Mobile Engineering Lead — Android-first, Platform Owner

Socket.dev; Saint Louis (LA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive pay

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Panera Bread is seeking a Sr. Manager, Software Engineer - Mobile to lead the Android team and shape the mobile platform across Android, iOS, and React Native. The role blends hands-on engineering with people leadership in a hybrid St. Louis setting.

You will set technical direction, uphold coding standards, and partner with product, design, and architecture to deliver high-impact mobile experiences for guests. Prior mobile leadership required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in mobile development with strong Android experience.
• Proven leadership of engineering teams and delivery ownership.
• Hands-on Android with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Experience expanding mobile platforms to iOS and React Native.

Responsibilities

• Lead Android engineering and expand to iOS/React Native within 3–6 months.
• Set technical direction and enforce mobile engineering standards.
• Own delivery, performance, and platform reliability for mobile apps.
• Collaborate with product, design, and platform teams.

Skills

Android native

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Leadership

People management

Architecture: MVVM/MVP

Android performance

REST APIs

Agile/Scrum

AI-assisted development

Tools

Jira

Git

Firebase Crashlytics

Datadog

New Relic

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Panera Bread is seeking a Sr. Manager, Software Engineer - Mobile to lead the Android team and shape the mobile platform across Android, iOS, and React Native. The role blends hands-on engineering with people leadership in a hybrid St. Louis setting.

You will set technical direction, uphold coding standards, and partner with product, design, and architecture to deliver high-impact mobile experiences for guests. Prior mobile leadership required.