Principal Mobile Engineer - AI-Augmented Development

Taxwell is dedicated to helping everyday Americans maximize their tax refunds through innovative software solutions. They are seeking a Principal Mobile Engineer to lead the development and evolution of the TaxAct mobile application across iOS and Android, ensuring high-quality user experiences and leveraging AI-assisted tools.

Responsibilities:

• Own the architecture, design, delivery, and evolution of the TaxAct mobile application across iOS and Android
• Lead mobile capabilities including authentication, biometrics, secure storage, notifications, deep linking, device integrations, performance, and app store operations
• Define the appropriate balance between native mobile and web-based experiences
• Drive platform quality, reliability, security, and maintainability
• Evaluate emerging technologies and modernize the mobile platform where appropriate
• Act as the technical lead for mobile initiatives across engineering, product, design, security, and platform teams
• Operate independently to identify opportunities, define solutions, and drive execution
• Build prototypes, evaluate technologies, and solve complex technical problems
• Advise stakeholders on mobile architecture, platform capabilities, user experience, release strategy, and operational excellence
• Improve mobile engineering practices, tooling, standards, and documentation
• Use AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows to accelerate design, implementation, testing, debugging, documentation, and research
• Maintain accountability for correctness, security, performance, and maintainability
• Evaluate emerging AI-powered engineering tools and help establish adoption standards
• Review and validate AI-generated work to ensure production-quality outcomes

Requirements:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience building, shipping, and operating production mobile applications
• Proven ownership of complex mobile applications or platform capabilities across iOS and Android
• Experience driving initiatives from concept through production with minimal direction
• Experience supporting the full mobile lifecycle, including releases, observability, crash analysis, performance optimization, and platform upgrades
• Demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering effectiveness
• Experience modernizing applications while maintaining production stability
• Significant production experience with Flutter and Dart
• Strong understanding of iOS and Android platform capabilities, including authentication, biometrics, secure storage, notifications, deep linking, permissions, and device APIs
• Experience integrating mobile applications with web applications, WebViews, APIs, backend services, identity providers, and third-party platforms
• Strong hands-on coding ability and mobile architecture expertise
• Experience reviewing and validating AI-generated code and technical solutions
• Ability to make pragmatic decisions balancing customer experience, velocity, risk, and maintainability
• Ownership mindset with a focus on outcomes
• Ability to operate independently and navigate ambiguity
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Pragmatic, customer-focused technical judgment
• Leadership through expertise, influence, accountability, and delivery
• Experience with WebView-based mobile applications
• Experience with authentication, identity, biometrics, and secure session management
• Experience in regulated industries such as tax, fintech, healthcare, or financial services
• Experience with analytics, experimentation, observability, crash reporting, and performance monitoring
• Experience building reusable mobile tooling or platform capabilities