Manager, Software Engineering – Mobile & Desktop Apps
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Zug - Switzerland
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Job Summary
Are you energized by building new things from scratch not just one product but two in parallel across the platforms lawyers rely on most Do you thrive leading engineering teams delivering polished native experiences on both mobile and desktop while keeping a coherent product vision across surfaces If so this is an exceptional opportunity to shape how CoCounsel Legal reaches lawyers everywhere they work.
As Manager of Software Engineering for the CoCounsel Legal Mobile & Desktop Apps you will lead the engineering teams building CoCounsel Legals presence on iOS Android Windows and Mac. Both are greenfield products: you will help define the architecture hire the teams and deliver CoCounsel Legals first native mobile and desktop experiences reporting to the Head of Engineering for CoCounsel Legal.
About the Role
In this opportunity as CoCounsel Legal Mobile & Desktop Apps you will:
Lead and grow two engineering teams Mobile and Desktop hiring and developing engineers across both platforms from the ground up. Foster a high-performance inclusive culture and ensure the teams collaborate closely to deliver a coherent cross-platform product.
Define the engineering approach for both mobile and desktopmaking foundational technology choices (native vs. cross-platform for mobile; Electron Tauri or native for desktop) architecture patterns and development practices that will shape the products for years to come.
Deliver CoCounsel Legals first mobile and desktop applicationscollaborating closely with Product and Design to ship high-quality accessible experiences that bring core CoCounsel AI capabilities to iOS Android Windows and Mac users.
Integrate deeply with the CoCounsel backendworking with Agent Core and AI Platform teams to surface agent capabilities file and workspace access and user context seamlessly across mobile and desktop surfaces.
Own quality performance and reliability across both platformsestablishing standards for testing CI/CD crash reporting performance monitoring and cross-platform (Windows/Mac iOS/Android) compatibility.
Partner across the Application Experience pillarworking with web and integrations teams to ensure CoCounsel Legal delivers a coherent consistent product experience across all surfaces.
Represent mobile and desktop engineering perspectivescontributing to planning and prioritization discussions with Product Design and senior engineering leadership.
About You
Youre a fit for the role of CoCounsel Legal Mobile & Desktop Apps if your background includes:
5 years of software engineering experience including 2 years leading or managing engineering teams.
Hands-on experience shipping production mobile (iOS and/or Android) or desktop (Windows and/or macOS) applications in a professional or enterprise context.
Understanding of both mobile and desktop engineering challenges platform conventions architecture patterns distribution and performance expectations.
Proven ability to hire develop and retain strong engineers across multiple teams or workstreams.
Experience integrating applications with cloud backends and REST/GraphQL APIs including streaming and authentication flows.
Strong collaboration skills comfortable working across product design and backend engineering teams.
Clear communicator who can translate platform constraints and opportunities into actionable product decisions.
Additional preferred qualifications include:
Hands-on experience with both mobile and desktop platforms ideally shipped to production on each.
Experience with cross-platform frameworks (e.g. React Native Flutter Electron Tauri) and understanding of when to use them vs. native approaches.
Background in legal tech productivity software or professional-services SaaS products.
Familiarity with AI-powered features in native apps streaming chat voice input local context-aware actions.
Experience with enterprise deployment patterns for mobile (MDM SSO) and desktop (MSI/PKG packaging app configuration).
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Whats in it For You
Hybrid Work Model: Weve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities whether caring for family giving back to the community or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrows challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow lead and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation two company-wide Mental Health Days off access to the Headspace app retirement savings tuition reimbursement employee incentive programs and resources for mental physical and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging flexibility work-life balance and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers Compete to Win Challenge (Y)our Thinking Act Fast / Learn Fast and Stronger Together.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice truth and transparency. Together with the professionals and institutions we serve we help uphold the rule of law turn the wheels of commerce catch bad actors report the facts and provide trusted unbiased information to people all over the world.
DISCLAIMER
The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
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