Lead Mobile Developer

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Overview:

We re seeking a hands-on technical leader to design, build, and maintain high-quality native mobile applications for both iOS and Android. This role blends technical depth with leadership guiding the architecture, performance, and overall experience of our mobile products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain native iOS and Android applications using Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, and Java.
• Apply clean architecture principles and modern design patterns (e.g., MVVM) to create scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Implement and maintain automated UI testing with Espresso and XCUITest as part of continuous integration and delivery workflows.
• Manage build and signing processes, including provisioning profiles, certificates, entitlements, build flavors, and schemes.
• Integrate third-party libraries and SDKs (e.g., Firebase, analytics, maps, and location services).
• Develop and optimize API integrations, handling authentication, error states, caching, and retry logic for improved performance and reliability.
• Collaborate closely with design, product, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver seamless and engaging mobile experiences.
• Integrate content from headless CMS platforms (such as Adobe Experience Manager or similar systems) into dynamic mobile interfaces.
• Stay up to date on emerging tools, platform updates, and best practices to keep mobile solutions modern and competitive.
• Provide technical leadership in architecture design, mobile development standards, and app security best practices.
• Contribute to agile processes by collaborating on sprint planning, feature scoping, and technical documentation.
  
  

Required Experience:

• Strong proficiency in native iOS and Android development, including Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, and Java.
• Minimum two (2) years in a technical leadership role, with or without direct reports.
• 6 years experience programming Objective-C or Swift for iOS.
• 2 years experience developing automated tests using XCUITest/Espresso.
• 3 years experience working with native mobile app signing and build variants (Provisioning Profiles, Entitlements, Distribution Certificates, Xcode Schemes, Android build types, and flavors).
• 3 years experience in the development and integration of third-party source code or libraries.
• 2 years experience working with CMS platforms such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
• 3 years experience integrating APIs/services.