Lead Mobile Architect
Zühlke Group3 months ago
Porto, PortugalStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define, evolve, and govern the long-term mobile architecture and technical strategy.
- Drive platform refactoring, technical debt reduction, and robust integration-boundary architecture, including app-to-hardware interfaces.
- Establish quality, testability, security, compliance, code review, and technical governance standards.
- Break down complex requirements into sprint-ready work packages and provide accurate technical estimates.
- Collaborate with client product owners, platform and domain architects, and cross-functional leads on technical solutions and trade-offs.
- Guide and mentor the engineering team and work with the Mobile Tech Lead to implement the architecture.
- Document architectural decisions and system designs and maintain accessible technical documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of mobile application development experience with a strong software architecture track record.
- Hands-on Flutter expertise, including state management, architectural patterns, and code governance tools such as Dart Code Metrics, is ideal.
- Strong experience with Kotlin Multiplatform/KMP or React Native may substitute for Flutter expertise when combined with willingness to learn Flutter.
- Deep Android and/or iOS development experience and enthusiasm for transitioning to Flutter.
- Experience managing technical debt backlogs, defining code review standards, and establishing robust integration boundaries.
- Strong client consulting, communication, estimation, stakeholder management, and architectural trade-off skills.
- Ability to break down complex system components, maintain high engineering standards, and contribute directly to critical architectural components.
- Fluent English and strong interpersonal skills.
- Experience with BLE or NFC communication technology is a plus.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, or the Windows ecosystem is a plus.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home.
- Potential profit share in addition to annual salary, based on the company's previous-year success.
- Global and diverse community across 16 offices, with team camps, year-end parties, and local festivities.
- Investment in employee development and opportunities to build new skills.
- Applications must be submitted in English only; the role is associated with a long-term HVAC-sector project.
Tech Stack
DartFlutteriOSReact NativeWindows
Categories
Mobile
About Zühlke Group
Zühlke Group provides technology consulting, product engineering, and digital solutions for enterprises, especially in regulated sectors such as healthcare and finance. It builds custom software, connected devices, and data-driven services, and supports clients from strategy through implementation and operations. Founded in Switzerland in 1968 and headquartered in Schlieren, Zurich, the firm is partner-owned, operates across Europe and Asia, and also invests in startups via Zühlke Ventures.