Staff Mobile Engineer: Native iOS/Android Architect

Coinbase, Inc.; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile to lead the App Infra team's rewrite from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin, impacting millions of customers and setting engineering standards.

You will own architecture, drive automated translation workflows, improve developer experience, and mentor L3–L5 mobile engineers while coordinating with product teams during the migration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in iOS or Android mobile software engineering.
• Track record of shipping high-quality mobile apps at scale with architecture ownership.
• Experience with AI-assisted code generation or LLM-driven development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of core native app surfaces in Swift and Kotlin.
• Stay hands-on across the team's codebases, writing and reviewing code.
• Lead the agentic code translation workflow and automation decisions.
• Own developer experience by improving build speeds, workflows, and CI/CD reliability.
• Shape the dual-app synchronization strategy during the transition.
• Mentor L3-L5 mobile engineers across teams.

Skills

iOS/Android development

Cross-functional collaboration

Mobile architecture decisions

AI-assisted development

Developer experience improvements

Tools

Swift

Kotlin

CI/CD

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile to lead the App Infra team's rewrite from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin, impacting millions of customers and setting engineering standards.

You will own architecture, drive automated translation workflows, improve developer experience, and mentor L3–L5 mobile engineers while coordinating with product teams during the migration.