Lead Software Engineer - Mobile Development (Crypto Wallets) in Chile at Jobgether

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Lead Software Engineer - Mobile Development (Crypto Wallets) in Chile.

This role sits at the intersection of mobile engineering, blockchain innovation, and technical leadership, focusing on the development of high-performance crypto wallet applications used by a global audience. You will lead a small team of mobile engineers while actively contributing to hands-on development of React Native applications that integrate DeFi and crypto functionalities. The environment is fast-moving, highly collaborative, and deeply technical, involving close work with backend engineers, product managers, and designers. You will help define mobile architecture, scalability patterns, and security standards for next-generation financial applications. Beyond coding, you will act as a technical mentor, guiding engineering best practices and ensuring consistent delivery quality. This is an opportunity to shape products that directly impact the future of decentralized finance and digital asset accessibility.

• Lead the design and development of advanced cross-platform mobile applications using React Native, ensuring high performance, scalability, and intuitive user experience across iOS and Android environments.
• Provide technical leadership to a small team of mobile engineers, driving architectural decisions, enforcing coding standards, and ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of features.
• Architect and maintain mobile application foundations including state management, navigation structures, modularization, performance optimization, and security best practices.
• Collaborate closely with backend engineers to integrate APIs, SDKs, WebSockets, and blockchain-related services, while contributing to backend components when needed to unblock mobile delivery.
• Oversee code quality through reviews, mentoring, and hands-on guidance, ensuring engineering excellence and maintainable codebases.
• Work with product managers and designers to translate requirements into robust technical solutions and seamless user experiences.
• Evaluate and implement modern mobile tools, frameworks, and development patterns to continuously improve development efficiency and product quality.

• Extensive experience in mobile development with strong expertise in React Native, React, Redux, and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Proven track record of leading or mentoring mobile engineering teams and owning architecture for large-scale mobile applications.
• Strong understanding of mobile CI/CD pipelines, native build processes, and modern front-end tooling.
• Experience integrating native modules and working with iOS (Swift/Objective-C) or Android (Kotlin/Java) for low-level functionality.
• Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and backend integration in distributed systems.
• Familiarity with backend development (Node.js or similar) and ability to contribute to API or service-level improvements when required.
• Strong system design, decision-making, and problem-solving skills with a focus on scalable and maintainable architecture.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders in a distributed environment.

• Competitive compensation package aligned with senior engineering leadership roles.
• Fully remote work with global collaboration across distributed teams.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge crypto, DeFi, and blockchain-based mobile applications.
• High-impact role with ownership over mobile architecture and engineering direction.
• Access to fast-paced, innovation-driven engineering culture.
• Career growth opportunities in technical leadership within a rapidly evolving fintech ecosystem.
• Collaborative environment working with senior engineers and product leaders worldwide.