Mobile App Lead (iOS or Android, with Flutter)

We are looking for a Mobile App Lead who is a hands-on expert in native iOS or native Android and has working experience in Flutter. You will own the technical direction and delivery of theMoneycontrol mobile apps, used by millions of investors every day, while continuing to write,review and ship production code.This is a player-coach role. Deep native depth in one platform (iOS or Android) is non-negotiable.Flutter is mandatory, and is used for module-based development and cross-platform integrationalongside the native apps.Key ResponsibilitiesTechnical Leadership and Ownership

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of your platform's app: architecture, development, performance,testing, release and post-release stability.
• Define and drive architecture decisions: MVVM/MVI/Clean Architecture, modularization,dependency management, build-time optimization and a scalable design-system approach.
• Set the engineering bar through code reviews, coding standards, design reviews and technicaldocumentation.
• Break down epics into well-scoped tasks, estimate reliably, and deliver features on time withhigh quality.
• Own release health: crash-free rate, ANR/hang rate, startup time, app size, battery andmemory, using data from Crashlytics, Firebase and native profilers.
• Lead root-cause analysis for complex production issues and drive lasting fixes.
• Ensure store compliance, security, privacy, accessibility and backward compatibility.Hands-on Engineering (Native)
• Design and build high-performance, scalable features in Swift (iOS) or Kotlin (Android). Maintainand modernize legacy code (Objective-C or Java) where required.
• Profile and optimize memory, threading, rendering, startup and network using Instruments(iOS) or Android Profiler, Perfetto and Layout Inspector (Android).
• Build and maintain unit and UI tests, and champion automated testing in CI.Flutter and Cross-Platform
• Develop and maintain Flutter (Dart) modules embedded in the native app, and guide the teamon add-to-app integration.
• Define Flutter–native communication using Pigeon and platform channels, and apply statemanagement patterns (Riverpod preferred).
• Keep Flutter modules at the performance, stability and UX standard of a premium native app.
• Partner with the counterpart iOS/Android lead to keep features and design consistent acrossplatforms.People and Collaboration
• Mentor and grow engineers (SDE-1 to SDE-3): set expectations, give regular feedback andsupport career growth.
• Support hiring: interviews, technical assessments and onboarding.
• Work closely with product, design, backend, QA and analytics teams; communicate trade-offs,risks and timelines clearly to stakeholders.
• Champion Agile practices, CI/CD, release automation and engineering-excellence initiatives.Required Skills and ExperienceNative Expertise (iOS or Android): non-negotiable
• 8–10 years of professional mobile development experience, with at least 6 years of stronghands-on native development in production apps.
• iOS track: expert-level Swift; deep knowledge of iOS SDKs, memory management (ARC),concurrency (GCD, async/await), rendering pipeline and app lifecycle; SwiftUI/UIKit; Objective-Cfor legacy code.
• Android track: expert-level Kotlin (Java for legacy code); deep knowledge of Android SDK,lifecycle, memory management, Coroutines/Flow, background work (WorkManager, Services);Jetpack Compose and XML Views; Gradle build variants.
• Proven experience architecting and evolving large-scale, consumer-facing apps with millions ofusers.
• Strong command of architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI or Clean Architecture) and modular appdesign.
• Solid experience with REST APIs, networking, data persistence, third-party SDKs, analytics, pushnotifications and deep linking.
• Hands-on experience with unit tests, UI tests and TDD practices.
• Experience with CI/CD (Fastlane, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Bitrise) and store releasemanagement (App Store Connect or Google Play Console).Flutter: mandatory (working to intermediate level)
• Practical experience building Flutter apps or modules in Dart, with production exposure.
• Hands-on experience with a state management framework (Riverpod strongly preferred; Bloc orProvider acceptable).
• Experience integrating Flutter modules into an existing native app and using Pigeon or platformchannels.
• Understanding of Flutter performance in hybrid setups (frame rendering, startup cost, memory,app size).Leadership
• 2+ years of experience leading or mentoring a team of engineers, or acting as a technical leadon a product or module.
• Ability to make and communicate architecture decisions and to drive them to completion acrossteams.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication and stakeholder-management skills.Good to Have
• Experience in fintech, media or other high-traffic, real-time apps (live prices, charts, streamingdata, notifications).
• Experience with multi-target or multi-module builds, and with build-time and app-sizeoptimization.
• Familiarity with Firebase (Crashlytics, Remote Config, Performance Monitoring, FCM).
• Working knowledge of the other native platform (Android for iOS leads, iOS for Android leads).
• Awareness of GenAI-powered features in mobile apps (chat or assistant experiences, streamingresponses).
• Contributions to open source, technical talks or published apps.What We Are Not Looking For
• Flutter-first engineers with limited native depth in iOS or Android.
• Profiles who have managed only, with no recent hands-on coding.
• Candidates without strong ownership of production apps at scale.EducationBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field preferred.Equivalent practical experience is considered.Why Join Moneycontrol
• Build for one of India's most trusted, high-traffic financial platforms.
• Solve real problems of scale, performance and real-time data.
• Shape mobile architecture and technical direction, with high ownership and visibility.
• Grow into engineering management as the team scales.