Requirements

Proven experience leading large-scale mobile projects or owning critical mobile systems end-to-end
Deep expertise in JavaScript or TypeScript, with strong experience building applications using React Native
Strong understanding of mobile architecture, performance optimization, and scalable UI systems
Experience designing systems that support experimentation and data-driven product development
A product mindset — you think about user impact and measurable outcomes, not just implementation
Excellent collaboration and communication skills across engineering, product, and design teams
Experience operating autonomously in a distributed, remote-first environment

Nice to Haves

Experience with native mobile development (iOS or Android)
Experience building consumer fintech or crypto mobile applications
Familiarity with modern frontend tooling, testing frameworks, or real-time technologies such as WebSockets
Background in growth engineering, experimentation platforms, or user lifecycle optimization

Lead the technical direction for mobile onboarding initiatives across Payward products
Design and evolve high-quality mobile applications using React Native, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability at scale
Partner with Product, Design, and Data teams to identify onboarding and activation opportunities and translate them into measurable engineering solutions
Architect reusable mobile components, patterns, and systems that support experimentation and rapid iteration across onboarding flows
Mentor engineers and guide architectural decisions across mobile and product engineering teams
Ensure strong engineering standards across the mobile stack, including performance, security, testing, and maintainability
Collaborate across teams to align on architecture, tooling, and technical strategy for Payward product onboarding experiences

You set technical direction through context and clarity, empowering engineers to make sound decisions
You mentor through collaboration and example, raising the engineering bar across teams
You communicate openly and proactively, aligning multiple stakeholders around shared goals
You balance rapid experimentation with long-term technical excellence