Staff Mobile Engineer, Tech Lead

Role Description

You will be a key contributor to the Engineering team responsible for building and maintaining the client-side applications and backend systems that power the Gametime experience for millions of users. We empower engineers to take full ownership of their code and foster a culture grounded in testing, code reviews, observability, experimentation, and operational excellence. At Gametime, we value collaboration, inclusivity, and the strength of diverse perspectives — creating an environment where people love to build together.

We are also investing deeply in the future of AI, including:

• Building internal tools and workflows powered by AI.
• Incorporating agentic systems into our backend architecture.
• Preparing our marketplace and infrastructure to be AI-ready.

Engineers are encouraged to explore and adopt AI capabilities in their development process, and those who contribute to advancing AI adoption within our stack will play a key role in shaping that evolution.

We are looking for an experienced Staff Mobile Engineer to join the Gametime Engineering team. This role is responsible for guiding the mobile technology that powers our flagship product — experienced by more than 1 million users every week. This is a senior individual contributor (IC5) position for engineers who are domain experts, lead complex initiatives across teams, and raise the technical bar through mentorship and architectural influence. You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Design, Data, and business stakeholders to shape the future of our platform.

What You'll Do

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture for Gametime's mobile platform across iOS and Android via React Native.
• Explore, evaluate, and champion AI-powered capabilities within the mobile development workflow.
• Own the end-to-end technical strategy for the mobile app.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning mobile, backend, product, design, and data teams.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards for code quality, testing, observability, and mobile-specific best practices.
• Mentor and uplift engineers at all levels through code reviews, architectural guidance, and technical thought leadership.
• Drive mobile app performance, reliability, and release quality.
• Partner with Product and Design to shape the mobile roadmap.
• Identify and eliminate platform-level bottlenecks that slow down team velocity or degrade user experience.
• Promote a high-performing, inclusive engineering culture through tech talks, documentation, and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years of hands-on experience building and scaling production mobile applications, including significant time in React Native.

Requirements

• Deep, production-proven expertise in React Native, including the New Architecture (Fabric/TurboModules).
• Experienced leveraging AI for code generation and integrating it into the development workflow.
• Strong understanding of both iOS (Swift/Objective-C) and Android (Kotlin/Java) native layers.
• Expert-level TypeScript usage for type safety, scalability, and maintainable codebases.
• Deep experience with scalable state management patterns and mobile-specific architectural patterns.
• Expert at diagnosing and resolving React Native and native performance bottlenecks.
• Strong command of mobile crash reporting, performance monitoring, and analytics tooling.
• Deep knowledge of App Store and Google Play release processes.
• Strong culture of testing — unit, integration, and end-to-end testing for mobile.
• Proficient with RESTful and GraphQL API design and consumption patterns.

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Competitive salary & equity package
• Monthly Gametime credits for any event ($1,200/yr)
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Diverse Family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• 401k, HSA, pre-tax savings programs
• Company off-sites and meet-ups
• Wellness programs
• Tenure recognition