Principal Mobile Engineer (Global)

Principal Mobile Engineer

Location: Worldwide (Remote/Hybrid)

Reports to: TBD

About CINC Systems

CINC Systems is the largest provider of accounting and management software in the community association management industry and the innovator behind accounting and banking integration. Founded in 2005 by a banker as the industry's first SaaS offering, CINC Systems now employs nearly 400 people and provides software and applications to more than 50,000 associations servicing over 5 million doors.

In January of 2024, Hg Capital made a significant investment in CINC to accelerate the company's growth trajectory and institute rapid product development.

At CINC, innovation drives our growth, and our people sustain it. We are proud of our humble, accountable, and team-oriented culture, and we are committed to building products and a workplace that create long term value for our customers and our team.

About the Role

The Principal Mobile Engineer is a senior, hands-on technical leader and people manager responsible for leading a mobile-focused product team while remaining deeply involved in architecture, design, and implementation. This is a player-coach role for an engineer who thrives on building high-quality mobile applications and developing engineers at the same time.

You will be accountable for the technical direction, delivery outcomes, and team health of a mobile product team, working closely with Product, Design, Backend, and Platform partners. As a Principal, your influence extends beyond your team, helping shape mobile standards, architecture, and best practices across CINC.

Key Responsibilities
Lead a cross-functional mobile product team delivering high-quality iOS and Android applications
Remain hands-on in the codebase, contributing to architecture, critical paths, and complex features
Design and evolve mobile application architecture using Flutter, React Native, and native iOS and Android technologies
Balance shared cross-platform approaches with native capabilities to deliver the best user experience
Partner closely with Product and Design to translate customer needs into intuitive, reliable mobile experiences
Collaborate with Backend and Platform teams to define APIs and services that support mobile-first workflows
Own technical quality, performance, reliability, and security for mobile applications
Hire, coach, mentor, and develop mobile engineers, creating a high-performing, collaborative team culture
Set clear technical standards and expectations while empowering the team to make good decisions
Support AI-enabled mobile capabilities by integrating intelligent services safely and pragmatically
Contribute to cross-team architecture discussions and help align mobile strategy with broader platform direction

Qualifications

Technical Expertise
12+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant depth in mobile development
Strong hands-on experience with Flutter and React Native
Deep experience building native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin or Java) applications
Expertise in mobile architecture patterns, state management, offline support, and performance optimization
Experience integrating mobile applications with backend APIs and distributed systems
Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and app store deployment
Understanding of mobile security best practices and data protection

Leadership and Management
5+ years of experience leading or managing software engineering teams
Proven ability to operate as a player-coach, balancing delivery, architecture, and people leadership
Experience owning outcomes for a product team, not just technical components
Strong communication skills, able to align engineers, product partners, and stakeholders
Structured thinker who can navigate ambiguity and make pragmatic decisions

Mindset and Values
Builder at heart who leads through example and craftsmanship
Customer-obsessed, focused on real-world usability and reliability
Believes strong fundamentals matter more than frameworks or trends
Learning-first attitude, staying current with mobile and AI technologies
Calm under pressure, bringing clarity and focus in fast-moving environments
Values teamwork, trust, and shared ownership over heroics

What Success Looks Like
Mobile applications are stable, performant, and easy to evolve
The mobile product team is engaged, autonomous, and consistently delivering
Architectural decisions balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
Mobile standards and practices improve across the organization
The Principal Mobile Engineer is trusted as both a technical leader and people leader

CINC is an Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.