Mobile Application Engineering Manager

About First Due

First Due’s mission is to prevent first responder injury or death by providing fire and EMS agencies with transformative, end-to-end software solutions that empower them to run safer, smarter, and more effective operations.

Job Title: MobileApplicationEngineering Manager

Location: Remote - US Only

Country: United States

Department: Engineering

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $200,000

Key Responsibilities:

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in native iOS application development using Swift, including 3+ years in a formal engineering management or technical lead role directly managing mobile engineers.
• Exposure to Android development (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, or Android architecture components) is needed, especially for guiding a mixed iOS/Android team or evaluating cross-platform trade-offs.
• Proven experience leading teams that build mission-critical, offline-first mobile applications.  
• Ability to partner with Product/PM to translate customer requirements into a roadmap, then drive the team to deliver against it.
• Experience using tools like Instabug/Firebase to triage production issues, guide root-cause investigation, and coach engineers through customer-impacting bugs.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns such as MVVM and Clean Architecture - enough to review designs, set technical direction, and unblock the team, even if not writing production code daily.
• Working knowledge of RESTful API integration, data synchronization, and secure authentication mechanisms, sufficient to guide architectural trade-offs and review technical designs.
• Working knowledge of WebViewsand ability to use it efficiently
• Strong grounding in debugging, performance optimization, and memory management - enough to mentor engineers through hard problems and make sound trade-off calls.
• Demonstrated experience leading mobile development initiatives, establishingengineering best practices, hiring, and growing a team - required for this role.
• Experience with performance management, 1:1s, career development planning, and cross-functional stakeholder communication.
• Experiencewith hybrid/cross-platform mobile frameworks - such as Flutter, React Native, or Ionic/Capacitor - is needed and useful for evaluating build-vs-buy and native-vs-hybrid strategy decisions.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in native iOS application development using Swift, including 3+ years in a formal engineering management or technical lead role directly managing mobile engineers.
• Exposure to Android development (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, or Android architecture components) is needed, especially for guiding a mixed iOS/Android team or evaluating cross-platform trade-offs.
• Proven experience leading teams that build mission-critical, offline-first mobile applications.  
• Ability to partner with Product/PM to translate customer requirements into a roadmap, then drive the team to deliver against it.
• Experience using tools like Instabug/Firebase to triage production issues, guide root-cause investigation, and coach engineers through customer-impacting bugs.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns such as MVVM and Clean Architecture - enough to review designs, set technical direction, and unblock the team, even if not writing production code daily.
• Working knowledge of RESTful API integration, data synchronization, and secure authentication mechanisms, sufficient to guide architectural trade-offs and review technical designs.
• Working knowledge of WebViewsand ability to use it efficiently
• Strong grounding in debugging, performance optimization, and memory management - enough to mentor engineers through hard problems and make sound trade-off calls.
• Demonstrated experience leading mobile development initiatives, establishingengineering best practices, hiring, and growing a team - required for this role.
• Experience with performance management, 1:1s, career development planning, and cross-functional stakeholder communication.
• Experiencewith hybrid/cross-platform mobile frameworks - such as Flutter, React Native, or Ionic/Capacitor - is needed and useful for evaluating build-vs-buy and native-vs-hybrid strategy decisions.

Required Technical Skillset:

• iOS: Swift 5.x, SwiftUIand UIKit, CoreData, CoreLocation, Background Tasks
• Tools & Platforms: Xcode, Git, Figma, TestFlight
• CI/CD: Fastlane, GitHub Actionsor similar automation tools
• APIs: RESTful services, JSON parsing, Authentication & Authorization
• Testing: XCTest, automated UI testing frameworks
• Android: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android architecture components
• Hybrid/cross-platform: Flutter, React Native, .NET MAUI, or Ionic/Capacitor 

For US-based Roles

All applicants must be authorized to work for any US employer in the United States. Locality Media LLC is unable to sponsor or transition sponsorship ownership of employment visas at this time. Hiring is contingent upon candidates successfully passing a criminal background check. As part of the I-9 verification of authorization to work in the US, Locality Media participates in E-Verify.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This role is fully remote with minimal travel expectations at this time. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified employees and applicants to perform the essential functions as outlined above. If you require an accommodation during the interview process, please reach out to [email protected].

Working at First Due

First Due offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package for eligible employees, including competitive pay, medical, dental, and vision coverage, FSA/HSA, 401(k), flexible PTO, a fully remote workplace, a technology stipend, opportunities for advancement, and other benefits and perks that sets our team apart. Visit www.firstdue.com to learn more.

If you are a resident of a state requiring wage transparency, please reach out to [email protected]  for a reasonable estimate of annual base compensation and any eligible incentive compensation. The actual compensation offered to successful candidates for roles may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory criteria including but not limited to relevant professional experience, geographic location, knowledge, skills, and abilities. This range will be reviewed on a regular basis.

First Due is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other protected status or class. We are committed to promoting an environment of respect, acceptance, diversity and inclusivity, and equal opportunity. Discrimination and harassment of any type in any form will not be tolerated.

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