Principal Mobile Engineer
Location :
Lisbon, Portugal (Hybrid)
Employment Type : Full-time
What You'll Do
technical direction
of mobile platforms (iOS or Android), defining long-term architectural strategy in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
Own and influencecritical architectural decisions
to ensure scalability, performance, and reliability across products.
Act as a subject matter expert across entire codebases, driving high standards for code quality, design, and testing.Partner with product and engineering leadership to evaluate technical trade-offs and align platform decisions with business goals.Identify opportunities fortechnical innovation
, evaluate new technologies, and lead strategic platform-wide initiatives.
Set and promotebest practices
for mobile development, architecture, and testing.
Provide mentorship and technical leadership to engineers, upskilling teams and contributing to a high-performance culture.Make informed build vs. buy vs. partner decisions based on long-term value and technical feasibility.Collaborate across disciplines to ensure consistency in delivery and to champion engineering excellence across the organisation.What We're Looking For
Extensive experience innative mobile development
, either
iOS (Swift)
or
Android (Kotlin / Java)
Strong architectural knowledge and hands-on experience building scalable, performant mobile systems.A solid track record oftechnical leadership
, decision-making, and driving large-scale technical initiatives.
Proven experience leading the design and delivery of complex, business-critical applications.Ability to mentor engineers and cultivate a culture of engineering quality, ownership, and continuous improvement.Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence across teams and present ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders.Passion for learning and staying ahead of industry trends, tools, and practices.Nice to Have
Experience leading cross-platform or hybrid app strategy.Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines, automation, and mobile DevOps practices.Background working in large-scale consumer product environments (e.g. streaming, e-commerce, etc.).