Engineering Manager - Mobile Development

EPAM Systems Inc; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking an Engineering Manager – Mobile Development to lead iOS and Android engineering teams. You will own end-to-end mobile delivery, shape roadmaps with product and UX, and drive architecture, security and performance improvements.

Lead across distributed teams, manage hiring and career development, and partner with stakeholders to ensure high-quality, scalable mobile experiences across devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering or related field.
• 7+ years in software development with 5+ years mobile and 3+ in leadership.
• Proficiency in iOS/Swift or Android/Kotlin with working knowledge of the other.
• Experience releasing apps via Apple App Store and Google Play.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership.
• Familiarity with mobile security, CI/CD, and testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor iOS and Android engineers across distributed teams.
• Own end-to-end mobile delivery from discovery to production.
• Define roadmaps, priorities, estimates, and release plans.
• Establish mobile architecture, coding standards and patterns.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines, code signing, provisioning, and releases.
• Ensure performance, security, and crash-free user experiences.
• Partner with Product, UX, and Platform teams for strategy.
• Drive improvements through incident reviews and postmortems.

Skills

Mobile leadership

iOS/Swift

Android/Kotlin

Cross-platform

REST/GraphQL

CI/CD

Security testing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

App Store Connect

Firebase

Kotlin Multiplatform

React Native

Flutter

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager – Mobile Development to lead iOS and Android engineering teams responsible for delivering secure, reliable and customer-focused mobile applications. This role combines people leadership, mobile technology expertise and delivery accountability while partnering with Product, UX, Architecture, Quality Engineering, Security and Platform teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop iOS, Android and cross-platform mobile engineers
• Own mobile delivery across discovery, architecture, development, testing, release and production support
• Partner with Product and UX teams to define roadmaps, priorities, estimates and release plans
• Establish mobile architecture, coding standards and reusable development patterns
• Guide decisions involving native iOS/Swift, Android/Kotlin and cross-platform frameworks such as React Native or Flutter
• Ensure consistent user experiences across devices, operating-system versions and screen sizes
• Oversee integrations with APIs, identity platforms, payments, analytics, notifications and third-party SDKs
• Drive automated unit, integration, UI, accessibility, performance and security testing
• Manage mobile CI/CD pipelines, code signing, certificates, provisioning profiles and environment configurations
• Govern Apple App Store and Google Play submission, review, phased rollout and rollback processes
• Monitor application performance, crash-free sessions, startup time, network reliability and customer feedback
• Lead production-incident response, root-cause analysis and preventive improvements
• Plan team capacity, hiring, onboarding, performance management and career development
• Coordinate dependencies across distributed teams, platform groups and external vendors
• Evaluate AI-assisted development and testing capabilities to improve mobile engineering productivity

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline
• Approximately 7+ years of software-development experience, including 5+ years in mobile development and 3+ years in engineering leadership
• Expertise in either iOS/Swift or Android/Kotlin and working knowledge of the other platform
• Experience managing mobile applications through Apple App Store and Google Play release processes
• Understanding of mobile architecture patterns such as MVVM, Clean Architecture and modular design
• Experience with REST/GraphQL APIs, authentication, secure storage, push notifications and mobile analytics
• Knowledge of mobile CI/CD, automated testing, observability and application-security practices
• Experience leading Agile, cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
• Strong stakeholder-management, communication and problem-solving skills
• Nice to have Background in financial services, payments or another regulated industry
• Knowledge of mobile payment technologies, digital wallets, biometrics and device authentication
• Experience with React Native, Flutter or Kotlin Multiplatform
• Familiarity with App Store Connect, Google Play Console, Firebase, feature flags and mobile-release automation
• Knowledge of OWASP Mobile Application Security standards