Lead a cross-functional mobile engineering team (iOS/Android), recruit and mentor engineers, drive architecture and sprint planning, perform hands-on development and code reviews, and ensure high-quality, performant mobile software integrating ML components.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
Location: Remote, HybridNYC office is preferred
Job Summary
The Mobile team is focused on delivering Impel Capture to thousands of customers who rely on our app as the daily driver to fulfil their business’ vehicle merchandising needs. As a lead engineer, you’ll supervise a team of developers working on building features on iOS and Android mobile applications. You’ll recruit, manage, and mentor engineers; have a key role in standups and sprint planning; collaborate with product managers and other colleagues on architecture; and, when time permits, perform hands-on software development. You’ll be in charge of a talented and experienced team. In addition to building software used by thousands of customers and millions of consumers worldwide, you’ll participate in architecture decisions, foster good software engineering practices, and mentor junior teammates. Our modern technology stack includes Swift/CoreML on iOS, Kotlin/LiteRT on Android, python/Linux on the backend and PyTorch as CV model framework.
Responsibilities
- Lead a cross-functional agile development team through standups, planning and retrospective sessions
- Design and develop high-quality, performant, maintainable software that meets commercial business requirements and conforms to high technical standards, delighting both external and internal customers, within reasonable timeframes.
- Manages a team of engineers, including:
- Recruitment
- Retention
- Work assignments
- Performance reviews
- Career development
- Collaborates with product owners and engineers on architecture, estimation and sprint planning.
- Mentors and coach team members.
- Keeps informed of industry trends and best practices related to software engineering.
- Performs hands-on software engineering tasks such as programming and code reviews.
- Ensure accuracy and quality in all deliverables by maintaining a keen attention to detail.
- Coordinate and prioritize tasks efficiently to meet deadlines and organizational objectives.
- Apply strong analytical skills to evaluate data, identify trends, and support decision-making processes.
Other
- Maintains confidentiality of work-related issues, records, and company information.
- Demonstrates a commitment to Diversity, Equity and inclusion by treating everyone with respect and dignity, ensuring all voices are heard and advocating change.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in mobile software development
- Experience hiring and supervising a team of engineers
- Proficiency in Swift or Objective C
- Experience with iOS development - Core ML/SwiftUI/Core Animation
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Great attention to detail and critical thinking
- Excellent Organizational skills
Preferred Experience
- 1+ years of experience in team leadership
- Experience with Android development in Kotlin/Java
- Experience with AWS services
- Experience with Linux operating environment and command line tools
- Experience with mobile CI/CD tools
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