About the Role
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Mobile Hybrid Enterprise Architect to define and lead our end to end mobile strategy across iOS and Android using hybrid/cross platform frameworks. This role partners with product security infrastructure and engineering to architect scalable secure and compliant mobile solutions that integrate with enterprise systems deliver exceptional user experience and accelerate time to market.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Strategy
Own the mobile enterprise architecture blueprintfrom client app layers to backend integration (APIs microservices event-driven patterns).
Define standards and reference architectures for React Native/Flutter/Xamarin (or hybrid web-views Capacitor) and native interoperability.
Establish mobile domain models API contracts security controls and data governance for mobile.
Create roadmaps aligned with business OKRs balancing innovation with platform stability.
Solution Design
Lead architecture for new mobile initiatives: authentication flows offline-first patterns background sync push notifications deep linking app configuration and feature flagging.
Design scalable backend integrations (API gateways GraphQL/REST caching pub/sub) and select runtime patterns (BFF façade services).
Architect telemetry pipelines for observability (crash analytics performance metrics RUM log aggregation).
Security & Compliance
Implement Zero Trust principles for mobile; enforce secure storage device attestation jailbreak/root detection.
Align with OWASP MASVS/MSTG NIST ISO 27001; ensure compliance (GDPR CCPA HIPAA/PCI as applicable).
Oversee MDM/UEM and MAM policies (e.g. Microsoft Intune VMware Workspace ONE MobileIron).
Define threat models conduct architecture risk assessments and drive secure SDLC practices (SAST/DAST dependency scanning).
Platform Engineering & DevOps
Define CI/CD pipelines for mobile (Fastlane Bitrise Azure DevOps GitHub Actions CircleCI) code signing release orchestration.
Standardize testing strategy: unit/UI/e2e device farms accessibility performance and compatibility testing.
Govern app distribution (App Store/Play Enterprise distribution) versioning rollback strategies and release trains.
Scalability Performance & Reliability
Architect for offline resilience concurrency graceful degradation and efficient network usage.
Establish SLAs/SLOs/SLIs for mobile experiences; implement synthetic monitoring crash thresholds and performance budgets.
Optimize startup time memory footprint battery usage and bundle size.
Data & Integration
Model data flows; select client-side storage (Secure Enclave/Keychain Keystore SQLite/Room/Realm encrypted stores).
Define API schemas and backward compatibility strategies; manage schema evolution and versioning.
Champion API governance and service cataloging; integrate with identity (Azure AD/Entra ID Auth0 Okta).
Governance & Standards
Maintain architecture repository and guardrails including coding standards dependency policies and modularization.
Run Architecture Review Boards perform ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) and maintain tech radar.
Leadership & Collaboration
Mentor architects and senior engineers; conduct design reviews and coaching.
Partner with Product UX Security Infra/Cloud and Business stakeholders; translate business goals into technical plans.
Vendor management:
evaluate frameworks SDKs third party services; negotiate and manage technical risk.
Required Qualifications
12 years in software engineering/architecture with 6 years leading enterprise-grade mobile solutions.
Deep expertise in hybrid/cross platform frameworks (preferably React Native or Flutter) and familiarity with native iOS/Android.
Strong knowledge of microservices API gateways (e.g. Azure API Management Kong Apigee)