Mobile Application Developer

Key Responsibilities: Lead the architecture, design, and development of a new Android mobile application used by drone pilots for mission planning and execution. Serve as the primary technical owner for all mobile application initiatives. Maintain and enhance an existing iOS application, ensuring compatibility with evolving backend APIs and technology dependencies. Design scalable, maintainable, and high-quality mobile software solutions. Collaborate with Product Management, UX, and Engineering teams throughout the entire product lifecycle, from discovery and validation to development and maintenance. Leverage emerging AI-driven software development methodologies to improve engineering efficiency, product quality, and innovation. Participate in customer interviews, field visits, and user discovery sessions to understand customer needs and challenges. Develop prototypes, validate concepts with users, and evaluate technical and business feasibility.

Technical Leadership: Define and implement mobile application architecture, best practices, and design patterns. Serve as a technical advisor on complex cross-functional challenges involving mobile, cloud, web, desktop, and hardware systems. Identify and resolve performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability issues. Contribute to long-term mobile technology strategy and roadmap planning. Collaborate with engineering peers through technical reviews, mentoring, and architectural guidance.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with backend engineers, web developers, and hardware/embedded teams to deliver integrated solutions. Participate in software testing and validation, including real-world drone flight operations when required. Support continuous improvement initiatives across development processes and engineering practices.

Travel Requirements: Participate in customer discovery visits approximately 2-5 times annually. Attend internal conferences, workshops, and training events 1-2 times annually. Travel may include day trips and occasional overnight stays.

Required Qualifications: Experience 6+ years of professional software development experience.2+ years of hands‐on Android application development experience. Experience designing and maintaining production‐grade mobile applications. Proven ability to work independently while leading technical initiatives. Technical SkillsSolid understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and modern development practices. Experience troubleshooting, debugging, and solving complex technical problems. Strong analytical and critical‐thinking capabilities. Familiarity with mobile application lifecycle management and API integrations.

Professional Skills: Passion for adopting and advancing modern AI‐enabled software development practices. Strong customer‐focused mindset with the ability to translate business problems into technical solutions. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders. Strong conflict‐resolution, listening, and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with any of the following technologies or domains is highly desirable:

• Technical leadership of software projectsCI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
• Geospatial data visualization and processing
• Mapping technologies and location-based services
• Drone flight planning or drone software applications
• Hardware, sensor, or IoT integrations
• Precision agriculture or digital agronomy solutions
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Product Operating Model and customer‐centered product discovery practices