Engineering Technical Lead - Mobile

Summary

Join Hostaway, a market-leading SaaS scale-up transforming the vacation rental industry, as their Staff Mobile Engineer. This fully remote role, based in Europe, involves leading the development, optimization, and expansion of their React Native mobile application. You will provide technical leadership, ensuring cross-functional teams build secure, extensible, and scalable solutions. The position requires governing the technical maturity of the mobile domain and addressing architectural challenges. This role is due to continued company growth and offers competitive compensation, equity, and professional growth opportunities. Applicants must submit a CV and a link to their GitHub projects.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional mobile application development experience
• 5+ years of experience with React Native
• Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript
• Proven experience in developing and maintaining cross-platform mobile applications
• Strong understanding of iOS and Android platform-specific considerations
• Experience with state management solutions (Redux)
• Experience with mobile app performance optimization techniques
• Experience with mobile app testing frameworks
• Understanding of RESTful API integration
• Proficiency with Git and version control workflows
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment pipelines using Fastlane

Responsibilities

• Lead the mobile development team, providing technical leadership and mentorship
• Architect and implement mobile application features for iOS and Android according to the design provided by the design team
• Ensure feature parity between the mobile app and the SaaS web platform
• Develop and maintain a high-performance, scalable mobile application using React Native
• Conduct comprehensive performance optimization and stability improvements
• Implement robust testing strategies
• Improve continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes with Fastlane
• Collaborate closely with product management, design, and backend teams
• Review code, provide technical guidance, and maintain high coding standards
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and technical debt
• Stay updated with the latest mobile development trends and React Native best practices
• Improving app performance and reducing load times
• Implementing complex features with a modern user experience
• Maintaining consistent functionality across iOS and Android platforms
• Maintaining high test coverage
• Implementing robust error handling and logging

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of performance profiling tools
• Familiarity with GraphQL
• Understanding of mobile security best practices
• Experience with mobile design systems

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant
• 100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence—be it a co-working space, your home office, or even your dining room table. The choice is yours. Just don’t ask to work in our office (we don’t have one)
• Equity: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company. This ensures we all share in the company’s success
• Values-Driven Leadership: Our Core Values are not just words we’ve written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions
• Professional Growth: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities, along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities
• Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms
• Geographic Specific Benefits: As an international employer, we offer different country-specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary. The specifics depend on the country of the applicant
• Dynamic Team Culture: As a global company with team members in over 40 countries, our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity, providing a key pillar to our success (and making it a lot of fun to work here)