Lead Software Engineer - Mobile

Hatch is a company dedicated to improving sleep habits through innovative technology. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive technical projects and provide leadership to a small team while focusing on mobile applications that enhance user engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Begin your Pillar rotation. The rotation is designed to help get you up to speed and to see all that Hatch does
• Ship your first code to production and begin to establish credibility with the engineering team
• Review existing codebase and identify immediate technical improvements
• Technical Leadership: Own delivery of major features, and jump into production issues or improvements, debug cross-platform problems spanning mobile/firmware/backend
• Kids Pillar Focus: Contribute to service transition initiatives—building features that drive daily app engagement beyond the sound player
• Project Ownership: Understand problem spaces, partner with stakeholders to shape project scope, and bring Engineering Requirements Docs (ERDs) to Engineering Forums
• People Management: Take on your direct reports. Establish regular 1:1 cadence with direct reports, providing feedback and discussing professional development
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, QA, and other stakeholders to scope, plan, and rapidly ship features
• Technical Leadership: Lead cross-team technical initiatives, establish team standards for code quality, and mentor junior & senior engineers
• Navigate Project Ambiguity: Break down complex projects into concurrent tasks, advocate for incremental shipping, and share progress openly
• People Development: Set goals and learning plans for direct reports, identify growth opportunities, and guide them to be effective both technically and professionally
• Kids Team Partnership: Serve as the Engineering partner to your Pillar's leader & product manager, determining resourcing needs and helping drive the team to meet business goals
• Strategic Impact: Drive business strategy through mobile initiatives and shape the roadmap across the Kids team
• Team Building: Assist with identifying resource needs, actively participate in hiring, and help onboard new engineers
• Process Optimization: Collaborate with teams and business partners to develop processes that enable the organization to deliver business value quickly
• Performance & Growth: Conduct performance reviews (end of year and April/August check-ins) and represent your direct reports' development to leadership

Requirements:

• 6+ years building mobile apps that matter—whether in Swift/SwiftUI or Kotlin/Jetpack Compose
• Experience with modern mobile tooling, CI/CD, testing, and cloud services
• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects and manage direct reports
• Experience in writing production code and unblocking others
• Ability to communicate clearly and lead with empathy in cross-functional spaces
• Genuine excitement about AI and its potential to enhance building processes
• Experience in mentoring engineers and creating environments for optimal performance
• Ability to balance hands-on coding (70%) with people leadership (30%)