Software Development Engineer (Mobile)

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Job posting date: Jan 7th 2026

Application deadline: Jan 21st 2026

About your skills

• Mobile Enthusiast: You are passionate about creating exceptional mobile experiences focusing on smooth animations responsive layouts and efficient use of battery and data.
• Feature Ownership: You take full ownership of features driving them from a Jira ticket to a shipped product in the App Store or Play Store.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: You proactively communicate with designers and backend engineers to ensure your mobile client has everything it needs to succeed.
• Attention to Detail: You understand that great mobile experiences go beyond functional code prioritizing the feel of the application.
• Continuous Growth: You are eager to learn open to feedback during code reviews and excited to develop your technical skills in a supportive environment.

About this role

The Globalization team at Udemy is on a mission to make learning accessible to everyone everywhere.

As a Software Engineer on the Globalization team you will take ownership of designing and implementing features that drive our international growth. Moving beyond simple tasks you will be responsible for scoping and executing small-to-medium-sized projects often collaborating with product managers and designers to refine requirements. You will build robust backend services and APIs (and potentially frontend components) that are scalable secure and performant.

You are someone who is comfortable working with a degree of autonomyyou can take a defined problem break it down into technical tasks and deliver a high-quality solution. You are proactive in raising potential risks eager to understand the why behind the product and committed to writing code that is not just functional but also maintainable and testable.

This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who has mastered the basics and is ready to expand their scope tackle more complex challenges and play a key role in helping Udemy truly go global.

What youll be doing

• Build & Ship: Develop and maintain native mobile features for iOS and Android ensuring they are robust testable and performant.

• Own Your Features: Take ownership of small-to-medium sized mobile projects. You will estimate tasks implement the solution and ensure successful rollout to users.

• Globalize the App: Implement localization logic support Right-to-Left (RTL) languages and optimize the app for varying network conditions and device capabilities.

• Collaborate: Work closely with Product Managers and Designers to review UI/UX specs and provide technical feedback on feasibility and platform best practices (Human Interface Guidelines / Material Design).

• Ensure Quality: Write unit and UI tests to prevent regressions. Participate in code reviews to maintain a clean codebase and learn from senior engineers.

• API Integration: Collaborate with backend engineers to define API contracts (REST/GraphQL) that efficiently serve the mobile client.

What were looking for

• Education: B.S. degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field.

• Experience: Minimum 3 years of professional experience in native mobile development (iOS Android or both).

• Language Proficiency: Strong proficiency in Swift (for iOS) or Kotlin (for Android).

• Mobile Fundamentals: Solid understanding of mobile application lifecycles memory management concurrency and networking.

• UI/UX Skills: Experience building complex responsive UIs using native frameworks (UIKit/SwiftUI for iOS; XML/Jetpack Compose for Android).

• Architecture: Familiarity with common mobile architectural patterns (MVVM MVP Clean Architecture).

• Communication: Excellent communication skills in English with the ability to explain mobile-specific constraints to non-mobile stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with GraphQL on mobile.

• Experience with React Native or cross-platform development.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for mobile (Bitrise Jenkins Fastlane).

• Experience with offline-first architectures or local data persistence (CoreData Room Realm).

• Background in building apps for international audiences (Localization/Internationalization).

Why work here

Youll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. Youll get full access to Udemy courses a monthly UDay to invest in yourself and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately but what you focus on is up to you.

AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. Youll have the space and tools to experiment apply and get better at using AI in practical ways.

Youll own your work.
We trust people to lead make decisions and follow through. You dont need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.

Youll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.

Youll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills change their careers or find a path forward. Youve got the experience why not use it to help others gain theirs

Bring your curiosity. Well bring the platform and the support. Lets LEARNtogether.

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