Remote Staff Mobile Engineer, Native Apps - Lead

Coinbase, Inc.; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile to lead the App Infra team’s native mobile rewrite in Swift and Kotlin, enabling AI-driven translation workflows for millions of users. You’ll define architecture, own quality and performance, and drive the migration strategy from React Native to native across product teams.

You will mentor engineers, improve developer experience, and build scalable, world‑class native mobile tooling and processes, ensuring alignment with Coinbase's

Qualifications

• 8+ years of mobile software engineering experience (Swift/iOS or Kotlin/Android).
• Track record of shipping mobile apps at scale with architecture ownership and release quality.
• Deep understanding of mobile performance optimization across device tiers.
• Ability to translate org strategy into team-level technical execution.
• Experience with AI-assisted code generation or LLM-driven workflows.
• Experience improving developer experience through build systems and release tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of core native app surfaces in Swift and Kotlin with clear module boundaries.
• Stay hands-on across codebases, writing and reviewing code deeply.
• Lead the agentic code translation workflow with automated systems for migrations.
• Own developer experience by speeding builds and improving CI/CD reliability.
• Shape synchronization strategy between native and React Native during transition.
• Mentor L3–L5 mobile engineers and foster community across Coinbase mobile teams.

Skills

Swift

Kotlin

Mobile architecture

AI in development

CI/CD

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile to lead the App Infra team’s native mobile rewrite in Swift and Kotlin, enabling AI-driven translation workflows for millions of users. You’ll define architecture, own quality and performance, and drive the migration strategy from React Native to native across product teams.

You will mentor engineers, improve developer experience, and build scalable, world‑class native mobile tooling and processes, ensuring alignment with Coinbase's