Staff Mobile Engineer

Built Technologies

1d•$185,000 - $235,000

About The Position

Built is looking for a Staff Mobile Engineer (E4) to lead and evolve our mobile platform. This is a senior individual contributor role with broad technical ownership, deep hands-on development, and meaningful influence across the organization. You’ll serve as the technical owner of the Built Inspection Application, shaping its architecture, performance, reliability, and developer experience. Beyond a single application, you’ll help define how mobile engineering is done at Built - setting standards, influencing roadmaps, and partnering closely with Product, Design, Backend, and Platform teams to ensure mobile is a first-class citizen across our platform. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex mobile problems, thinking at the platform level, and raising the engineering bar through both execution and influence.

Requirements

Extensive experience building and shipping native mobile applications for both:
iOS using Swift and SwiftUI
Android using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
Experience with local persistence frameworks such as CoreData (iOS) and Room (Android)
Proven ability to design, own, and evolve large-scale, production mobile applications
Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture)
Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release workflows
Deep knowledge of mobile performance, security, and offline-first or data-sync patterns
Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across teams without direct authority
This role requires approximately <15% travel, as needed to support business priorities
Operates with high autonomy and minimal direction
Thinks beyond individual features to platform-level impact
Makes durable technical decisions with company-wide implications
Elevates teammates through mentorship and technical leadership
Balances hands-on execution with strategic thinking

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain native iOS (Swift / SwiftUI) and Android (Kotlin / Jetpack Compose) applications
Own the Built Inspection Application end-to-end, including architecture, quality, stability, and long-term scalability
Lead complex feature development from concept through production and post-launch support
Architect secure, performant, and maintainable mobile solutions
Ensure strong standards for testing, observability, performance, accessibility, and offline/data-sync behavior
Define and drive mobile engineering standards across Built, including architecture patterns, tooling, CI/CD, testing, and release processes
Make thoughtful technical decisions that balance delivery speed with long-term platform health
Proactively identify and address technical debt, platform risks, and scalability concerns
Act as a subject-matter expert for mobile engineering across the company
Partner closely with Product and Design to translate business needs into high-quality mobile experiences
Collaborate with Backend and Platform teams to define APIs and end-to-end system behavior
Influence product and technical roadmaps through feasibility assessments and tradeoff analysis
Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and knowledge sharing
Help raise the overall engineering bar across the organization
Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and the growth of mobile engineering talent at Built