Mobile Engineering Manager

Freedompay; Nevada (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Flexible hybrid working environment

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Freedompay is seeking a Mobile Engineering Manager in Nevada to lead a team of engineers in delivering high-quality Android applications. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in software engineering and at least 2 years in a leadership position.

This role requires technical oversight, team development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Benefits include medical coverage, retirement plans, and a flexible hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, especially in Android development.
• 2+ years of experience in managing engineering teams.
• Strong skills in stakeholder management and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of mobile engineers.
• Manage project delivery and engineering roadmaps.
• Oversee code quality and adherence to best practices.

Skills

Android applications

Kotlin

Agile methodologies

Team leadership

Cloud-connected applications

Software engineering best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

Jira

Job description

The FreedomPay Commerce Platform is the technology of choice for many of the largest companies across the globe in retail, hospitality, lodging, gaming, sports and entertainment, foodservice, education, healthcare and financial services. FreedomPay’s technology has been purposely built to deliver rock solid performance in the highly complex environment of global commerce. The company maintains a world-class security environment and was first to earn the coveted validation by the PCI Security Standards Council against Point-to-Point Encryption with EMV standard in North America. FreedomPay’s robust solutions across payments, security, identity and data analytics are available in-store, online and on-mobile and are supported by rapid API adoption. The award winning FreedomPay Commerce Platform operates on a single, unified technology stack across multiple continents allowing enterprises to deliver a consistent, repeatable experience on a global scale. FreedomPay is a fast paced, high growth company with a great culture with competitive benefits and compensation with a business casual atmosphere.

The Role

FreedomPay is seeking a Mobile Engineering Manager to lead and grow a team of mobile engineers responsible for delivering high-quality Android applications and shared mobile platform capabilities. This role combines people leadership, delivery management, and technical oversight, with a primary focus on developing engineers, driving execution, and ensuring the long-term health of our mobile platform.

The ideal candidate is a strong engineering leader who enjoys mentoring teams, partnering cross-functionally, and creating an environment where engineers can deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions in a fast-paced fintech environment.

People Leadership & Team Development (80%)

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of mobile engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Manage engineers across multiple levels, including Engineer I/II, Senior Engineers, Staff Engineers, and future team growth.
• Set clear goals and expectations aligned with departmental and organizational priorities.
• Provide regular coaching, mentorship, performance feedback, and structured career development planning.
• Conduct performance reviews, promotion assessments, and compensation recommendations.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and engineering leadership to recruit, hire, onboard, and retain top mobile engineering talent.
• Effectively allocate engineering resources to balance delivery commitments, team capacity, and long-term sustainability.
• Identify staffing, skill, and capacity risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Support professional development through training, certifications, conferences, and ongoing learning opportunities.
• Facilitate team decision-making, conflict resolution, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Improve engineering processes, documentation standards, and team operating practices.

Delivery Planning & Execution (10%)

• Partner with Product Management to understand business priorities, customer needs, and platform initiatives.
• Participate in technical discovery, solution planning, and effort estimation.
• Communicate priorities, timelines, and customer expectations to the team.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans based on team capacity and engineering estimates.
• Coordinate with Product Delivery and other engineering teams to ensure release readiness and successful execution.
• Drive accountability for delivery commitments and project outcomes.
• Identify execution risks, technical dependencies, and cross-team impacts and elevate as needed.
• Recommend scope, sequencing, or technical tradeoff decisions to support delivery objectives.

Technical Leadership & Code Quality (10%)

• Oversee code review practices and ensure adherence to mobile engineering standards and best practices.
• Guide technical design discussions with a focus on scalability, maintainability, performance, and security.
• Define and promote engineering standards, architectural patterns, API guidelines, and coding conventions.
• Ensure mobile applications and platform components maintain clear module boundaries and long-term maintainability.
• Partner with senior engineers to prioritize and manage technical debt.
• Support secure software development practices and compliance requirements, including PCI DSS where applicable.
• Drive continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, test automation, build performance, and deployment processes.
• Participate in security reviews, audits, and remediation planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience developing Android applications using Kotlin.
• 2+ years of people leadership experience managing and developing engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineers across varying experience levels.
• Experience managing project delivery, engineering roadmaps, and team capacity planning.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, and engineering best practices.
• Experience with source control systems such as Git, including branching and release strategies.
• Experience using Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar work management platforms.
• Excellent communication, coaching, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to balance people leadership, technical oversight, and delivery.
• Experience working with multi-module mobile applications, SDKs, or shared platform architectures.
• Familiarity with Jetpack Compose and modern Android development frameworks.
• Experience owning, maintaining, or evolving shared mobile libraries or SDKs used across multiple applications or teams.
• Experience building applications within highly regulated or security-sensitive industries such as payments, fintech, healthcare, or financial services.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Gradle optimization, build system architecture, and large-scale engineering environments.
• Experience leading distributed or globally dispersed engineering teams.
• Experience driving engineering process improvements and organizational scaling initiatives.
• Exposure to iOS development concepts and broader mobile platform strategy.
• Experience supporting cloud-connected mobile applications and backend platform integrations.

Locations & Work Environment

We have offices in Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and London, and employ individuals across 20 different states and 8 different countries. All roles are hybrid, meaning employees may work remotely but should expect periodic travel to an office. Frequency will vary pending your role and responsibilities.

Benefits

FreedomPay offers full‑time roles with exceptional benefits including medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage, Life Insurance, Retirement Plans with company match, commission sharing plan, flexible hybrid working environment, and robust parental and other leave programs. All positions require successful background and credit checks.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

FreedomPay is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.