Manager, Mobile Software Engineering

Location: Remote-permitted within the United States, with options for onsite work at an hirify.global facility or a combination of remote and onsite work. The role is based out of the Washington, D.C. office, and occasional travel may be required.

Salary: $165,000–$175,000 USD annually, plus benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a mission-driven multimedia organization producing news, information, and music programming in partnership with independent public radio stations.

What you will do

• Manage, mentor, and coach mobile software engineers, supporting career growth, professional development, and psychological safety.
• Lead recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and training for engineering staff.
• Partner with product, design, data, and editorial stakeholders to define priorities and deliver mobile features.
• Lead technical planning, project scoping, Agile ceremonies, and software delivery.
• Review software designs and code to maintain code health, architectural integrity, and security standards.
• Improve engineering workflows, automate developer experience, and coordinate responses to production incidents and external contributors.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience managing, mentoring, or leading mobile software engineers in an Agile organization.
• Previous individual-contributor experience engineering, testing, and shipping robust code for a large-scale mobile application.
• Hands-on proficiency with Swift or Objective-C for iOS, or Kotlin or Java for Android.
• Working knowledge of native mobile release infrastructure, including App Store Connect, provisioning profiles, Google Play Console, or staged rollouts.
• Experience with Git and cross-functional Agile/Scrum product teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience managing internal employees and external agency vendors or contractors.
• Experience with native mobile media streaming frameworks such as AVKit, AVFoundation, Media3, or ExoPlayer.
• Familiarity with SwiftUI, Combine, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, MVVM, CarPlay, or Android Auto.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive, and mission-driven work environment focused on public media.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for eligible full-time employees and dependents.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and voluntary retirement savings plans.
• Paid time off and financial well-being benefits.
• Remote, onsite, or combined work arrangements subject to hirify.global approval and location support.