Senior Mobile Engineering Lead - AI, Offline-First, Remote/Hybrid

Guardian Recruiting (Pty) Ltd; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Recruiting (Pty) Ltd is partnering with a global agricultural tech client to hire a Mobile Engineering Lead in Stellenbosch (Hybrid) or remote if outside the Western Cape. You will lead the development of a cross-platform mobile platform focused on secure field data capture and dissemination, blending architecture with hands-on coding and AI-enabled features.

This role requires strong leadership, mobile security expertise, and experience delivering production-grade iOS/Android apps in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (or equivalent).
• 7+ years in mobile development, with at least 2 years in leadership/management.
• Proven track record delivering production-grade iOS and Android apps.
• Strong expertise in React Native and Flutter; JavaScript and Dart.
• Experience building offline-capable apps with syncing.
• Solid mobile security knowledge: encryption, auth, secure APIs.
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs and JSON services.
• AI/ML in mobile development; Git, Xcode and Android Studio proficient.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of mobile engineers including coaching and performance management.
• Drive sprint planning, prioritisation, and delivery against objectives.
• Define architecture for cross-platform mobile apps (React Native/Flutter) for iOS/Android.
• Design offline-first mobile solutions with data storage and sync.
• Ensure secure app architecture with authentication and encrypted APIs.
• Guide integration of AI/ML capabilities with data/platform teams.
• Oversee API integrations, testing strategies, CI/CD, deployments and performance.
• Maintain high engineering standards, privacy, compliance and excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Mobile architecture

AI/ML integration

Offline-first

Security

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

UX

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

React Native

Flutter

JavaScript

Dart

Git

Xcode

Android Studio

Job description

Guardian Recruiting (Pty) Ltd is partnering with a global agricultural tech client to hire a Mobile Engineering Lead in Stellenbosch (Hybrid) or remote if outside the Western Cape. You will lead the development of a cross-platform mobile platform focused on secure field data capture and dissemination, blending architecture with hands-on coding and AI-enabled features.

This role requires strong leadership, mobile security expertise, and experience delivering production-grade iOS/Android apps in a