Sr. Mobile Software Engineer

Beacon Hill; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill seeks a Sr. Mobile Software Engineer in Indianapolis to drive architecture and technical leadership for our growing mobile platform. You will shape long-term mobile strategies, mentor engineers, and balance RN with native development to meet complex requirements.

You will influence architecture and governance while delivering scalable components and robust mobile apps, ensuring performance, security, and reliability across the platform.

Qualifications

• 8+ years mobile development experience.
• 5+ years production React Native development.
• Proficient with Swift and native iOS development.
• Strong understanding of iOS SDK, UIKit, SwiftUI, application lifecycle, memory management, and concurrency.
• Experience designing scalable mobile architectures, reusable platform components, and styling systems using Uniwind/Tailwind.
• Strong understanding of mobile security, performance optimization, and reliability.
• Experience leading architecture for large-scale production mobile applications.
• Experience in App Store release management and mobile platform governance.
• Strong understanding of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines.
• Experience balancing React Native and native development based on technical requirements.
• Knowledge of mobile security best practices, encryption, deep linking, push notifications, and background processing.
• Experience with Git version control and collaborative workflows.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and GraphQL integration.
• Experience with testing frameworks and mobile automation strategies.
• CI/CD tools (Expo, GitLab).
• Experience with performance monitoring and observability tools.
• Android development (Kotlin/Java) is desired.
• Experience contributing to open-source mobile projects is desired.
• Experience with Firebase, Sentry, or similar monitoring platforms is desired.
• Experience or understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG, VoiceOver) is desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for a mobile platform and shape the long-term architecture of mobile applications.
• Drive engineering strategy, solve complex technical challenges, influence technical direction across teams, and raise the engineering bar through mentorship.
• Lead architecture reviews and establish engineering standards and best practices across the mobile platform.
• Drive critical technical decisions around scalability, performance, security, and developer productivity.
• Design reusable platform components and native modules that improve engineering velocity.
• Partner with engineering leadership to shape the mobile technology roadmap and deliver scalable solutions.

Skills

Mobile development

React Native

Swift

iOS development

iOS SDK

Memory management

Concurrency

Architecture design

App Store release management

Security

Performance optimization

Code reviews / leadership

Git

REST/GraphQL

Testing frameworks

CI/CD (Expo, GitLab)

Observability

Android Kotlin/Java

Open-source contributions

Accessibility standards

Tools

Expo

GitLab

Job description

Sr. Mobile Software Engineer (1474525-JAV) Indianapolis, Indiana

We are looking for a senior mobile software engineer who will contribute significantly to building mobile apps for a growing enterprise organization.

In this role, you will provide technical leadership for a mobile platform and shape the long-term architecture of mobile applications. This person will drive engineering strategy, solve complex technical challenges, influence technical direction across teams, and raise the engineering bar through mentorship and technical excellence. If you are an experienced mobile engineer who excels at development, architecture, and leadership/strategy, this is the role for you.

Experience:

• Must have 8 + years’ of mobile development experience
• Must have 5+ years’ experience with production React Native development
• Must be proficient with Swift and native iOS development
• Must have a strong understanding of iOS SDK, UIKit, SwiftUI, application lifecycle, memory management, and concurrency
• Must have experience designing scalable mobile architectures, reusable platform components, and styling systems using Uniwind/Tailwind
• Must have strong understanding of mobile security, performance optimization, and reliability
• Must have experience leading architecture for large-scale production mobile applications
• Must have experience in App Store release management and mobile platform governance
• Must have strong understanding of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines
• Must have experience balancing React Native and native development based on technical requirements
• Must have knowledge of mobile security best practices, encryption, deep linking, push notifications, and background processing
• Must have experience with Git version control and collaborative workflows
• Must have experience with RESTful APIs and GraphQL integration
• Must have experience with testing frameworks and mobile automation strategies
• Must have CI/CD tools (Expo, GitLab)
• Must have experience with performance monitoring and observability tools
• Experience with Android development (Kotlin/Java) is desired
• Experience contributing to open-source mobile projects is desired
• Experience with Firebase, Sentry, or similar monitoring platforms is desired
• Experience or understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG, VoiceOver) is desired
• Familiarity with mobile analytics and A/B testing platforms is desired
• Must be able to define and evolve the long-term architecture for React Native and native iOS applications
• Must be able to lead architecture reviews and establish engineering standards and best practices across the mobile platform
• Must be able to drive critical technical decisions around scalability, performance, security, and developer productivity
• Must be able to design reusable platform components and native modules that improve engineering velocity
• Must be able to partner with engineering leadership to shape the mobile technology roadmap
• Must be able to lead the implementation of complex, business-critical mobile initiatives
• Must be able to improve application performance, reliability, memory usage, and battery efficiency
• Must be able to drive the testing strategy, release quality, and CI/CD improvements across the mobile platform
• Must be able to own observability, monitoring, and operational excellence for mobile applications
• Must be able to mentor senior and junior engineers while growing technical capability across the organization
• Must be able to partner with Product, Design, Backend, Platform, and Security teams to deliver scalable solutions
• Must be able to lead technical planning for cross-team initiatives and build alignment on architectural decisions