Chapter Lead - Mobile

EROAD Limited; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

EROAD Limited in Manila seeks a senior mobile engineering leader to own the technical and people direction of our mobile chapter (roughly 70/30 between hands-on technical leadership and chapter development). You will set architecture, own CI/CD and lead five mobile engineers across squads.

You will recruit, coach, run 1:1s, manage performance and partner with domain leads. Must have 5+ years mobile engineering, native Swift/Kotlin or cross‑platform, and shipped apps in public stores.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional mobile engineering experience (native or cross‑platform).
• At least one app shipped and maintained in a public app store.
• Strong knowledge of mobile architecture, deployment, crash reporting and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Set architectural direction and code quality standards for iOS and Android apps.
• Own CI/CD, testing and platform integration practices across the chapter.
• Directly manage and develop 5 mobile engineers across squads, including coaching and 1:1s.
• Lead recruitment and capability development for the chapter.
• Manage performance, including difficult conversations and PIPs when needed.
• Report into the Domain Chapter Lead and represent mobile engineering.

Skills

Mobile leadership

Swift

Kotlin

Cross-Platform

KMM

CI/CD

Tools

Git

Job description

You'll own the technical and people direction of our mobile engineering chapter, split roughly 70/30 between hands-on technical leadership and chapter development.

Key responsibilities

• Set architectural direction and code quality standards for iOS and Android apps built natively and cross-platform
• Own CI/CD, testing and platform integration practices across the chapter
• Directly manage and develop 5 mobile engineers across squads, including coaching and 1:1s
• Lead recruitment and capability development for the chapter
• Manage performance, including having direct, difficult conversations and running formal processes such as PIPs when needed
• Report into the Domain Chapter Lead and represent mobile engineering across the wider organisation

About you

• 5+ years of professional mobile engineering experience, native (Swift/Kotlin) or cross-platform (React Native, Flutter, KMM)
• At least one app shipped and maintained in a public app store
• Strong knowledge of mobile application architecture, deployment, crash reporting and app analytics
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and product-led squads
• Experience with mobile security, testing, CI/CD and observability practices
• Either strong, proven people leadership experience with generic modern mobile experience (Kotlin, Flutter or similar), or strong individual-contributor mobile engineering experience with leadership potential and hands-on Kotlin Multiplatform (KMM) experience
• Demonstrated ability to have difficult conversations, push back and manage performance, including with people you're close to

About us

eroad is a global fleet management technology company, providing GPS tracking, dashcams, compliance automation and driver safety tools to fleet operators across New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines and the USA, and we're growing our mobile engineering capability as we standardise and rewrite architecture across 10+ mobile apps.