Engineering Manager (Mobile)

Human Interest; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Annual wellness stipend

Annual education stipend

Work from home stipend

Job summary

Human Interest is building a greenfield mobile organization in New York City. You will recruit and mentor a team of engineers across iOS, Android, and cross-platform frameworks to deliver mission-critical mobile experiences for our clients and employees.

You will define technical vision, own the mobile architecture, and drive fast, reliable releases with strong telemetry and QA infrastructure. A strong track record in mobile leadership and shipping multi-platform apps is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading software engineering teams in mobile apps.
• Proven track record shipping production iOS/Android or cross-platform apps.
• Experience with mobile release operations, CI/CD, and feature flag management.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mobile engineering team from the ground up across iOS, Android, and cross-platform tech.
• Define mobile architecture decisions and project roadmaps.
• Own release governance, store submissions, QA processes, and telemetry integrations.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver scalable mobile experiences.

Skills

Mobile leadership

Team management

Cross-functional leadership

Mobile architecture

Swift

Kotlin

React Native

Flutter

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Swift

Kotlin

React Native

Flutter

Job description

• This is a high-impact people leadership role managing engineers focused on a mission-critical domain: building the future of our mobile app experience. You will combine technical leadership with people management, driving both technical execution and a high-performance engineering culture for our mobile platforms
• Multi-Persona Mobile Experience: Architecting client-side application flows for employees managing their retirement accounts, while expanding the platform to build future mobile experiences tailored for 401(k) company admins to manage plan administrative workflows on the go
• Native & Cross-Platform Architecture: Guiding evaluation and execution across native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) as well as cross-platform frameworks (React Native, Flutter), ensuring robust SDK integration, optimal runtime performance, and scalable application architecture
• Release Engineering & QA Infrastructure: Owning the complete mobile release lifecycle, including store deployments (App Store Connect, Google Play Console), CI/CD pipelines (Fastlane, Bitrise), device farm test automation, and mobile telemetry/analytics integrations (such as Braze and Firebase)
• This is a rare greenfield opportunity: you’ll build this mobile team from the ground up, hiring the engineers who join it, and you’ll have a blank slate to define how mobile engineering works at Human Interest. Build pipelines, release process, QA infrastructure, telemetry, the native-vs-cross-platform architecture itself; none of it exists yet, which means none of it is constrained by legacy decisions
• You’ll mentor the team you hire and work closely with Product and Design to ship it. Millions of employees and plan administrators will manage their financial future on what you build, and you’ll own the outcomes that matter: app store ratings, crash-free sessions, release governance, and getting apps into people’s hands reliably
• Team Leadership and Development: Recruit and hire 3+ top mobile engineers. Develop and scale a high-performing team across iOS, Android, and cross-platform disciplines while eliminating platform silos
• Technical Vision and Execution: Drive the execution of mobile roadmaps across employee and company admin product surfaces, ensuring a smooth, responsive, and stable app experience for our customers. Provide technical leadership on mobile architecture, device fragmentation, and AI-assisted engineering tools
• Release Governance and Quality: Oversee release engineering practices, including pipeline management, build sign-offs, App Store/Play Store staged rollouts, feature flag rollouts, automated PR testing workflows, and cross-device QA verification
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product management, UX design, operations, and backend teams for API contracts, backend-driven UI integrations, administrative security controls, and alignment on release schedules
• Mobile Telemetry & Metrics: Establish and maintain mobile observability using tools like Braze, Sentry, or Datadog to track app adoption, deep-linking performance, push engagement, and crash analytics

Benefits

• Short/Long-term disability and life insurance
• Generous parental leave policy
• Comprehensive training and professional development via Beacon U plus an annual education stipend
• Monthly work from home stipend
• Dollar-for-dollar match of employee donations to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, up to $1,000 per year
• Annual wellness stipend
• An annual membership to One Medical Group, with membership fees paid by Human Interest
• HSA or FSA offering with an annual employer contribution
• Generous FTO (exempt) and PTO (non-exempt) policies
• Stock options for every employee
• Top-of-the-line health, dental, and vision, with employee premiums fully paid and dependent premiums 50% covered by Human Interest
• A great 401(k) plan: our own! Our 401(k) includes a dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 4% of compensation

• Experience managing complex, multi-persona mobile applications (e.g., consumer and enterprise/admin portal surfaces within mobile apps) is a strong plus
• Experience with fintech, security-sensitive applications, or regulated domains is a plus
• Proven track record of shipping production iOS, Android, or cross-platform (React Native/Flutter/Kotlin Multiplatform) apps across multiple store release cycles
• 5+ years of experience leading software engineering teams, with a strong focus on mobile application delivery
• Experience with mobile release operations, store submission guidelines, and feature flag management
• Deep technical background in mobile software engineering (Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter, or Kotlin Multiplatform)
• Understanding of mobile architecture trade-offs, device farms, automated UI testing (XCUITest, Espresso, Appium), client-side telemetry, and API contract design
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills to bridge mobile client constraints with backend teams and business leadership
• Excellent communication (verbal and written), mentorship abilities, and experience fostering healthy, inclusive work environments
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is strongly preferred