Staff Software Engineer, Gemini

• 8+ years of experience in mobile development, including 4+ years with React Native, building scalable mobile applications
• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and native mobile development (Swift/Objective-C and/or Java/Kotlin)
• Expertise in React Native, navigation libraries (especially React Navigation), lifecycles, state management, and performance optimization
• Demonstrable experience in debugging, framework migrations, refactoring, and adopting mobile best practices
• Familiarity with CI processes (e.g., GitHub Actions) and automated testing (unit, integration, and end-to-end)
• Knowledge of mobile best practices and stay informed about innovations in the mobile industry and have the ability to bring in adoption for the same
• Deep understanding of engineering excellence, operational excellence, and data-driven decision-making
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to prioritize effectively in dynamic environments

Desirable

• The Client Platform team provides a horizontal function that supports and maintains core client development for web and mobile, testing infrastructure, frontend CI/CD pipeline development, maintaining and expanding usage of our foundational design system library, and providing standards for future client development
• The team’s mission is to be the force multiplier for other client teams so that they can deliver with quality and speed
• You will be a core part of leading Gemini’s mobile client development platform, both by contributing to and adopting modern tooling for the mobile client from both a client architecture and its CI process, working cross-functionally across Gemini’s engineering teams to influence, and improve our development practices and culture
• Drive architectural decisions that modernize our mobile stack, ensuring scalability and maintainability
• Establish and automate best practices in mobile development, focusing on code quality, reliability, and performance
• Lead the initiatives to architect solutions to improve the performance of the mobile application
• Monitor app performance and identify and debug performance-related issues using observability tooling
• Collaborate and lead on scoping, planning and executing on cross-functional projects that benefit the client application
• Implement solutions that further the improvement of developer experience with app architecture that scales and is reliable
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders for the mobile client to execute on architectural rollout strategies
• Play a key role in technical evaluation of potential tools, libraries and vendor contracts
• Ensure that the mobile app adheres to security standards and compliance requirements