# Principal Mobile SDK Engineer (Navigation)

We are looking for a highly experienced Principal Mobile SDK Engineer to lead the architecture and development of our proprietary Navigation SDK. Unlike typical app development, this role involves building the core engine that powers navigation experiences. You will be responsible for wrapping and extending open-source native mapping engines, integrating our custom routing APIs, and exposing a clean, robust, and developer-friendly API surface for both Android and iOS platforms. You will work directly with the founders to turn our navigation logic into a reusable, high-performance SDK product. Responsibilities SDK Architecture: Design and implement a unified navigation SDK architecture for Android (Kotlin) and iOS (Swift) that wraps underlying native mapping libraries. Core Navigation Logic: Implement complex logic for turn-by-turn navigation, including route snapping, off-route detection, rerouting, and ETA calculation. API Design: Craft intuitive, idiomatic, and thread-safe APIs for client developers. You are building tools for other engineers, so Developer Experience (DX) is paramount. Performance Optimization: Optimize for battery usage, memory management (tile caching), and

- **Id**: 682513
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/flatgigs-principal-mobile-sdk-engineer-navigation>
- **Role**: Mobile
- **Role family**: Mobile
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- **Countries**: AE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2025-12-26T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2025-12-26
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T01:46:58Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-08T01:46:58Z
- **Days open**: 317
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2952
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 672990
- **Name**: Flatgigs
- **Domain**: flatgigs.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/flatgigs>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 37000
- **Max usd**: 101000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 87

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CocoaPods** — Optional: no
- **Kotlin** — Optional: no
- **Kotlin Multiplatform** — Optional: no
- **Metal** — Optional: no
- **OpenGL** — Optional: no
- **ProGuard** — Optional: no
- **Sensor Fusion** — Optional: no
- **Swift** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 316

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-10T23:42:17Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-08T01:46:58Z

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