Staff OR Principle Mobile Architect

ZenithInfotek LLC; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ZenithInfotek LLC is seeking a Staff/Principal Mobile Architect for a remote role. You will lead the design and implementation of mobile platforms, working across US, China, and LATAM teams.

The role emphasizes AI-driven SDLC adoption, architectural leadership, and delivering scalable, high-performance mobile systems. The candidate should have 14+ years in software engineering at senior levels, with a track record of guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of software engineering experience with Staff/Principal level tenure.
• Experience building mobile apps from scratch using AI-driven SDLC.
• Ability to drive cross-team architectural decisions and platform direction.
• Define and scale AI-driven SDLC standards, tools, guardrails, and automation patterns.
• Hands-on AI-assisted development experience (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) for production systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of mobile apps from the ground up using AI-driven SDLC.
• Drive cross-team technical decisions, platform direction, and multi-team initiatives.
• Define and scale AI-driven SDLC standards, tools, guardrails, and automation patterns.
• Demonstrate hands-on AI-assisted development to deliver production systems and articulate workflow impact.
• Design and evolve large-scale distributed systems (APIs, data pipelines, event-driven architectures).
• Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering quality through reviews and governance.

Skills

iOS/Android development

Cross-platform (RN / Kotlin MP)

Mobile architecture

Offline-first apps

Mobile CI/CD & testing

Job description

Job Title - Staff OR Principle Mobile Architect

Remote

Required Technical Skills

• Swift/iOS and Kotlin/Android expertise
• React Native or Kotlin Multiplatform
• Mobile architecture patterns and performance optimization
• Offline-first applications and release engineering
• Mobile CI/CD and testing practices

Required Leadership Skills

• 14+ years of software engineering experience, with significant tenure at Staff/Principal level.
• Candidate should have build the Mobile Apps from the scratch using AI Driven SDLC process
• Drive cross-team technical decisions, platform direction, and multi-team initiatives (architecture alignment, trade-off resolution, execution).
• Define and scale AI-driven SDLC standards, including tools, guardrails, and automation patterns.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) to deliver production systems; able to articulate workflow impact and guardrails.
• Strong experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems (APIs, data pipelines, event-driven systems, high-scale platforms).
• Proven cross-org leadership—driving architecture, standards, and platform initiatives across multiple teams.
• Elevate engineering quality through code reviews, architecture reviews, and mentoring senior engineers.
• Strong engineering fundamentals in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and observability while maintaining delivery velocity.
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without formal authority.
• Experience collaborating across product, data, security, and infrastructure teams.
• Track record of documenting and scaling architectural decisions and organizational learnings.
• Experience working with distributed teams (US, China, LATAM).