[Remote] Mobile Engineering Team Lead

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RethinkFirst is a leading behavioral health technology company focused on making mental wellness accessible and scalable. They are seeking a Mobile Engineering Team Lead to oversee the technical direction and quality of their mobile applications, while also actively participating in coding and mentoring engineers.ResponsibilitiesLead a team of iOS and Android engineers through the full delivery lifecycle: scoping, estimation, architecture, implementation, testing, release, and post-release monitoringOwn the mobile technical roadmap, including platform strategy, dependency management, CI/CD pipelines, release cadence, and store submission processes for both Apple App Store and Google PlaySet and enforce engineering standards: code review discipline, automated testing coverage (unit, integration, UI/E2E), crash-free session targets, performance budgets, and accessibility complianceDrive a test-first culture. You are responsible for defining what "done" means and ensuring the team meets it. Expect to defend coverage thresholds and reject work that does notOperate as an AI-first engineer and require the same of your team. Use Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent for code generation, refactoring, test scaffolding, and review. Establish team norms for prompt patterns, model selection, review of AI-generated output, and where AI tooling should and should not be trustedPartner with product, design, backend, QA, and DevOps to translate ambiguous requirements into concrete, shippable workCoach and grow engineers through 1:1s, pairing, structured feedback, and performance reviews. Hire when neededBe the escalation point for production incidents affecting mobile clientsSkills7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 5 years building production mobile applications2+ years in a tech lead, staff, or engineering management role with direct responsibility for delivery outcomesStrong, demonstrable expertise in iOS development: Swift, SwiftUI and/or UIKit, Combine or async/await, Xcode toolchain, App Store submission, TestFlight, code signing, and provisioningStrong, demonstrable expertise in Android development: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and/or the traditional View system, Coroutines/Flow, Android Studio, Gradle, Play Console, and Play Store submissionDeep understanding of mobile delivery: branching strategies, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, or equivalent), staged rollouts, feature flagging, OTA configuration, and crash/analytics tooling (Crashlytics, Sentry, Firebase, Datadog, or comparable)Deep understanding of mobile testing strategy: XCTest, XCUITest, Espresso, JUnit, snapshot testing, contract testing, and device-farm or cloud-device testing (BrowserStack, Firebase Test Lab, AWS Device Farm)Active, daily use of AI-assisted development tooling (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf, or equivalent) with an opinion on where it accelerates work and where it introduces riskExcellent written and verbal communication. You can write a clear technical design doc, run a productive standup, give direct feedback without theatrics, and explain trade-offs to non-engineersProduction experience with cross-platforms such as Flutter (Dart, state management patterns such as Riverpod/Bloc, platform channels, plugin authoring), React Native or Ionic. Candidates who have led a native-to-Flutter migration or shipped a substantial Flutter app are strongly preferredExperience in health IT / digital health: HIPAA compliance, PHI handling, HL7/FHIR, EHR integrations (Epic, Cerner/Oracle Health, Athenahealth), SOC 2, HITRUST, or experience with FDA SaMD classificationDemonstrated fluency in Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, or Shape Up) as a practitioner rather than a ceremony-runner. You know when to bend the process and when to enforce itExperience with native module bridging between cross-platform and platform-specific codeBenefitsGenerous health, dental, & vision benefits packageFlexible paid time off11 paid company holidays401k + matchingParental leaveAccess to our award-winning RethinkCare platform supporting neurodiversity in the workplace through parental success, professional resilience, and personal wellbeing.Company OverviewRethinkFirst is a provider of Analysis-based treatment tools for the growing population affected by autism spectrum disorders. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.rethinkfirst.com/.