[Remote] Engineering Team Lead (Mobile)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Topstep is a company focused on building innovative trading solutions, and they are seeking an Engineering Team Lead to manage a team of mobile engineers. In this hands-on leadership role, you will be responsible for developing their mobile trading platform using React Native while mentoring your team and collaborating with various departments to enhance mobile experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of mobile engineers building React Native applications across iOS and Android
• Remain deeply hands-on in development, contributing directly to architecture, implementation, code reviews, debugging, and releases
• Partner with product, design, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality mobile experiences aligned with business priorities
• Help establish scalable mobile engineering practices including component patterns, testing strategies, release processes, and code quality standards
• Own delivery execution for the mobile team, balancing speed, quality, and technical sustainability
• Coach and mentor engineers through regular feedback, career development conversations, and technical guidance
• Support hiring efforts and help grow the mobile engineering organization over time
• Contribute to technical direction for React Native architecture, state management, API integration patterns, and application performance
• Help create a strong engineering culture focused on collaboration, ownership, continuous improvement, and customer impact
• Drive operational excellence around mobile releases, monitoring, crash reporting, and production support
• Collaborate across teams to advocate for mobile-first thinking and ensure backend/platform decisions support mobile scalability and performance

Skills

• 5 + years of professional software engineering experience with significant experience building production mobile applications
• 1-2 years of direct engineering management or team leadership experience
• Strong hands-on experience with React Native and modern mobile application development practices
• Strong TypeScript and JavaScript fundamentals, including React patterns, hooks, component composition, and state management
• Strong database fundamentals, including experience with PostgreSQL or SQL Server-schema design, migrations, indexing, and query optimization
• Experience shipping and maintaining applications in both the iOS App Store and Google Play Store
• Experience integrating APIs using GraphQL, Apollo Client, REST, or similar technologies
• Familiarity with mobile architecture concepts including navigation, state management, reusable components, and performance optimization
• Experience with mobile testing strategies including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Understanding of mobile CI/CD workflows, release management, TestFlight, and Play Store deployment processes
• Comfortable balancing technical leadership with people leadership responsibilities
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and design teams
• Ability to provide clear technical direction while remaining pragmatic and delivery-focused
• Experience participating in hiring, interviewing, onboarding, or team growth initiatives
• Experience building fintech, trading, or real-time data applications
• Familiarity with WebSockets, GraphQL subscriptions, or other real-time communication technologies
• Experience with native iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin) development
• Familiarity with crash reporting and observability tooling such as Sentry or Crashlytics
• Experience with mobile analytics, feature flags, or remote configuration platforms
• Exposure to mobile security best practices including secure authentication and token storage
• Experience building reusable component libraries or contributing to design systems
• Prior experience helping scale engineering teams or processes in a high-growth environment

Benefits

• Topstep is an engaging working environment which ranges from fully remote to hybrid.
• Seven Company-paid Holidays and generous Family Leave.
• Paid time off is front-loaded.
• Competitive 401(k) matching, health, dental, and vision insurance is offered for full time employees.
• Vacations are encouraged with a bonus for taking 5 consecutive days.
• Employee referrals are bonused.
• Topstep offers a food and groceries budget and contributes towards health and wellness.
• Bonus: This position is eligible for a performance-based bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.

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