We are seeking an experienced Lead Mobile Engineer to support our clients in the strategy, development, and execution of mobile applications across platforms. This role will have different responsibilities depending on the state of the projects which may be:

• Leading a team of talented engineers and collaborate with product, design, and other cross-functional teams to deliver world-class mobile experiences to our users
• Propose technical state of the art architectures for a new app or the evolution of a current application

Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as a mobile technology expert and advocate across the company.
• Knowledge of the state of the art technically
• Be aware or interested in learning the market trends in terms of Mobile products. Ex: is average time spent on a mobile purchase journey increasing in Retails Apps?
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing mobile engineering team.
• Drive best practices in coding, architecture, security, and performance across mobile platforms

Delivery & Execution

• Oversee the development, deployment, and maintenance of all mobile applications
• Have a clear vision for a quality driven approach to maintain app stability, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing practices.
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality software through agile methodologies.
• Partner with Product Management and Design to scope features and set technical direction.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Be able to collaborate with backend and web teams to ensure seamless API integration and consistent user experience.
• Deep knowledge of REST / GraphQL is a plus.

Innovation & Growth

• Stay current with industry trends and assess emerging technologies for future mobile strategy: Ex: KMP+CMP vs Skip.
• Drive internal and client initiatives around mobile: talks, workshops, etc.

• Proven experience (10+ years) in mobile engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.

• Strong technical expertise in native iOS (Swift) and/or Android (Kotlin) development: while Android and iOS native development is one of our big focus, we also have projects in React Native, Flutter, KMP/CMP, etc - having experience with more than one framework is a plus, but it’s only necessary to have deep knowledge of one and willingness to learn about the rest
• Experience leading teams of mobile engineers, ideally in a high-growth or consumer-facing company.
• Deep understanding of mobile architecture, design patterns (MVVM, MVI, etc.), and platform-specific guidelines.
• Track record of delivering and scaling complex mobile apps with millions of users.
• Excellent communication (in English) and strategic thinking skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with cross-platform frameworks (e.g. React Native, KMP/CMP, Flutter etc).
• Experience working in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and app store release management.
• Background in performance tuning, mobile analytics, and A/B testing.

The things we really care about:

• Health Insurance – because your health comes first;
• Flexible working hours and autonomous ways of working;
• Open holidays – take the time you need for yourself;
• Profit distribution;
• Mindera Annual Trip, Sports, and sharing groups to connect and have fun;
• Training & conferences – create your own training plan;
• Child Care vouchers.

Other Good Things:

• Choose the Laptop and peripherals that best suit your needs
• Hotspot with unlimited usage (PT), for work or Netflix ;)
• We have amazing offices in Porto, Aveiro, and Coimbra if you want to physically connect with minders. Remote from Portugal is also an option. Remote from other Countries will depend on your current location and Projects.
• At the offices, we have a wide range of snacks to keep you fed and healthy
• Partnerships with local businesses

Discover more about Mindera – Portugal here.

About Mindera

At Mindera, we craft software with people we love.

We are 1000+ techies working from anywhere in the world who love to implement the best engineering practices and use the latest tech stack to deliver web and mobile applications for over 100 well-known international clients since we started.

We partner with our clients to understand their products and deliver high-performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact on their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, and the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work, and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile and collaborative environment.

Before applying, get to know how we hire and take a look at our Handbook!

Our offices are located in: Portugal (Aveiro, Coimbra, Porto) | UK (Leicester) | USA (San Diego, San Francisco) | India (Bengaluru, Chennai) |Romania (Cluj-Napoca) | Brazil (Blumenau) | Morocco (Casablanca)