Built is hiring a Staff Mobile Engineer (E4) to provide technical leadership and evolution for our mobile platform. This senior individual contributor role carries broad technical ownership, deep hands-on development, and meaningful influence across the organization. You will serve as the technical owner of the Built Inspection Application and help define mobile engineering standards across the company.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain native iOS (Swift / SwiftUI) and Android (Kotlin / Jetpack Compose) applications.
- Own the Built Inspection Application end-to-end, including architecture, quality, stability, and long-term scalability.
- Lead complex feature development from concept through production and post-launch support.
- Architect secure, performant, and maintainable mobile solutions.
- Ensure strong standards for testing, observability, performance, accessibility, and offline/data-sync behavior.
- Define and drive mobile engineering standards across Built, including architecture patterns, tooling, CI/CD, testing, and release processes.
- Make thoughtful technical decisions that balance delivery speed with long-term platform health.
- Proactively identify and address technical debt, platform risks, and scalability concerns.
- Act as a subject-matter expert for mobile engineering across the company.
- Partner closely with Product and Design to translate business needs into high-quality mobile experiences.
- Collaborate with Backend and Platform teams to define APIs and end-to-end system behavior.
- Influence product and technical roadmaps through feasibility assessments and tradeoff analysis.
- Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and knowledge sharing.
- Help raise the overall engineering bar across the organization.
- Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and the growth of mobile engineering talent at Built.
What We're Looking For
- Extensive experience building and shipping native mobile applications for both iOS using Swift and SwiftUI and Android using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
- Experience with local persistence frameworks such as CoreData (iOS) and Room (Android).
- Proven ability to design, own, and evolve large-scale, production mobile applications.
- Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture).
- Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release workflows.
- Deep knowledge of mobile performance, security, and offline-first or data-sync patterns.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across teams without direct authority.
- This role requires approximately <15% travel, as needed to support business priorities.
Technical Stack
- iOS: Swift, SwiftUI, CoreData
- Android: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Room
Team & Environment
Partners closely with Product, Design, Backend, and Platform teams.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $185,000-$235,000 USD per year
- Equity in the form of stock options.
- Top-notch medical, dental and vision coverage.
- Unlimited PTO policy.
- 401k with match and expedited vesting.
- Flexible working hours.
- Paid family leave.
- ERGs & Mentorship opportunities.
- Learning grant program to support ongoing professional development.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid remote position with a travel requirement (<15%).
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