Engineering Manager, Mobile

Replit•Foster City, CA

6h•$250,000 - $375,000•Onsite

About The Position

Replit is seeking an Engineering Manager, Mobile to lead the future of its mobile experiences. This role involves building and managing a team that combines design and engineering to create intuitive, performant mobile interfaces, making software creation accessible on any device. The manager will guide the team in developing production-ready frameworks and patterns for high-quality in-product experiences, enabling users to create apps from their phones or tablets with the same power as desktop.

Requirements

3+ years of engineering management experience with a track record of building and scaling high-performing teams.
Proven experience building production frameworks and component systems that scale across products.
Deep technical background with mobile development, including experience with some of the following: mobile-specific web APIs, native mobile development (Swift/Kotlin), React and React Native (or similar cross-platform frameworks), PWAs, mobile design patterns, and complex UI animations and gesture-based interactions.
Excellent communication skills to balance technical leadership with people management, including mentoring, performance management, and career development.

Nice To Haves

Active Replit mobile user passionate about accessible software creation.
Experience building or leading mobile design or developer tools teams.
Interest in AI on mobile devices.
Contributions to open-source mobile design systems or UI libraries.

Responsibilities

Build, mentor, and grow a team of mobile design engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and design craftsmanship.
Define the technical vision and strategy for mobile design systems, establishing frameworks and patterns that ship to production and scale across iOS, Android, and responsive web.
Partner closely with design, product, and engineering leadership to prioritize mobile initiatives and ensure seamless collaboration between design and development teams.
Drive best practices for mobile-first development, ensuring your team builds production-grade patterns that deliver consistent, high-quality experiences while optimizing for performance.
Oversee the architecture of complex mobile UI components and systems, providing technical guidance and code review to maintain high standards.
Champion accessible, responsive interfaces through well-architected frameworks, and establish processes that improve mobile design-to-development workflow.
Balance hands-on technical contribution with people management, staying close enough to the code to guide architectural decisions.