Engineering Manager, Mobile

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Foster City, CA, USA
Hybrid
250K-375K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Software • Database • App development • Generative AI
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The Role
Leads and grows a mobile design engineering team responsible for scalable frameworks, design systems, and high-quality mobile experiences across iOS, Android, and responsive web. Partners with design, product, and engineering leadership to set technical strategy, oversee complex UI architecture, guide code reviews, improve accessibility and performance, and establish mobile-first development practices. Balances people management with hands-on technical leadership and architectural guidance.
Summary Generated by Built In

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.

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.

Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:

💰 Competitive Salary & Equity

💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)

⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability

🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave

🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays

🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office & US Only)

📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend

🧑‍💻 Autonomous Work Environment

🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)

🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings

☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)

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To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.

Skills Required

  • 3+ years of engineering management experience
  • Experience building and scaling high-performing engineering teams
  • Experience building production frameworks and component systems that scale across products
  • Deep technical background in mobile development
  • Experience with mobile-specific web APIs, native mobile development using Swift or Kotlin, React, React Native or similar cross-platform frameworks, PWAs, mobile design patterns, complex UI animations, or gesture-based interactions
  • Excellent communication, mentoring, performance management, and career development skills
  • Experience building or leading mobile design or developer tools teams
  • Interest in AI on mobile devices
  • Contributions to open-source mobile design systems or UI libraries
  • Active Replit mobile user

Replit Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Replit and has not been reviewed or approved by Replit.

  • Parental & Family Support — Parental leave spans up to 24 weeks for birth parents with additional paid medical, bonding, and family‑care leave. These policies are characterized as generous compared to common U.S. tech norms.
  • Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are paired with an employer‑funded HSA plus life and disability insurance. Options like FSA/DFSA and mental‑health support further reinforce the health offering.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Monthly wellness stipends, learning and development funds, and recognition programs add ongoing value beyond cash compensation. Office meals, commuter benefits, and onsite amenities enhance day‑to‑day experience for those near the HQ.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
300 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide and over 500,000 business users, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.

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