Scout Motors is looking to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by developing digital solutions for their customers and business partners, including order management, customer management, marketing, production, inventory and planning optimization, loyalty, merchandise, servicing and repairs, mobile apps, and vehicle connectivity.
Requirements
- Deep expertise with mobile app development languages (Java/Kotlin, Objective C/Swift, and React Native) with experience using NodeJS and TypeScript
- Proven ability to define and drive the architectural direction for large-scale applications, with extensive experience building complex applications that consume CRUD operations in GraphQL, RESTful, and/or RPC APIs—ensuring long-term scalability, maintainability, and performance
- Deep knowledge of UI/UX design principles, mobile-first design, performance optimization, and a desire to create pixel perfect layouts
- Deep understanding and practical experience in identifying, mitigating, and preventing common security and sensitive information vulnerabilities like Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), deep linking vulnerability, network and API security, SQL injection). This includes a strong command of security best practices, secure coding principles, and experience integrating security into the development lifecycle.
- Experience interfacing with an IAM / SSO system like Azure, Okta, or Auth0
- Exposure to analytics, experimentation platforms, and feature flagging tools.
- Deep understanding of robust branching strategies, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing tools/frameworks (Appium, Jest, Karma, Playwright), and cloud environments (AWS preferred).
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and develop scalable and performant mobile applications for Android and iOS
- Define and drive implementation of best practices in mobile development, including accessibility, security, testing, performance, scaling, and maintainability
- Lead and mentor engineers across multiple squads, fostering growth and raising the technical bar for mobile app development
- Work with Product and Design teams to deliver seamless and pixel perfect user experiences while balancing technical feasibility and scalability
- Make critical decisions on frameworks, tooling, and component architecture to support long-term code health and efficiency
- Lead the technical roadmap, ensure alignment with business goals, and guide major initiatives from concept to launch
- Collaborate with backend and platform engineers to ensure smooth integration and consistency across the digital stack
Other
- We expect all Scout employees to have integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, and strive to exhibit a positive attitude, as well as a growth mindset.
- You’ll be comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- You’ll take a collaborative approach to achieve ambitious goals.
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Years of Experience: 10+ years in software development and experience with scaling software products (with at least 6+ years specific to mobile development), and 4+ years in technical leadership roles focused on mobile app development, preferably with cross-platform apps using React Native
