Senior Staff Mobile Architect — iOS/Android (Remote-First)

Coinbase, Inc.; Springfield (IL); Remote; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile, to lead the App Infra team during a major shift from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin for millions of users. You will own outcomes across ~30 product teams and set architectural patterns for a world-class mobile experience.

You will define strategy, drive AI-assisted migration, and build reusable patterns while mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with product and design leaders.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in iOS or Android native mobile development (Swift/iOS or Kotlin/Android).
• Track record of owning outcomes spanning 2-3+ teams that drive business impact and migrations.
• Deep mobile performance expertise and setting architectural bar across teams.
• Proven influence at senior levels without direct authority.
• Experience designing AI-native engineering workflows and reusable automation patterns.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical strategy to make native app development future at Coinbase a reality.
• Lead the AI-assisted migration and reusable automation paradigms.
• Architect a paved-road native framework in Swift and Kotlin for cross-platform productivity.
• Drive organizational readiness with product, design, and engineering leadership.
• Mentor L5-L6 engineers and grow the leadership pipeline.
• Lead the mobile community and share best practices across Coinbase.

Skills

iOS Swift

Android Kotlin

Architectural leadership

AI-native workflows

Cross-team collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile, to lead the App Infra team during a major shift from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin for millions of users. You will own outcomes across ~30 product teams and set architectural patterns for a world-class mobile experience.

You will define strategy, drive AI-assisted migration, and build reusable patterns while mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with product and design leaders.