Director of App & Web Platform Excellence

Ebsco Subscription Services España SL; Birmingham, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Moultrie, based in Birmingham, Alabama, seeks a Director of App Development to own the quality, evolution, and long-term vision of our software applications and web services used by customers daily.

The role combines technical depth with strategic leadership, overseeing MAUI-based development, evaluating native options, and driving a two-track plan for existing and new experiences, including a web-enabled expansion.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years leading mobile or full-stack engineering teams.
• Deep experience delivering high-quality consumer-facing mobile applications on iOS and/or Android.
• Demonstrated ability to make and defend platform or architectural decisions with clear, data-informed rationale.
• Experience managing parallel workstreams — maintaining existing products while building new ones.
• Strong product sensibility: a genuine understanding of what makes a mobile experience feel great.
• Track record of improving app quality as measured by real customer signals (ratings, retention, support volume).
• Excellent communication skills — able to represent engineering clearly to non-technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, develop, and retain a team of ~20 high-performing software engineers across mobile and web.
• Instill high standards — technically, professionally, and in terms of customer empathy — and challenge the team to reach its potential.
• Build a team culture where quality is a source of pride, not a tax on velocity.
• Manage 3–4 direct reports; invest in their growth as engineering leaders.
• Lead platform strategy decisions for mobile and web; evaluate MAUI vs native and plan the transition.
• Oversee parallel tracks: maintain the current app while prototyping a next-generation experience.

Skills

Leadership

iOS/Android

Platform decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Product sense

App quality improvement

Communication

Parallel workstreams

Tools

MAUI

Xamarin

Flutter

React Native

Job description

Moultrie, based in Birmingham, Alabama, seeks a Director of App Development to own the quality, evolution, and long-term vision of our software applications and web services used by customers daily.

The role combines technical depth with strategic leadership, overseeing MAUI-based development, evaluating native options, and driving a two-track plan for existing and new experiences, including a web-enabled expansion.