The Mobile Architect is responsible for defining the technical direction of Earnin's mobile applications, ensuring high-quality delivery, and leading teams in best practices and software engineering.
Position Summary
As a Mobile Architect, you will be responsible for defining the technical direction and roadmap of the Earnin mobile applications. The role requires working closely with various stakeholders and influencing decisions while ensuring the team delivers world-class mobile applications that best serve our community members. This is a remote position. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $228,800 - $341,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
What You'll Do:
- Work closely with Executive Leadership, Product Management, and the Design team to gather technical and business requirements
- Drive thought leadership regarding mobile app architecture, UI design frameworks, and best practices that increase developer productivity and velocity while reducing costs (server-driven UI, cross-platform solutions, etc.)
- Proactively improve mobile app architecture through best practices, new technologies, and integration with 3rd party services.
- Define, influence, and communicate the technical vision and roadmap
- Ensure the delivery of performant, high quality, and secure mobile applications.
- Identify and enforce best software engineering practices
- Be closely involved with recruiting and staffing exercises to help grow the organization
- Be hands-on and write code as needed
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's, Master’s or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related technical discipline or equivalent industry experience
- At least 12 years of hands-on experience with Android, iOS, and other mobile frameworks
- Track record of leading teams in the delivery of high-quality mobile apps at scale
- Expertise with common mobile app architectures like MVVM, MVC, and Clean Architecture
- Thorough understanding of joint software engineering best practices and tools such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
- Familiarity with backend infrastructure, architecture, and API design
- Great communication skills to facilitate collaboration with stakeholders across the company
- Someone who biased towards action even in the face of uncertainty
- You are humble, open-minded, flexible, and able to handle the pressure of a startup environment
#LI-Remote
Top Skills
Android
Clean Architecture
iOS
Mobile Frameworks
Mvc
Mvvm
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