Staff Native Mobile Engineer (iOS/Android) – Lead Architecture

Coinbase, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile to join the App Infra team in the Consumer & Business group and lead the native mobile rewrite from React Native to Swift and Kotlin. You’ll shape architecture, own quality outcomes, and influence product teams as they onboard to native.

You will stay hands-on across codebases, drive AI-assisted translation workflows, improve developer experience, and mentor mobile engineers while coordinating with cross‑functional partners during the

Qualifications

• 8+ years of mobile software engineering on iOS or Android.
• Shipping mobile apps at scale with architecture ownership and quality outcomes.
• Deep understanding of mobile performance profiling across devices.
• Ability to translate strategy into team execution and align cross-functional partners.
• Experience with AI-assisted code generation and automation.
• Improving developer experience via build systems and tooling.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of core native app surfaces in Swift and Kotlin and define module boundaries and rules.
• Stay hands-on across codebases, writing and reviewing code with depth.
• Lead AI-assisted translation workflows and decide what to automate vs. human review.
• Own developer experience by speeding builds, improving local development, and CI/CD reliability.
• Shape the dual-app synchronization strategy during migration and keep codebases in sync.
• Become a leader across Coinbase mobile teams, mentoring engineers and sharing best practices.

Skills

iOS/Android

Mobile architecture

Performance optimization

Cross-platform fluency

AI-assisted development

CI/CD improvements

Developer experience

Team leadership

Tools

Xcode

Android Studio

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile to join the App Infra team in the Consumer & Business group and lead the native mobile rewrite from React Native to Swift and Kotlin. You’ll shape architecture, own quality outcomes, and influence product teams as they onboard to native.

You will stay hands-on across codebases, drive AI-assisted translation workflows, improve developer experience, and mentor mobile engineers while coordinating with cross‑functional partners during the