Mobile UI Developer - Lead

Position: Mobile UI Developer - Lead

Duration: 14-month contract (no conversion)

Interview Process: 2 rounds: 1-hour technical panel + 30-min final
 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Core Requirements:

• Bachelor’s + 10+ years software engineering
• 10+ years native mobile development (iOS/Android)

Strong in:

• iOS: Swift, Xcode
• Android: Kotlin, Java
• 4+ years: JavaScript/TypeScript/Python, REST APIs, CI/CD, production support, architecture
• 2+ years AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, ECS)

Experience with:

• High-traffic, customer-facing apps
• Mentoring engineers
• Automation testing (unit → end-to-end)

Preferred:

• 15+ years experience, Master’s degree
• Led teams of 5–10
• Prior Capital One experience (strong preference)
• Scalable UI libraries

Role Focus:

• Build/enhance native mobile features (iOS & Android)
• Support credit card collections app (customer payment plans)

Work on:

• New features & offers
• Post-enrollment experiences
• Discover integration (migration work)
• Heavy hands-on coding (~80%) + mentoring (~20%)
• Tech & Responsibilities:
• Native mobile + backend integration (REST APIs)
• AWS-heavy environment
• Full ownership: dev, testing, deployment, on-call support
• Collaborate with web + backend teams
• Strong focus on scalability, architecture, and automation

Team Structure: ~6–8 engineers total, 3–4 iOS, 3–4 Android

• Each platform has a lead
• This role mentors 2–3 engineers
• Ideal Candidate: Deep native mobile expertise
• Proven experience building scalable, enterprise apps
• Strong technical leadership + mentorship
• Can own features end-to-end with minimal oversight

Job Description: Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 10 years of experience in software engineering (Internship experience does not apply)
• At least 10 years of experience building iOS and Android mobile native applications.
• At least 10 years of experience with Swift, Xcode, Kotlin, Java
• 4+ years of experience in the following technologies with focus on Object Oriented Programming: Javascript/Typescript, Python, AngularJs
• 2+ years of experience with AWS (Lambdas, Step Functions, DynamoDB, ECS)
• 4+ years of experience working with backend teams on integration with REST APIs/systems
• 4+ years of experience with Continuous Integration & Development (CICD), Production on-call support and alerting/monitoring
• 4+ years of experience building, architecting and designing enterprise ready, high traffic Front-End customer facing applications
• 4+years of experience coaching/mentoring engineers
• 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• 15+ years of experience building Android and iOS applications and leading a team of 5-10 engineers
• 15+ years of experience with Swift/Xcode/Kotlin/Java for mobile application development

Job Responsibilities

• At least 10 years of experience in software engineering (Internship experience does not apply)
• At least 10 years of experience building iOS and Android mobile native applications.
• At least 10 years of experience with Swift, Xcode, Kotlin, Java
• 4+ years of experience in the following technologies with focus on Object Oriented Programming: Javascript/Typescript, Python, AngularJs
• 2+ years of experience with AWS (Lambdas, Step Functions, DynamoDB, ECS)
• 4+ years of experience working with backend teams on integration with REST APIs/systems
• 4+ years of experience with Continuous Integration & Development (CICD), Production on-call support and alerting/monitoring
• 4+ years of experience building, architecting and designing enterprise ready, high traffic Front-End customer facing applications
• 4+years of experience coaching/mentoring engineers
• 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks