Toptal: Lead Mobile Developer/ Tech Lead

This Lead Mobile Developer/Tech Lead role requires 8 to 10 years of professional experience in mobile development with strong expertise across both Android and iOS platforms. The candidate must demonstrate advanced proficiency in Kotlin and Android development, including modern frameworks such as Jetpack Compose, alongside solid skills in iOS development using Swift. Experience with state management patterns like Flux or similar architectures is essential to ensure maintainable and scalable feature implementations. The role demands a deep understanding of performance optimization techniques for mobile applications to deliver high-quality, efficient, and responsive user experiences. As a technical leader, the candidate will be responsible for guiding mobile development initiatives, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to define features and plan implementations, and overseeing the entire feature delivery lifecycle from planning through release. Strong problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills are critical to facilitate structured communication between engineering and product teams and to lead technical decision-making processes effectively. While not mandatory, experience with cross-platform architectural decisions and prior leadership in multi-platform mobile teams are advantageous. The position offers a long-term, full-time engagement with some flexibility for part-time candidates able to transition to full-time. Overall, this role combines hands-on technical mobile development expertise with leadership capabilities to drive the creation and delivery of scalable, maintainable, and high-performance mobile applications in a global media and technology company environment.