Software Engineering

Mobile Engineering Manager - GFU - Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Work Type: Full Time
We are looking for a Mobile Engineering Manager with deep hands-on experience across both iOS and Android platforms. The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation in native mobile development — including Swift/SwiftUI for iOS and Kotlin/Jetpack for Android — and has led teams building scalable, high-quality mobile applications. You’ll play a key role in shaping architecture, mentoring engineers, and fostering cross-platform excellence as we scale our mobile team.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead and Inspire: Provide technical and organizational leadership across both iOS and Android platforms.

  • Set the Bar: Define and implement best practices for mobile architecture, code quality, testing, and release processes.

  • Mentor Engineers: Develop a scalable leadership pipeline through mentorship and growth-focused feedback.

  • Architect the Future: Own the long-term technical vision for mobile, balancing platform evolution with simplicity.

  • Build Collaboratively: Partner with Product, Backend, and QA teams to drive seamless planning and execution.

  • Establish In-House Excellence: Lead the transition from contractor-led development to an empowered, in-house engineering team.

  • Drive Process Improvements: Oversee PR reviews, improve sprint cadence, and boost release reliability.

  • Shape API Design: Collaborate closely with backend and platform teams to drive mobile-first API strategies.

  • Champion Culture: Foster a team environment centered on psychological safety, constructive feedback, and continuous learning.


What You Bring

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years in mobile leadership roles.

  • Expert in native mobile development:

    • iOS: Swift, SwiftUI

    • Android: Kotlin, Jetpack

    • Bonus: Flutter and hybrid frameworks

  • Deep knowledge of modern architectures: MVVM, modularization, dependency injection (Dagger/Hilt, Koin), and robust state management.

  • Experience with monorepos, multi-module codebases, and shared mobile libraries.

  • Strong grasp of CI/CD for mobile: Bitrise, GitHub Actions, CircleCI.

  • Proficient with automated testing frameworks: XCTest, Espresso, Mockito, Jetpack Compose UI tests.

  • Familiarity with mobile release workflows: App Store Connect, Google Play Console, crash reporting (Firebase Crashlytics, Sentry).

  • Capable of evaluating and designing RESTful APIs for mobile—clean, versioned, and developer-friendly.

  • A documentation advocate—skilled at maintaining onboarding guides, architectural diagrams, and internal playbooks.



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