Engineering Manager (Mobile)

What you’ll do:

We’re looking for a seasoned engineering leader to build and scale our mobile engineering practice at NinjaTrader. This is a hands-on leadership role with broad scope—owning the strategy, execution, and team growth behind our cross-platform mobile experience.

Our mission is to become the #1 retail trading platform in the world by helping people become better traders. Mobile is at the center of that strategy, and this role is critical to shaping how users interact with our platform on the go.

In this role you will:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a growing team of Flutter mobile engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence
• Assume an active role in the career development of direct reports with regular 1:1s, coaching, and performance feedback
• Own the execution of mobile product roadmaps in partnership with Product and Design, ensuring alignment with technical strategy and team capacity
• Guide and actively shape architectural decisions with Senior+ engineers, review code as needed, and engage in hands-on system design discussions to ensure high-quality delivery
• Oversee release processes and mobile CI/CD workflows, ensuring smooth deployments and minimizing user disruption
• Participate in our engineering on-call rotation as a manager, helping to triage incidents, coordinate response, and ensure follow-through on post-incident actions
• Partner closely with engineering leadership and stakeholders across the company to define mobile strategy and deliver cohesive experiences
• Hire top-tier engineering talent and contribute to the evolution of our engineering org structure as the team scales

What you'll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of software engineering experience (mobile software development preferred), including 3+ years in formal engineering leadership roles
• Proven experience delivering production-grade Flutter apps at scale, ideally in fast-paced or regulated environments
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, network degradation handling, performance optimization, CI/CD for mobile, and crash recovery
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through growth, ambiguity, and change, with a focus on delivery and product impact
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to align technical execution with business priorities and articulate tradeoffs to both engineers and stakeholders
• Experience managing agile software teams using tools like Jira, GitHub, and Firebase

Compensation:

The salary range for this role will be $145,000 - $180,000 USD. In addition, this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 15%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).