Mobile developer Jobs in Carlsbad, CA

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Embrace a career with purpose at Nice North America, a subsidiary of Nice S.p.A., an Italian multinational leader in Home and Building Automation. Guided by our vision of creating A World Without Barriers, we develop cutting-edge solutions for smart home control, security, door and gate automation, access control, and more to achieve our mission of Simplifying Everyday Movements.

Headquartered in Carlsbad, CA, with several R&D and manufacturing centers and offices throughout the region, Nice is committed to innovation that enhances everyday life. Our team thrives in an environment that fosters continuous learning and professional growth where you’ll collaborate with talented and dynamic individuals every day to create groundbreaking solutions. And, as a global leader, we offer award-winning sales and marketing programs, technical support, and CEU training to the industry’s top partners.

Our commitment extends beyond technology development; we also proudly support the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program, helping wounded veterans and their families through specially adapted smart homes. A philanthropic endeavor that truly embodies our corporate mission.

Summary: We are looking for a hands-on Principal Mobile Engineer to own and modernize our iOS and Android application ecosystem — spanning modern React Native apps and legacy native codebases. You will define and drive the North America mobile roadmap while collaborating globally, directly shaping connected products in access control, security, gate and door automation, and IoT-enabled solutions.

This is a high-ownership builder role in a lean, empowered team. You will combine strategic leadership with daily hands-on coding, architecture decisions, and modernization work. The ideal candidate thrives on turning complex legacy systems into clean, reliable, high-impact mobile experiences that connect users to real-world hardware. This is not a people-management or pure design role — you will stay close to the code and own meaningful outcomes.

Location: Carlsbad, CA (fully onsite)

Salary range: $160,000 to $180,000 annually, depending on experience,

Primary Responsibilities:

• Own the strategy, architecture, and hands-on modernization of our mobile ecosystem across React Native and legacy iOS/Android applications
• Define and execute the North America mobile roadmap while representing regional needs in global planning and execution
• Assess the current application landscape and make pragmatic decisions on what to maintain, modernize, rebuild, consolidate, or retire
• Deliver high-quality code through feature development, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and technical debt reduction
• Elevate engineering standards across release processes, observability, crash reporting, monitoring, and platform compliance
• Proactively track and adapt to evolving iOS and Android platform changes, deprecations, OS releases, and app store requirements
• Partner closely with cloud, platform, product, and design teams to create seamless connected-device experiences (pairing, remote control, notifications, authentication, onboarding, etc.)
• Build strong cross-functional and cross-regional relationships to drive aligned execution Implements and maintains department policies and standards
• Required to have a strong comfort-level communicating throughout all levels of the organization
• Understand, support and execute all work according to the established procedures of the organization
• Project based assignments as requested

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience building and shipping production mobile applications on iOS and Android, preferably in connected devices, IoT, or customer-facing environments
• Experience working in mixed React Native + native + legacy environments, with a proven ability to assess applications and systematically reduce technical debt
• Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines, crash reporting (Sentry or similar), monitoring, and app store delivery processes
• Comfortable working in Atlassian Cloud (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) and collaborating effectively across global teams and regions
• Experience with connected devices, IoT workflows, hardware integration, or physical security/access-control products
• Practical experience with key connected-product flows: device onboarding, pairing, remote control, notifications, and user access models
• Ability to use Figma for lightweight prototyping and collaboration with design/product teams
• AWS experience, particularly with API Gateway, Cognito, Lambda, IoT Core, S3, and CloudWatch
• Familiarity with modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor) and the judgment to use them effectively while maintaining a secure and well-tested codebase

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent JavaScript and TypeScript knowledge, with strong expertise in React Native and React, including shared web + mobile codebase architectures
• Solid working knowledge of Swift and Kotlin, plus ability to work with Objective-C and Java in legacy codebases
• Deep understanding of mobile architecture (state management, performance, API integration, authentication, and app lifecycle)
• Familiarity with secure-by-design principles, identity management, privacy, and handling sensitive user data
• Strong written communication and verbal skills
• Proven ability to multi-task, set project priorities, establish department/discipline goals and objectives for self
• Computer literacy required; including advanced skills in Microsoft applications (i.e. Excel, Word, PPT, etc.)
• Strong attention to detail
• Positive attitude, self-motivated and eager to succeed

Physical Requirements:

Essential functions of this job require the following minimal physical demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable the individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required to sit, talk or hear; frequently required to use hands to grip or feel; and occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Vision and depth perception suitable for use of utilizing a computer, printer, phone, and keyboard
• Manual dexterity suitable for use of utilizing a computer
• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes which permits the employee to work in an office setting
• Ability to walk and/or climb 5% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to sit at a computer for 90% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Light to moderate lifting

Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be comfortable working in an office environment to include moderate noise levels
• The working area is primarily in an open office setting with reasonable lighting and controlled temperatures

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