Staff Mobile Engineer, Client Platforms

Job description

**About GeoComply** We’re GeoComply! We are at the forefront of geolocation, cybersecurity, and anti-fraud innovation, developing and delivering cutting-edge technologies to help ensure regulatory compliance, combat bad online actors, alleviate user friction, and protect businesses from fraud. Achieving significant business and revenue growth over the past three years and dubbed a tech “Unicorn,” GeoComply has been trusted by leading global brands and regulators for over ten years. Our compliance-grade geolocation technology solutions are installed on over 400 million devices and analyze over 12 billion transactions a year. At the heart of it all is the people, united by a deep commitment to problem-solving and revolutionizing how people and businesses use the internet to instill confidence in every online interaction. With teams across five countries, three continents, and a global customer base, we have no plans to slow down. **The Role** GeoComply is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Mobile Engineer to join our team in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping the mobile architecture of our geolocation compliance solutions, leading the technical direction for our iOS and Android SDKs while ensuring seamless integration with our core service. Our product relies on the robust operation of our mobile SDKs with our core geolocation engine. We have strong mobile engineers on both platforms, and we need your expertise to help design and implement the data flow, establish architectural patterns, and drive best practices to ensure our mobile solutions deliver exceptional performance and reliability. You will collaborate closely with engineering managers, product managers, and senior mobile engineers across iOS and Android, providing technical leadership and contributing to our product strategy. Your ability to think strategically, communicate effectively, and build consensus will be critical to your success. ### Key Responsibilities - **Mobile Architectural Leadership:** - Lead the design and architecture of mobile solutions across iOS and Android platforms, with a focus on the interactions between our SDKs and the core geolocation engine - Define and document architectural patterns, interface specifications, and data flow strategies to ensure consistency, maintainability, and performance across both mobile platforms - Ensure our mobile SDKs remain current with evolving mobile technologies, platform capabilities, and industry best practices - Drive adoption of modern mobile development standards and emerging technologies to maintain technical excellence and competitive advantage **Cross-Platform Mobile Collaboration:** - Collaborate with senior engineers on iOS and Android to ensure adherence to the overall mobile architectural vision and promote the adoption of best practices - Facilitate communication and alignment between iOS and Android development teams, fostering a collaborative environment - Identify and address cross-cutting technical challenges between iOS and Android SDKs and the core engine - Champion code sharing and architectural consistency across mobile platforms **Technical Guidance and Mentorship:** - Provide technical guidance and mentorship to senior mobile engineers on architectural best practices and platform-specific considerations - Participate in design and code reviews across mobile teams, offering constructive feedback and ensuring alignment with architectural standards - Drive the adoption of modern mobile development practices and patterns **Product Development and Innovation:** - Work with Product Managers to understand product requirements and translate them into scalable and robust mobile technical solutions - Research and evaluate new mobile technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to enhance our mobile architecture and improve development efficiency - Contribute to the development and maintenance of shared mobile libraries, tools, and processes that streamline cross-platform mobile development **Quality and Delivery:** - Ensure that mobile solutions meet high standards for quality, performance, security, and scalability - Contribute to the continuous improvement of our agile development processes - Drive mobile-specific testing strategies including device testing, performance profiling, and anti-fraud detection validation **Customer Integration Design:** - Design and document clear, efficient, and user-friendly integration flows for customers to integrate our mobile SDKs into their applications, ensuring a smooth and positive developer experience - Create comprehensive mobile SDK documentation and integration guides ### Who You Are - **Extensive Mobile Development Experience:** 10+ years of professional software development experience with strong focus on mobile platforms (iOS and/or Android) - **Deep Mobile Expertise:** - Strong experience in iOS development (Swift, Objective-C, iOS frameworks, Apple platform guidelines) - Strong experience in Android development (Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Google Play policies) - Deep understanding of mobile-specific challenges: device fragmentation, OS version compatibility, background execution, battery optimization, network handling - Experience with mobile security, anti-fraud techniques, and device attestation - **Mobile Architectural Vision:** Proven ability to design and implement complex mobile architectures spanning iOS and Android, with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance - **Software Design Proficiency:** Excellent understanding of design patterns and architectural best practices for building scalable and maintainable mobile applications - **Cross-Platform Mobile Expertise:** Experience with cross-platform mobile development approaches (shared architecture, common patterns) and platform-specific considerations - **API and Integration Expertise:** Strong understanding of API design and integration principles, with a focus on creating seamless and efficient integration experiences for mobile app developers - **Technical Leadership:** Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, mentor other mobile engineers, and drive technical direction - **Communication and Collaboration:** Exceptional communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences - **Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills:** Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to identify and resolve complex mobile technical challenges - **Quality Focus:** A commitment to delivering high-quality, well-tested, and performant mobile solutions ### Bonus Points - Experience with geolocation technologies and compliance solutions - Experience with desktop application development (C++) - Experience with front-end web development (JavaScript, modern frameworks) - Experience with React Native, Flutter, or other cross-platform mobile frameworks - Contributions to open-source mobile projects - Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines and automation