Mobile Architect

Valiant Technologies LLC; Hawaii; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking a senior mobile and systems engineer to lead architecture across iOS/Android platforms and distributed data pipelines.

You will drive cross-team initiatives, shape platform direction, and scale AI-driven SDLC standards while mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with product, data, security, and infrastructure teams. This role demands a proven leadership track record and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in mobile platform engineering and teams.
• Proven track record in driving cross-team architectural decisions and platform initiatives.
• Experience designing large-scale distributed systems and data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development and SDLC automation.

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-team technical decisions, platform direction, and multi-team initiatives.
• Define and scale AI-driven SDLC standards, tools, guardrails, and automation patterns.
• Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering quality through code and architecture reviews.
• Collaborate across product, data, security, and infrastructure teams to align architecture.

Skills

Swift/iOS and Kotlin/Android expertise

Mobile architecture patterns

Offline-first applications

Mobile CI/CD and testing practices

12+ years of software engineering

Cross-team technical leadership

AI-driven SDLC standards

Hands-on AI-assisted development

Distributed systems design

Cross-org leadership

Code quality and observability

Effective stakeholder communication

Tools

Copilot

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

Required Leadership Skills:

• Swift/iOS and Kotlin/Android expertise
• Mobile architecture patterns and performance optimization
• Offline-first applications and release engineering
• Mobile CI/CD and testing practices
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with significant tenure at Staff/Principal level.
• Drive cross-team technical decisions, platform direction, and multi-team initiatives (architecture alignment, trade-off resolution, execution).
• Define and scale AI-driven SDLC standards, including tools, guardrails, and automation patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with AI-assisted development (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) to deliver production systems; able to articulate workflow impact and guardrails.
• Strong experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems (APIs, data pipelines, event driven systems, high‑scale platforms).
• Proven cross‑org leadership—driving architecture, standards, and platform initiatives across multiple teams.
• Elevate engineering quality through code reviews, architecture reviews, and mentoring senior engineers.
• Strong engineering fundamentals in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and observability while maintaining delivery velocity.
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without formal authority.
• Experience collaborating across product, data, security, and infrastructure teams.
• Track record of documenting and scaling architectural decisions and organizational learnings.
• Experience working with distributed teams (US, China, LATAM).

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.