Mobile Engineering Manager

About the Company

Affinidi is a technology company dedicated to changing data ownership for good. We empower businesses and individuals with control and ownership of their data, with a comprehensive approach to managing their holistic identity – accounting for all aspects of their digital footprint while ensuring privacy and security.

Affinidi’s technology enables users to benefit from decentralised digital identity solutions. We believe that everyone has the right to own and control their data, and we are committed to creating a trusted digital credentials ecosystem that empowers businesses and individuals to securely exchange data and services across borders and industries.

About the role: 

We are in search of a self-motivated, solution-oriented and experienced Mobile Engineering Manager (m/f/d) to join our Affinidi Elements team. 

In this role, you will lead the development and continued improvement of our consumer-facing applications. You’ll apply your technical expertise to design, architect and build reliable systems, while also fostering a strong high-performing team culture and supporting the growth of your team members. The role involves close collaboration with global teams across product, design, infrastructure, architecture, and front- and back-end engineering.

Our work culture at Affinidi is shaped by the following tenets:   

1. We are unapologetically customer-focused 
2. We invest in cultures and teams to enable high performance 
3. We embrace experimentation and build fast 
4. We have the courage to be misunderstood 
5. We work together to unlock data

What’s in it for you: 

• Lead the engineering team to develop features and improvements to the Affinidi Elements product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way, primarily using Dart/Flutter.
• Collaborate in building the product and technology roadmap with peers, product managers, designers and stakeholders.
• Confidently own delivery of significantly complex features and improvements with minimal guidance and support. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and peers on larger projects.
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance.
• Guide the team in crafting code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale systems environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through practices inside the team and department.
• Lead by example and constantly coach and mentor engineers in achieving the next level of career and professional growth.
• Lead and create a diverse, dynamic, collaborative, transparent culture where everyone's ideas and opinions are equally valued.
   

You will be a great match if you:  

• Have a minimum of 10 years of overall experience.
• Demonstrate strong experience with SDK design and lifecycle, including versioning, backward compatibility, documentation, and developer onboarding.  
• Maintain and contribute to open-source SDKs, including responding to issues, reviewing external contributions, and maintaining high code quality and community engagement. 
• Have proven experience in native mobile development on at least one platform (e.g., iOS or Android). 
• Have proficiency in Dart/Flutter and a deep understanding of its ecosystem (including state management, widget libraries, and asynchronous programming).  
• Have experience in multi-platform production development  using Flutter from a single codebase, focusing on web, mobile and desktop applications. 
• Have experience with performance and optimization problems (a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent such problems, and a desire to share your knowledge and scale through others).
• Have strong experience of leading the team in delivering production quality products according to industry standards.
• Have strong technical documentation skills, including the C4 Model and Architectural Decision Records.
• Have experience with languages like Javascript, Typescipt, Node.js  or React are also an attractive skills for this role.
• Have expertise in cloud computing and native environments (AWS serverless preferred).
• Care about privacy by design, security, testing, high-performance systems.
• Enjoy leading the engineering team in a fast-paced startup environment where the team can be autonomous and experimental, be part of a truly global team, and can work up and down the stack. 
• Enjoy mentoring others, and have an inclination towards clear communication, inclusion and visibility.
   

What can you expect from us:  

• Hybrid working model 
• Flexible working hours 
• Unlimited vacation policy 
• Competitive compensation package 
• Work within international environment 
• Learning budget 
• Mobile allowance 
• Home office allowance 
• Urban Sport membership
   

Sounds like you? Apply now!  

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Equal Opportunity 

We believe in hiring different and diverse talent and providing a safe space where everyone can share their views without fear, where differences are celebrated, and where no one is left out. Inclusive cultures are the foundation for collaboration and innovation within our team. 

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