Mobile Architect

About the role

At ServiceTrade, you’ll build technology that matters — for your career, your team, and the thousands of commercial contractors who rely on our platform every day. We’re on a mission to partner with commercial trades to deliver technology that enhances technician productivity, improves customer experiences, and drives scalable growth. We’re looking for a Mobile Architect who’s excited to make an impact.

Responsibilities

• Own the mobile platform technical roadmap aligned with product and business strategy; evaluate and recommend adoption of emerging technologies and frameworks
• Evaluate and introduce agentic workflows, tooling, and new ways of working that raise team velocity and quality
• Establish and evolve a test automation strategy covering unit and integration testing; collaborate with QA on end-to-end coverage and drive adoption of standards across the team
• Lead the mobile team's adoption of AI-assisted development practices
• Conduct code reviews and establish coding standards, ensuring adherence to best practices and consistent code quality across the team
• Collaborate with Design and UX teams to ensure technical implementation aligns with user experience requirements and design systems
• Own and continuously improve CI/CD and build pipelines built on GitHub Actions and Fastlane; ensure reliability, speed, and automated quality gates across both platforms
• Collaborate with Engineering Management on release processes for both Google Play Store and Apple App Store
• Maintain and evolve our feature flag and remote configuration systems to enable safe, gradual rollouts and quick issue resolution
• Establish release management best practices and documentation to minimize risk and ensure smooth deployments
• Own and evolve our offline-first data synchronization architecture to handle varying network conditions and connectivity scenarios
• Partner with Product Management to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, roadmaps, and meaningful user behavior insights
• Work closely with Backend, API, and Web teams to ensure seamless integration and align on data contracts and API design
• Coordinate with Customer Support to prioritize technical improvements that drive customer satisfaction and reduce support burden
• Communicate technical roadmap and architectural decisions to leadership; present options with clear trade-offs and recommendations

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional mobile application development experience, with at least 3 years in an architect or technical lead role
• Proven experience with AI-assisted development tools; pragmatic about their strengths and limitations
• Demonstrated ability to help engineering teams adopt AI tooling where it genuinely improves output and quality
• Deep hands-on expertise in native Android development (Kotlin) and iOS development (Swift)
• Proven experience releasing and managing apps on Google Play Store and Apple App Store
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns, design principles, and scalable code organization
• Experience designing and implementing offline-first architectures and data synchronization patterns
• Strong proficiency with REST APIs, backend integration, and asynchronous programming (Combine, Rx, Kotlin Coroutines, or equivalent)
• Solid understanding of mobile security principles, including data encryption, secure storage, and authentication mechanisms
• Experience owning and improving CI/CD pipelines and build automation for mobile applications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
• Excellent leadership and mentoring skills with demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions and grow team members

Skills

• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and security testing methodologies (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning)
• Familiarity with cross-platform frameworks including .NET MAUI, React Native or Flutter
• Familiarity with Google Firebase ecosystem including Crashlytics, Analytics, and Remote Config
• Familiarity with Pendo or similar product analytics and in-app engagement platforms
• Familiarity with performance monitoring and profiling tools for mobile applications
• Experience with feature flag management and remote configuration systems
• Knowledge of SaaS or field service application architecture

Benefits

Medical through Cigna, PPO and HDHP options, including a Health Savings Account with company contributions
Dental and Vision through Unum
Flexible Spending Account and Dependant Care Account
Company-paid Life insurance, STD and LTD
Voluntary benefits including Supplemental Life Insurance, Critical Illness, Accident and Pet Insurance
401(k) with up to 3% employer match and NO vesting period
Flexible PTO policy
10 company holidays
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off for Volunteering
Employee Reimbursement Program to use for well-being, technology and/or professional development