Senior Mobile Engineer
Job Summary
Hi weareecobee.
ecobee introduced the worlds first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money conserve energy and bring home automation into their lives. That was just the beginning. We continue our pursuit to create technology that brings peace of mind into the home and allows people to focus on the moments that matter most. We take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment all while being part of the exciting connected home revolution.
In 2021 ecobee became a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems. Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator. The company is committed to sustainable cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid. Together we take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment.
Why we love to do whatwe do:
Were helping build the world of tomorrow with solutions that improve everyday life while making a positive impact onthe planet. Ourproducts and serviceswork in harmonytoprovide comfort efficiency and peace of mind for millions of homes and businesses. While were proud of what weve done so far theres still a lot we can doand you can be part of it.
Join our extraordinary team.
Were a rapidly growing global tech company headquartered in Canada in the heart of downtown Toronto with an office in Leeds UK and remote ecopeeps in the US. We get to work with some of North America and UKs leading professionals. Our colleagues are proud to bring their authentic selves to work confident that what we do is grounded in a greater purpose. Were always looking for curious talented and passionate people to join our team.
Who Youll Be Joining
Youll join the Mobile Energy team which owns everything thermostatrelated on mobile as well as mobile experiences for Energy Services and grid resiliency. Our work sits at the intersection of connected devices energy intelligence and realworld impact helping customers stay comfortable save energy and support a more resilient electrical grid.
The team builds and operates core mobile experiences used by millions of customers working closely with product design backend data and firmware partners. We ship frequently operate at scale and take pride in highquality reliable mobile software.
Were looking for a Senior Mobile Engineer who is excited to work across both iOS and Android (natively) and who strongly leverage AIassisted development to move faster improve quality and reduce friction in large production codebases.
Youll bring deep expertise in one platform (iOS or Android) with the ability and willingness to contribute meaningfully in the other. This is not a platformsiloed role flexibility and collaboration are core to how we operate.
Highlights of Our Work
- Building and evolving mobile experiences that control and monitor smart thermostats and energy programs in real time
- Shipping features that support energy efficiency demand response and grid resiliency
- Working with connected devices over WiFi Bluetooth and cloudbacked APIs
- Operating production mobile software at scale with a strong focus on reliability performance and user trust
- Collaborating closely across iOS and Android to deliver consistent highquality customer experiences
What Makes This Role Different: AIFirst Engineering
AI is an intentional part of how we build mobile software.
In this role strong AI expertise means using modern AI tools (for example Claude Copilot or Gemini) and leveraging Agentic AI as a force multiplier in daytoday engineering work
Youll be expected to use AIassisted development to:
- Accelerate feature development and debugging
- Improve test coverage and reduce regressions
- Refactor and simplify complex or legacy code safely
- Navigate unfamiliar areas of the codebase or secondary platform more efficiently
- Create clearer documentation and more maintainable patterns
You should know how to validate AI output apply engineering judgment and manage risk using AI as an accelerator not an autopilot.
This role follows a hybrid schedule with in-office work required on Wednesdays and Thursdays from our Toronto office to support collaboration and flexibility to work remotely for the remainder of the week.
How Youll Make an Impact
Youll help ecobee move fast innovate and deliver highquality mobile experiences:
- Design build and operate production mobile features used by millions of customers
- Own work endtoend from technical design and implementation through release and iteration
- Pick up work across iOS and Android as needed to unblock delivery and improve team throughput
- Contribute to and evolve mobile architecture to support scale performance and longterm maintainability
- Take responsibility for production quality including monitoring debugging and incident response
- Collaborate closely with product design backend data and firmware partners
- Mentor other engineers and help raise the technical bar across the mobile organization
- Influence technical direction and help shape nextgeneration energy and thermostat experiences
- Model and share effective AIassisted development practices across the team
We operate in a competitive landscape and our ability to ship highquality mobile software quickly is core to how we win.
Technologies We Use
iOS
- Language: Swift
- UI: SwiftUI
- Architecture: MVVM unidirectional data flow
- Async: Async/Await Combine
- DI: EcobeeHoney
- Testing: XCTests & Swift Testing
- Build & CI: Fastlane CircleCI
- Other: Multipackage apps feature flags analytics accessibility App Store release pipelines
Android
- Language: Kotlin
- UI: Jetpack Compose
- Architecture: MVVM unidirectional data flow
- Async: Coroutines Flow
- DI: Dagger
- Testing: Kotest Screenshot testing Compose Preview tests
- Build & CI: Gradle GitHub Actions
- Other: Multimodule apps feature flags analytics accessibility Play Store release pipelines
Experience with our exact stack is a bonus but strong mobile fundamentals and sound engineering judgment matter most.
What Youll Bring to the Table
You dont need to tick every box but you should bring strong fundamentals and a bias toward delivery:
- Seniorlevel experience building and shipping production mobile applications
- Deep expertise in iOS or Android with strong proficiency in the other platform
- Solid understanding of mobile fundamentals: lifecycle performance debugging observability and tooling
- Experience working with modern mobile architectures and asynchronous programming
- Comfort owning features in a large production codebase
- Ability to balance speed with quality maintainability and user impact
- Experience mentoring other engineers or leading technical initiatives
- Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces and collaborating across disciplines
AIAssisted Development Expectations
- Handson experience using AI tools (e.g. Claude Copilot or similar) in real development workflows
- Ability to critically assess AI output and validate it with tests reviews and incremental rollout
- Interest in turning AI usage into repeatable team leverage not just personal productivity
Nice to have
- Experience with IoT connected devices or energyrelated products
- Experience operating mobile software under realworld constraints (connectivity device variability latency)
Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in Toronto ON is $134200 - $174500 CAD. This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates relevant work experience skills certifications and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.
This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical dental and vision plans; life long-term disability flexible spending and health savings accounts accrued paid time off paid Holidays (10 for Ontario 11 for British Columbia) and RRSP retirement benefits
The Company is committed to improving accessibility for Canadian with disabilities and to ensuring that all our employees and applicants have the support and the tools they need to succeed. We have developed policies relating to human rights accessibility and accommodation and provide all our employees with training on accessibility including under provincial legislation such as the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005 either during orientation and/or on an ongoing basis. If you feel you need accommodation in relation to a disability in the application process or in the future or have a question or concern about our policies please reach out to
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Physical Demands (Applicable in the USA and Canada): While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.
Accessibility Statement (Applicable in the United Kingdom): The Company is committed to improving accessibility for employees and applicants with disabilities and to ensuring that they have the support and the tools they need to succeed. We have developed policies relating to human rights accessibility and accommodation in line with the Equality Act 2010. If you feel you need consideration of reasonable adjustments where possible relation to a disability in the application process or in the future or have a question or concern about our policies please reach out to
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC