Senior Mobile Architect – iOS & Swift (Lisbon, Onsite)

Air Apps; Madrid; On-site; EUR 130,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple hardware ecosystem

Annual Bonus

Health and Life Insurance

Transportation Budget

Coverflex benefits

Air Conference

Pension Fund

Urban Sports Club

Meals 100% free

Job summary

Air Apps is seeking a Mobile Software Architect to lead scalable iOS architecture for our AI-driven PRP ecosystem. You’ll own platform patterns, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and design to align technical decisions with user needs.

The role focuses on iOS with Android crossovers and requires strong CI/CD and security practices. The position is fully onsite at the Lisbon office, with relocation support available.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of mobile development with an architectural mindset.
• Expertise in iOS development using Swift; Objective-C knowledge a plus.
• Strong knowledge of UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine.
• Familiarity with Android (Kotlin/Java) is a strong plus.
• Experience integrating with APIs, data storage, caching, and background tasks.
• App Store submission, mobile security, and compliance guidelines.
• Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and deployment automation.
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain architectural concepts.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the mobile architecture strategy, ensuring a scalable and maintainable foundation across projects.
• Focus primarily on iOS architecture, libraries, and platform-specific patterns, while understanding Android frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to ensure architectural decisions align with product goals and user experience.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and performance guidelines.
• Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on refactoring and scaling existing mobile applications.
• Design APIs, SDKs, and modular components reusable across teams.
• Guide decisions around third-party libraries, mobile tooling, and build/deployment pipelines.
• Partner with backend and cloud teams to ensure seamless integration between mobile apps and services.
• Stay current with trends in mobile architecture, performance, and security.
• Mentor mobile engineers and elevate the team’s technical proficiency.

Skills

Swift

iOS

UIKit

SwiftUI

Combine

Android basics

MVVM

VIPER

CI/CD

Performance

Tools

Xcode

APIs

Job description

Air Apps is seeking a Mobile Software Architect to lead scalable iOS architecture for our AI-driven PRP ecosystem. You’ll own platform patterns, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and design to align technical decisions with user needs.

The role focuses on iOS with Android crossovers and requires strong CI/CD and security practices. The position is fully onsite at the Lisbon office, with relocation support available.