Principal Mobile Architect

Role Overview

Work Location and Schedule

• This position can be in the Orange, CA office (moving to Tustin, CA in 2028) or the Park City, UT office (moving to Heber City, UT in 2027).
• The company offers a hybrid work schedule with a typical 3 days/week onsite.
• Additional onsite days may be required for team collaboration, planning sessions, or other business needs.
• Travel is expected to be up to 10%.

What You'll Do

• Own the architecture and technical direction for native iOS and Android applications.
• Establish and build in-house mobile engineering capabilities.
• Architect and develop solutions connecting mobile apps with Bluetooth/BLE devices, cloud services, APIs, and data platforms while providing hands-on development.
• Establish mobile architecture standards, coding practices, development frameworks, technical guardrails, and lead design and code reviews.
• Make key technical decisions balancing scalability, performance, security, maintainability, and speed.
• Partner with Product, UX, embedded, cloud, and data teams to deliver integrated connected-product experiences.
• Apply AI-assisted development tools and practices to improve development, testing, debugging, and code quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of software development experience with at least 2+ years as a technical leader architecting and building complex, production-grade native iOS and Android mobile applications.
• Strong experience with Swift/Objective-C and/or Kotlin/Java.
• Experience with AWS, cloud architecture, SaaS/DaaS, and data platforms.
• Expertise with Bluetooth/BLE, IoT, connected devices, sensors, or hardware products.
• Experience integrating mobile applications with APIs, cloud services, backend platforms, and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of mobile architecture, security, performance, data synchronization, testing, mobile CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and release management.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical decisions across teams internally and externally.

Even Better If You Have

• Large-scale applications or complex device/cloud integrations.
• Using AI-assisted or agentic development tools to improve engineering productivity.
• Experience with HVACR, IoT, connected products, or field-service technology.

About Fieldpiece

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive base salary with annual bonus opportunity.
• Highly subsidized comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting.
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays.
• Hire to Retire philosophy with Individual Development Plans and career development support.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Health Savings Accounts (HSA), and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Music program with music rooms in all US offices and onsite lessons in California.
• Recognition programs, launch parties, and team building events.