptional communication ability
- Proactive, ambitious, and dedicated mindset
Requirements
:
The ideal candidate will have 7-10 years of experience and advanced skills in:
- Mobile App Development: Demonstrated mastery in building iOS applications using Swift
- Engineering Management: 3+ years experience leading engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management
- Team Building: Track record of building high-performing engineering teams from the ground up
- Technical Leadership: Experience setting technical direction, making architectural decisions, and establishing engineering processes
- Backend Integration: Experience with connecting mobile apps to backend services and managing technical partnerships
- UI/UX Design: Ability to implement clean and responsive user interfaces
- Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication for both daily engagement, documentation, and leadership contexts
- Previous startup experience preferred but not required
Additional Qualifications:
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Math, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience leading and building remote engineering teams is** highly desirable**
- Strong project management skills
- A proactive and dedicated mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity and thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage environment
- Experience managing engineering budgets and resources is a plus