The Role
Lead a cross-platform engineering team responsible for the inDrive SuperApp home screen. Own hiring, delivery, architecture, mobile and backend releases, quality, performance, experiments, design-system migration, and platform expansion. Partner with product, design, analytics, and security teams while managing server-driven UI, APIs, caching, offline behavior, and technical roadmaps. Drive AI adoption and support globally distributed team members.
Summary Generated by Built In
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager for the team that owns the home screen experience of the inDrive SuperApp. It’s the entry point to every service for millions of users worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a team of Android, iOS, Flutter, backend (Go), frontend and QA engineers: hiring, onboarding, 1:1s, performance reviews and growth plans
- Own delivery end to end: sprint planning and goals, mobile release trains and backend deploys, alignment with SuperApp and cluster goals
- Work with product managers and designers on discovery: break epics down, surface technical limits early and link deliverables to product metrics
- Own the quality of the home screen on Android and iOS: startup and render performance, crash-free rate, consistent widget behavior across platforms
- Drive the migration of home screen widgets to the inDrive design system together with designers and the design system team
- Own the architecture across client and server: the server-driven UI contract, caching and offline behavior, API design; write ADRs and take them through the Architecture Committee and AppSec reviews
- Plan large technical changes as milestones that span mobile and backend releases
- Run the A/B experiment pipeline from hypothesis to rollout together with product and analytics
- Grow the layout platform as a product for other teams: widget ownership, self-service rules, clear boundaries with vertical and partner teams
- Lead AI adoption in the team's development cycle
Our stack: native Android (Kotlin) and iOS (Swift) clients, Flutter, server-driven UI widgets, Go microservices, Kafka, DynamoDB.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 2+ years managing an engineering team with direct reports, after working as a mobile tech lead or senior mobile engineer
- Strong hands-on mobile background in Android or iOS: you can review designs and code and lead the implementation of complex scenarios
- System design experience: you can design a feature end to end across client and backend, including API contracts, caching, data consistency and failure handling
- Working knowledge of backend services: you can discuss service design with Go engineers and judge trade-offs between client and server logic
- Experience shipping mobile apps at scale: release processes, staged rollouts, feature flags, crash and performance monitoring
- Experience running delivery: planning, project tracking, risk management, postmortems
- Experience working with product managers and designers on discovery and experiments
- Ability to explain complex technical topics to engineers, product and business people, in writing and in person
- Experience leading a team spread across countries and time zones
- English at B2 or higher
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with server-driven UI or backend-driven screens in mobile apps
- Experience building or adopting a design system in a mobile app
- Experience with Flutter alongside native Android and iOS code
- Experience in a super app or marketplace where many verticals share one surface
- Experience building a platform whose services other teams use
- Hands-on experience bringing AI tools into a team's development process
Why join us
- Help us challenge injustice by creating fair choices for millions of people across 47 countries
- Develop your professional skills with access to mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs
- Collaborate with teams around the world and gain international experience through our Global Talent Exchange Program
- Engage in company-wide challenges, awards, sports activities, employee-led social impact and volunteering projects
- Work alongside people who take initiative, speak openly, and challenge themselves to grow
- Improve your language skills through co-financed courses and internal speaking clubs
- Annual salary from 90 700 EUR gross
Final benefits may vary depending on the location.
About
inDrive is a global tech company on a mission to challenge injustice through fair choices. We started in 2012 in the coldest city on Earth, when a group of friends created a way for people to agree on fair ride prices. That idea grew into one of the world’s top ride-hailing apps, now with 400M installs across 47 countries.Today, we offer more than rides: from freight and delivery to intercity travel and financial services, all designed to put people first. We are committed to having a positive impact on people’s lives both through our core business, which supports local communities via a fair pricing model; and through the work of our impact programs. Ready to ignite your inner drive?
Skills Required
- 2+ years managing an engineering team with direct reports
- Prior experience as a mobile tech lead or senior mobile engineer
- Strong hands-on Android or iOS engineering background
- System design experience across mobile clients and backend services
- Working knowledge of backend service design and Go engineering trade-offs
- Experience shipping mobile applications at scale
- Experience with release processes, staged rollouts, feature flags, crash monitoring, and performance monitoring
- Experience with delivery planning, project tracking, risk management, and postmortems
- Experience partnering with product managers and designers on discovery and experiments
- Ability to communicate complex technical topics to technical and nontechnical audiences
- Experience leading teams distributed across countries and time zones
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher
- Experience with server-driven UI or backend-driven mobile screens
- Experience building or adopting a mobile design system
- Experience with Flutter alongside native Android and iOS development
- Experience in a super app or marketplace environment
- Experience building a platform used by other teams
- Hands-on experience introducing AI tools into a development process
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The Company
What We Do
inDrive is a global IT and transportation platform inDrive is one of the world’s fastest growing online ride-hailing services. Its services are available in over 749 cities in 46 countries throughout the world. The Company’s app has been downloaded over 150 million times. inDrive offers other services, including intercity transportation, freight and cargo services, as well as delivery services in different markets of operations. inDrive is based in Mountain View, California, and operates regional hubs in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the countries of the CIS, and employs over 2,000 people. In early 2021, inDrive achieved unicorn status after closing a $140m investment round with Insight Partners, General Catalyst, and Bond Capital, which valued the company at $1.23 billion.
