Senior Mobile Architect – Remote Cross-Platform Lead

Nationalpublicradioinc; United States; Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

NPR Benefits

Job summary

NPR is seeking a Software Architect to guide strategic technology decisions across complex, multi-product engineering initiatives. You will own end-to-end architecture from platform services to client applications and data pipelines, balancing performance, privacy, and cost while enabling NPR and its Member Station Network at scale.

You’ll collaborate with engineering leadership, set standards, and mentor teams in a remote-permitted, hybrid work environment based out of Washington, D.C.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in multi-team system architecture and software engineering.
• Native mobile expertise (iOS/Android) with Swift, Kotlin, Java or Objective-C.
• Design of high-traffic, resilient distributed systems and APIs.
• Practical experience with media delivery, CDN configs, and cloud infra (AWS/GCP).
• Experience with GDPR/CPRA privacy compliance and cloud cost optimization.
• CI/CD and automated testing practices including Git workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define shared architectural patterns across iOS/Android and cross-platform integrations.
• Lead platform-to-client architectures for personalized content delivery and high-traffic experiences.
• Evaluate builds vs. vendor solutions and set architectural standards across divisions.
• Provide technical oversight across cross-divisional roadmaps and OKR planning.
• Govern code quality, security practices, and collaboration workflows.
• Ensure privacy compliance and cost controls in scalable systems.

Skills

Multi-Team Architecture

Native Mobile Engineering

Platform & API Design

Media Delivery & Infra

Data Privacy & Cost

CI/CD & QA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

REST/GraphQL APIs

Job description

NPR is seeking a Software Architect to guide strategic technology decisions across complex, multi-product engineering initiatives. You will own end-to-end architecture from platform services to client applications and data pipelines, balancing performance, privacy, and cost while enabling NPR and its Member Station Network at scale.

You’ll collaborate with engineering leadership, set standards, and mentor teams in a remote-permitted, hybrid work environment based out of Washington, D.C.