Lead Mobile Developer

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Lead Mobile Developer to join a multi-disciplinary engineering team delivering a modern, unified digital experience platform for a large, multi-venue hospitality and entertainment organization. You will assist the Delivery Lead and the Tech Lead in coordinating the work across mobile teams.

This is a senior, hands‑on technical leadership role embedded in delivery. You will lead iOS and/or Android mobile development while contributing directly to implementation. The platform spans mobile, web, and kiosk experiences and integrates a complex ecosystem of legacy systems, third-party services, a headless CMS, customer data platform, and a scalable API and middleware layer built on Mule Soft.

This is a high‑visibility, enterprise‑scale program. Success requires strong mobile engineering fundamentals, comfort operating in cloud‑native environments, and a product mindset focused on quality, outcomes, and rapid iteration.

You will collaborate closely with experience designers, solution architects, backend engineers, and data teams to deliver end‑to‑end product slices that enable personalized guest journeys, real‑time itinerary orchestration, and seamless cross‑property experiences.

This role collaborates with team members across CT and EET and requires availability during core hours of 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. ET. Travel to the US for client meetings is required.

• Lead iOS and Android development efforts across a complex, multi-application ecosystem
• Set technical direction and best practices for mobile architecture, performance, and maintainability
• Serve as a senior technical decision maker within the mobile domain
• Balance hands‑on development with technical leadership and mentorship
• Ensure mobile solutions align with broader platform and architectural standards

• Design, build, and maintain high‑quality mobile applications using Swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android)
• Implement new features supporting personalized guest experiences and real‑time workflows
• Integrate mobile applications with backend APIs, Mule Soft middleware, CMS, and data platforms
• Ensure secure, performant, and scalable mobile implementations
• Maintain high standards for code quality, testing, and documentation

• Collaborate with backend and platform teams integrating mobile apps with:
• Mule Soft-based API and middleware layer
• Headless CMS (Contentful)
• Customer data and personalization platforms
• Contribute to system design discussions involving mobile, web, kiosk, and cloud services
• Identify integration risks, performance constraints, and opportunities for improvement

• Work closely with experience designers to translate UX into high‑quality mobile implementations
• Partner with architects and engineers to deliver cohesive, end‑to‑end product slices
• Participate in planning, estimation, and prioritization activities
• Provide clear technical input to support product and delivery decisions
• Help teams navigate ambiguity through proactive problem‑solving and communication

• Champion mobile performance, reliability, and accessibility best practices
• Identify and address technical debt and scalability concerns
• Promote iterative improvement through feedback, retrospectives, and experimentation
• Support CI/CD practices and modern mobile delivery workflows

• Senior‑level experience building and shipping production mobile applications
• Strong expertise in iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) development
• Experience leading mobile development efforts on complex, integrated platforms
• Solid understanding of mobile architecture patterns, networking, and state management
• Experience integrating mobile apps with backend APIs and distributed systems
• Comfort working in cloud‑native and modern web‑connected environments
• Proven ability to operate in large, multi‑team delivery programs

• Mobile: iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin)
• Platform & Integration:
  Mule Soft, Contentful, Customer Data Platforms
• Web & Infrastructure:
  Vercel, cloud‑native services