Staff Mobile Engineer

Gainbridge; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K plan with company match

Life Insurance

Short and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness programs

Job summary

Gainbridge, part of Group 1001 Insurance, seeks an experienced Staff Mobile Engineer to shape the mobile architecture and lead technical direction for the platform. You will mentor engineers, drive architecture reviews, and partner with product, design, and security to deliver scalable mobile solutions.

The role emphasizes React Native and native iOS excellence, with a focus on performance, reliability, and security across consumer-facing apps.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional mobile development.
• 5+ years of production React Native development.
• Expert in Swift and native iOS development.
• Deep understanding of iOS SDK, UIKit, SwiftUI, lifecycle, memory management, concurrency.
• Strong in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern React Native architecture.
• Experience designing scalable mobile architectures and reusable components.
• Knowledge of App Store release management and mobile platform governance.
• Security, performance optimization, and reliability focus.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the long-term architecture for React Native and iOS apps.
• Lead architecture reviews and establish standards across mobile platform.
• Drive decisions on scalability, security, performance, and productivity.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Document architectural decisions and technical standards.

Skills

Mobile development

React Native

Swift

iOS development

JavaScript/TypeScript

Architecture design

Security & reliability

Performance optimization

Tools

Git

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

CI/CD (Expo, GitLab)

Observability tools

Job description

Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture.

Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees.

Company Overview: Gainbridge, a part of the Group 1001 enterprise, is a self-managed, innovative, digital platform providing its clients with direct access to trusted financial products to smartly grow their savings over time. Gainbridge strives to offer products through its platform that are simple, intuitive, and backed by smart technology with no complexity or hidden fees. Gainbridge empowers clients to take control of the financial future with simple solutions that are accessible to everyone no matter their budget.

Why This Role Matters

We are seeking an experienced Staff Mobile Engineer to provide technical leadership for our mobile platform and shape the long-term architecture of our mobile applications. You will drive engineering strategy, solve complex technical challenges, influence technical direction across teams, and raise the engineering bar through mentorship and technical excellence.

How You'll Contribute

Technical Leadership

Define and evolve the long-term architecture for React Native and native iOS applications. 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.

Development & Delivery

Lead the implementation of complex, business-critical mobile initiatives. Improve application performance, reliability, memory usage, and battery efficiency. Drive testing strategy, release quality, and CI/CD improvements across the mobile platform. Champion observability, monitoring, and operational excellence for mobile applications.

Collaboration & Mentorship

Mentor senior and junior engineers while growing technical capability across the organization. Partner with Product, Design, Backend, Platform, and Security teams to deliver scalable solutions. Lead technical planning for cross-team initiatives and build alignment on architectural decisions. Document architectural decisions, technical standards, and engineering best practices.

What We’re Looking For

Technical Skills

• 8+ years of professional mobile development experience.
• 5+ years of production React Native development.
• Expert proficiency in Swift and native iOS development.
• Deep understanding of iOS SDK, UIKit, SwiftUI, application lifecycle, memory management, and concurrency.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern React Native architecture.
• Experience designing scalable mobile architectures, reusable platform components, and styling systems using Uniwind/Tailwind.
• Strong understanding of mobile security, performance optimization, and reliability.

Platform Expertise

• Experience leading architecture for large-scale production mobile applications.
• Expertise 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.

Tools & Practices

• Git version control and collaborative workflows.
• RESTful APIs and GraphQL integration.
• Testing frameworks and mobile automation strategies.
• CI/CD tools (Expo, GitLab).
• Performance monitoring and observability tools.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Android development (Kotlin/Java).
• Contributions to open-source mobile projects.
• Experience with Firebase, Sentry, or similar monitoring platforms.
• Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG, VoiceOver).
• Familiarity with mobile analytics and A/B testing platforms.

Compensation

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $190,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $250,000/year plus bonus in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits Highlights

• Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001’s benefits package.
• Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options.
• Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability.
• All employees (regardless of hours worked) have immediate access to the Company’s Employee Assistance Program and wellness programs—no enrollment is required.
• Employees may also participate in the Company’s 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company.

Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued.

Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals. All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.

Grow Your Career at Group 1001 Insurance We are a company that aims to shape the world around us. We don’t simply talk about change, we create it – empowering people and communities through sports, education, innovation, and access to financial products and services. Group 1001 Insurance is an integrated, technology-driven financial services and insurance group that combines product innovation with digital accessibility. With annuity products and insurance that create and protect a strong future for all, we help individuals and businesses thrive. Through our education and sports partnerships, we empower communities. Because when we invest in growth for all, we invest in a better world. If you’re ready to make an impact and help us build a better future, you’re in the right place!