Sr. Mobile Engineer

Location: Toronto

Job#: 3037209

Job Description:

Sr. Mobile Engineer, Simplii Technology

Job Description:

Sr. Mobile Engineer

Client:
Top 5 Bank

Position: 2

Rate: $120K - $125K

Duration:
Full Time (FTE)

Work Location:

Downtown Toronto

Hybrid: 1 to 3 days a week

Hours:

37.5 HR/Week Monday - Friday - 9-5

Vacation/Medical/Dental benefits

Role and Responsibilities:

* Will play a key role in shaping our React Native engineering capability and helping us build a high-performing mobile development team

* Responsible for leading the design, development, and evolution of scalable mobile applications across iOS and Android, while also establishing strong engineering practices, mentoring developers, and raising the bar for technical excellence

* Bring deep hands-on React Native expertise, strong native mobile foundations, and the leadership mindset needed to help grow a strong internal community of React Native developers

* Will know how to build strong working relationships across product, design, accessibility, and key stakeholder groups to ensure solutions are technically sound, customer-centric, and aligned to business needs

* Must Someone who has strong leadership skills and will be able to lead up a team of 5-7 individuals; they would need to mentor their team and beyond that, they should be able to work cross functionally with UX and Product teams

* Someone with previous experience in executive communications, strong stakeholder management skills, and a proven track record of influencing without authority

* The successful candidates have a chance to start a new application; they get a chance to influence the roadmap of an application that is being used in the future

Must Have skills:

* Technical Leadership & Delivery:
Lead the design, development, and delivery of high-quality React Native applications that are scalable, secure, maintainable, and optimized for performance across iOS and Android

* Architecture & Engineering Standards:
Define and apply modern mobile architecture patterns, reusable component approaches, testing practices, and coding standards that improve quality, consistency, and developer productivity

* Native Platform Integration:
Use your experience in native iOS and/or Android development to guide platform-specific design decisions, integrate native capabilities, and resolve complex technical issues when React Native alone is not sufficient

* Team Building & Mentorship:
Help build and strengthen our development team by mentoring engineers, supporting hiring and technical evaluation, conducting code reviews, and coaching others on React Native best practices

* Community of Practice:
Foster a strong community of React Native developers by sharing knowledge, improving team practices, contributing to standards, and helping create an environment of continuous learning and technical excellence

* Cross-functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:
Build strong working relationships with product, design, accessibility, backend, architecture, and delivery teams, and partner closely with stakeholders to translate business needs into practical mobile solutions. You will work collaboratively across these groups to align priorities, resolve trade-offs, and deliver high-impact customer experiences

Candidate:

* You can demonstrate 7+ years' experience in software engineering, including deep hands-on experience building production-grade mobile applications with React Native and Type Script. You have a strong track record of delivering scalable, high-quality mobile experiences and understand what it takes to support enterprise delivery standards

* You bring strong native mobile foundations. You have meaningful experience with iOS (Swift/Objective-C) and/or Android (Kotlin/Java), and can confidently work through native integrations, platform constraints, and performance optimization challenges

* You know how to raise the technical bar. You are experienced in solution design, code reviews, testing strategies, CI/CD practices, release discipline, and establishing engineering standards that improve quality and maintainability

* You help build strong teams. You have experience mentoring developers, influencing technical direction, and helping…