AI-First Mobile Principal Engineer

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus and equity

Flexible PTO

Parental leave (12 weeks)

401k match

Education stipend

Remote work stipend

Job summary

Dscout is seeking a Mobile Principal Software Engineer to lead our mobile team and evolve it for a full AI-first platform. You will work hands-on with AI coding agents and architect mobile+backend solutions, shaping the participant experience across mobile and web.

You will mentor engineers, drive an AI-enabled SDLC, and partner with Product and Design to ship durable, scalable systems. Flexibility and collaboration are core to our culture.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a mobile software engineer with Principal/Staff-level scope.
• Experience with iOS and Android.
• Hands-on experience with AI coding agents, not just autocomplete.
• Experience in system architecture to support mobile (backend API, databases, mobile DevOps).
• Proven track record of leading and mentoring engineers.
• Expertise with cloud-based SaaS architectures and evolutionary design.
• Familiar with agile, DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mobile team and drive AI-native evolution.
• Stand up an AI-native development process for mobile (agents, evals, review loops).
• Push business logic to backend to keep apps lean and fast.
• Contribute Python to AI backend when mobile needs capabilities.
• Define participant API and platform direction beyond mobile.
• Balance 70% product team support with 30% leadership and platform work.
• Mentor engineers and evolve the Engineering org.

Skills

Mobile development

iOS

Android

AI agents

Backend API design

Cloud SaaS

CI/CD

Mentoring

Job description

Dscout is seeking a Mobile Principal Software Engineer to lead our mobile team and evolve it for a full AI-first platform. You will work hands-on with AI coding agents and architect mobile+backend solutions, shaping the participant experience across mobile and web.

You will mentor engineers, drive an AI-enabled SDLC, and partner with Product and Design to ship durable, scalable systems. Flexibility and collaboration are core to our culture.