Senior Engineering Manager - Mobile

Senior Engineering Manager - Mobile

Are you up for a challenge? We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers making mobile apps (Android & iOS) at a tech Scale-Up. At a pivotal moment for the company, you will lead the evolution of their software foundation as they expand into new connected products and ecosystem experiences.

Responsibilities - Senior Engineering Manager

As the Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will lead and scale the software engineering team, directly shaping the technical foundation, culture, and practices required to deploy top-tier mobile software efficiently. Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, this is a hands-on leadership role where you will drive architecture, participate in code reviews, and steer critical technical decisions.

A core focus of this position will be pioneering AI-assisted development practices to accelerate team velocity and elevate code quality.

Working closely with Product, UX, Hardware, and Marketing, you will serve as the bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Core Responsibilities:

• Engineering Leadership: Manage and mentor a cross-functional engineering team (iOS, Android, and QA), taking full ownership of core mobile application experiences, including IoT device pairing, syncing, OTA updates, and onboarding.
• Modernize Engineering Practices: Drive a cultural and technical shift by introducing AI-assisted development, modern tooling, and agile engineering practices to optimize daily delivery.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner as a key peer alongside Digital Product Management and UX Design to ensure engineering, design, and product strategies are deeply integrated.
• Hardware-Software Integration: Engage early with Hardware Engineering teams to influence connectivity and interaction decisions upstream, ensuring seamless digital execution downstream before hardware specs are locked.
• Ecosystem & Infrastructure: Collaborate with Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), Marketing, and central IT/Data teams to build shared frameworks, platform efficiencies, and cohesive omni-channel user experiences.
• Technical Governance: Maintain a strong stance on data architecture, security, and scalability. Establish clear engineering standards for application performance, reliability, and automated testing.
• Talent Development: Attract, grow, and retain top-tier engineering talent, cultivating a curious, high-performing team that takes pride in shipping quality products.

Requirements - Senior Engineering Manager

This is what you will need to be successful in this role:

• Proven Mobile Leadership: Experience leading mobile software engineering teams within a fast-paced, consumer product or consumer hardware environment.
• Hands-on Transformation Catalyst: A leader who stays close to the code, leads by example, and possesses a strong vision for how AI-assisted development can amplify a lean team's capabilities.
• Full-Stack & Cloud Fluency: A solid understanding of backend systems, cloud infrastructure (specifically GCP), and backend-as-a-service platforms (like Firebase) to guide system design trade-offs and seamless mobile-to-cloud integrations.
• Exceptional Communicator: Ability to navigate conversations effortlessly between hardware engineers, marketing teams, and software developers to build alignment without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Architecture & Security Focus: A disciplined approach to data architecture, privacy, and scalable systems from day one.
• Startup Agility: Thrives in a collaborative environment where product, design, and engineering operate as equals, and is energized by turning constraints into creative technical solutions.

The offer

This is what we have to offer:

• A base salary between €100.000 and €110.000 a year, plus bonus;
• A role based in Amsterdam with hybrid working (3 days in-office);
• The opportunity to work at a thriving tech Scale-Up.