Mobile Architecture Lead: Core Platform & Performance

The Washington Post; United States; Presencial; USD 99.000 - 165.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Pension and 401(k) match

Vacation and paid sick leave

Paid holidays and personal days

Paid parental leave

Descripción de la vacante

The Washington Post is seeking an experienced Mobile Software Engineer to advance the architecture of its flagship mobile apps. You will focus on performance, modular design, and cross-platform shareable components, shaping the foundation of how readers access stories.

You will collaborate with product, backend, and platform teams to optimize startup times, memory usage, and battery efficiency while ensuring robust testing and CI/CD practices across Apple and Google ecosystems.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of professional mobile engineering experience shipping large-scale, production-grade applications.
• Strong proficiency in modern native mobile development (Swift/iOS; familiarity with Android or Kotlin Multiplatform is a strong asset).
• Deep understanding of architectural paradigms (MVVM, Clean Architecture, Unidirectional Data Flow / MVI, modularization) and design patterns.
• Proven track record diagnosing and resolving system-level performance issues (concurrency, memory leaks, frame drops, network overhead).
• Experience architecting SDK integration layers, wrapper libraries, or plugin systems that protect host app stability and crash-free rates.
• Solid grasp of client-server API design, schema definition (REST, Protocol Buffers/gRPC, or GraphQL), and offline-first data synchronization.
• Demonstrated commitment to code hygiene, automated testing (unit, integration, snapshot/UI), and continuous integration workflows.

Responsabilidades

• Design, implement, and maintain core mobile architecture patterns, shared foundational frameworks, and modular dependency graphs across the application.
• Drive app-wide technical initiatives: optimize cold/warm startup times, reduce memory and binary footprint, and eliminate main-thread bottlenecks using profiling tools.
• Establish robust abstraction layers, adapter patterns, and dependency injection strategies to isolate high-risk third-party SDKs, revenue systems, and analytics vendors.
• Partner with product, backend, and feature teams to establish standardized API contracts, networking patterns, data persistence schemes, and caching strategies.
• Lead architectural design discussions, author RFCs, define code quality benchmarks, and conduct thorough peer code reviews.
• Support high-impact vertical integrations (such as native monetization, audio/video playback, and content feeds) by designing clean hook points and lifecycle management pipelines.
• Ensure app compliance with platform privacy policies, sandbox requirements, and operating system updates across Apple and Google ecosystems.
• Champion automated testing standards, CI/CD pipeline reliability, and contract testing across client-server boundaries.

Conocimientos

Swift/iOS

Android/Kotlin

MVVM/Unidirectional Data Flow

CI/CD

REST/gRPC/GraphQL

Performance optimization

SDK integration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

GraphQL

REST

gRPC

Protocol Buffers

Descripción del empleo

The Washington Post is seeking an experienced Mobile Software Engineer to advance the architecture of its flagship mobile apps. You will focus on performance, modular design, and cross-platform shareable components, shaping the foundation of how readers access stories.

You will collaborate with product, backend, and platform teams to optimize startup times, memory usage, and battery efficiency while ensuring robust testing and CI/CD practices across Apple and Google ecosystems.