Staff Mobile Engineer

Group 1001

13d•$190,000 - $250,000•Remote

About The Position

Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees. Gainbridge, a part of the Group 1001 enterprise, is a self-managed, innovative, digital platform providing its clients with direct access to trusted financial products to smartly grow their savings over time. Gainbridge strives to offer products through its platform that are simple, intuitive, and backed by smart technology with no complexity or hidden fees. Gainbridge empowers clients to take control of the financial future with simple solutions that are accessible to everyone no matter their budget. We are seeking an experienced Staff Mobile Engineer to provide technical leadership for our mobile platform and shape the long-term architecture of our mobile applications. You will drive engineering strategy, solve complex technical challenges, influence technical direction across teams, and raise the engineering bar through mentorship and technical excellence.

Requirements

8+ years of professional mobile development experience.
5+ years of production React Native development.
Expert proficiency in Swift and native iOS development.
Deep understanding of iOS SDK, UIKit, SwiftUI, application lifecycle, memory management, and concurrency.
Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern React Native architecture.
Experience designing scalable mobile architectures, reusable platform components, and styling systems using Uniwind/Tailwind.
Strong understanding of mobile security, performance optimization, and reliability.
Experience leading architecture for large-scale production mobile applications.
Expertise in App Store release management and mobile platform governance.
Strong understanding of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines.
Experience balancing React Native and native development based on technical requirements.
Knowledge of mobile security best practices, encryption, deep linking, push notifications, and background processing.
Git version control and collaborative workflows.
RESTful APIs and GraphQL integration.
Testing frameworks and mobile automation strategies.
CI/CD tools (Expo, GitLab).
Performance monitoring and observability tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Android development (Kotlin/Java).
Contributions to open-source mobile projects.
Experience with Firebase, Sentry, or similar monitoring platforms.
Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG, VoiceOver).
Familiarity with mobile analytics and A/B testing platforms.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the long-term architecture for React Native and native iOS applications.
Lead architecture reviews and establish engineering standards and best practices across the mobile platform.
Drive critical technical decisions around scalability, performance, security, and developer productivity.
Design reusable platform components and native modules that improve engineering velocity.
Partner with engineering leadership to shape the mobile technology roadmap.
Lead the implementation of complex, business-critical mobile initiatives.
Improve application performance, reliability, memory usage, and battery efficiency.
Drive testing strategy, release quality, and CI/CD improvements across the mobile platform.
Champion observability, monitoring, and operational excellence for mobile applications.
Mentor senior and junior engineers while growing technical capability across the organization.
Partner with Product, Design, Backend, Platform, and Security teams to deliver scalable solutions.
Lead technical planning for cross-team initiatives and build alignment on architectural decisions.
Document architectural decisions, technical standards, and engineering best practices.