Engineering Manager, Mobile
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We're seeking an Engineering Manager, Mobile to lead the future of our mobile experiences at Replit. In this role, you'll build and manage a team that bridges design and engineering to create intuitive, performant mobile interfaces that make software creation accessible on any device. You'll guide your team in building production-ready frameworks and patterns that enable high-quality in-product experiences, ensuring users can create apps from their phones or tablets with the same power as desktop.
YOU WILL:
- Build, mentor, and grow a team of mobile design engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and design craftsmanship
- Define the technical vision and strategy for mobile design systems, establishing frameworks and patterns that ship to production and scale across iOS, Android, and responsive web
- Partner closely with design, product, and engineering leadership to prioritize mobile initiatives and ensure seamless collaboration between design and development teams
- Drive best practices for mobile-first development, ensuring your team builds production-grade patterns that deliver consistent, high-quality experiences while optimizing for performance
- Oversee the architecture of complex mobile UI components and systems, providing technical guidance and code review to maintain high standards
- Champion accessible, responsive interfaces through well-architected frameworks, and establish processes that improve mobile design-to-development workflow
- Balance hands-on technical contribution with people management, staying close enough to the code to guide architectural decisions
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- 3+ years of engineering management experience with a track record of building and scaling high-performing teams, plus proven experience building production frameworks and component systems that scale across products
- Deep technical background with mobile development, including experience with some of the following: mobile-specific web APIs, native mobile development (Swift/Kotlin), React and React Native (or similar cross-platform frameworks), PWAs, mobile design patterns, and complex UI animations and gesture-based interactions
- Excellent communication skills to balance technical leadership with people management, including mentoring, performance management, and career development
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:
- Active Replit mobile user passionate about accessible software creation, with experience building or leading mobile design or developer tools teams
- Interest in AI on mobile devices and contributions to open-source mobile design systems or UI libraries
This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office. The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.