Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees.
Company Overview:
Gainbridge, a part of the Group 1001 enterprise, is a self-managed, innovative, digital platform providing its clients with direct access to trusted financial products to smartly grow their savings over time. Gainbridge strives to offer products through its platform that are simple, intuitive, and backed by smart technology with no complexity or hidden fees. Gainbridge empowers clients to take control of the financial future with simple solutions that are accessible to everyone no matter their budget.
Why This Role Matters:
We are seeking an experienced Staff Mobile Engineer to provide technical leadership for our mobile platform and shape the long-term architecture of our mobile applications. You will drive engineering strategy, solve complex technical challenges, influence technical direction across teams, and raise the engineering bar through mentorship and technical excellence.
How You'll Contribute:
Technical Leadership
Define and evolve the long-term architecture for React Native and native iOS applications.
Lead architecture reviews and establish engineering standards and best practices across the mobile platform.
Drive critical technical decisions around scalability, performance, security, and developer productivity.
Design reusable platform components and native modules that improve engineering velocity.
Partner with engineering leadership to shape the mobile technology roadmap.
Development & Delivery
Lead the implementation of complex, business-critical mobile initiatives.
Improve application performance, reliability, memory usage, and battery efficiency.
Drive testing strategy, release quality, and CI/CD improvements across the mobile platform.
Champion observability, monitoring, and operational excellence for mobile applications.
Collaboration & Mentorship
Mentor senior and junior engineers while growing technical capability across the organization.
Partner with Product, Design, Backend, Platform, and Security teams to deliver scalable solutions.
Lead technical planning for cross-team initiatives and build alignment on architectural decisions.
Document architectural decisions, technical standards, and engineering best practices.
What We're Looking For:
Technical Skills
8+ years of professional mobile development experience.
5+ years of production React Native development.
Expert proficiency in Swift and native iOS development.
Deep understanding of iOS SDK, UIKit, SwiftUI, application lifecycle, memory management, and concurrency.
Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern React Native architecture.
Experience designing scalable mobile architectures, reusable platform components, and styling systems using Uniwind/Tailwind.
Strong understanding of mobile security, performance optimization, and reliability.
Platform Expertise
Experience leading architecture for large-scale production mobile applications.
Expertise in App Store release management and mobile platform governance.
Strong understanding of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines.
Experience balancing React Native and native development based on technical requirements.
Knowledge of mobile security best practices, encryption, deep linking, push notifications, and background processing.
Tools & Practices
Git version control and collaborative workflows.
RESTful APIs and GraphQL integration.
Testing frameworks and mobile automation strategies.
CI/CD tools (Expo, GitLab).
Performance monitoring and observability tools.
Nice to Have
Experience with Android development (Kotlin/Java).
Contributions to open-source mobile projects.
Experience with Firebase, Sentry, or similar monitoring platforms.
Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG, VoiceOver).
Familiarity with mobile analytics and A/B testing platforms.
Compensation:
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $190,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $250,000/year plus bonus in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Benefits Highlights:
Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001’s benefits package. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options. Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability. All employees (regardless of hours worked) have immediate access to the Company’s Employee Assistance Program and wellness programs—no enrollment is required. Employees may also participate in the Company’s 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company.
Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals. All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.
#LI-AS1 #LI-REMOTESkills Required
- 8+ years of professional mobile development experience
- 5+ years of production React Native development
- Expert proficiency in Swift and native iOS development
- Deep understanding of the iOS SDK, UIKit, SwiftUI, application lifecycle, memory management, and concurrency
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern React Native architecture
- Experience designing scalable mobile architectures, reusable platform components, and styling systems using Uniwind/Tailwind
- Strong understanding of mobile security, performance optimization, and reliability
- Experience leading architecture for large-scale production mobile applications
- Expertise in App Store release management and mobile platform governance
- Strong understanding of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines
- Experience balancing React Native and native development based on technical requirements
- Knowledge of mobile security best practices, encryption, deep linking, push notifications, and background processing
- Experience with Git version control and collaborative workflows
- Experience integrating RESTful APIs and GraphQL
- Experience with testing frameworks and mobile automation strategies
- Experience with CI/CD tools including Expo and GitLab
- Experience with performance monitoring and observability tools
- Experience with Android development using Kotlin or Java
- Contributions to open-source mobile projects
- Experience with Firebase, Sentry, or similar monitoring platforms
- Understanding of accessibility standards including WCAG and VoiceOver
- Familiarity with mobile analytics and A/B testing platforms
Group 1001 Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Group 1001 and has not been reviewed or approved by Group 1001.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for many specialized and senior roles, with employer-posted salary ranges providing clarity for candidates. Job postings indicate market-aligned compensation in several corporate, tech, and sales functions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is portrayed as generous, including paid holidays and multiple leave types alongside hybrid work options for eligible roles. Some positions also offer remote flexibility that supports overall work–life balance.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company matching and are emphasized as a core part of total rewards. Certain postings reference immediate vesting, reinforcing attention to long-term savings.
Group 1001 Insights
What We Do
Group 1001 Insurance Holdings, LLC (“Group 1001”) is an insurance holding company in the United States, with current combined assets under management of approximately $57.5 billion as of June 30, 2022, and a mission for setting a new standard in the insurance industry by making insurance more useful and intuitive for everyone. Group 1001 is a long-standing, nimble, and tech-driven financial services enterprise established on deep industry expertise and reliable delivery of long-term value through empowering its customers, employees, and communities. Leveraging upon its record of building successful businesses and strong operating fundamentals, Group 1001 powers the next generation of insurance businesses with useful and intuitive solutions and products accessible to everyone. Group 1001 invests in strategic partnerships as part of our mission to transform communities through sports and education. Group 1001 and our subsidiaries have a strong commitment to service and community transformation. Education and sports initiatives, coupled with impactful partnerships, allow Group 1001 to improve lives through positive change in our communities. Learn more at Group1001.com.
