Job description
Sauce is a premier restaurant technology platform that helps businesses grow with our Commission-Free Delivery & Pickup structure and proprietary delivery optimization technology. We are serving a 105 billion dollar US local restaurant business. Headquartered in NYC and Tel-Aviv, Sauce wants restaurants to fulfill their highest potential, this means giving local establishments everything they need to connect directly with their customers. The Sauce team pools together decades of restaurant tech experience, along with seasoned tech, sales, marketing, product and operations executives who produce an industry-changing delivery system for successful local restaurants and chains.
Sauce is looking for a passionate and experienced Mobile App Team Lead to lead our mobile team, responsible for both our Android and iOS applications, including initiatives with modern cross-platform frameworks. You’ll drive the end-to-end mobile development process, ensure reliability across various environments, and build user-centric, performant features for our in-store tablet and mobile platforms.
You will lead a high-performing team, set technical direction, and play a critical role in creating seamless mobile experiences that power the success of thousands of US-based restaurants.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead and manage a team of mobile engineers working across Android, iOS, and cross-platform stacks (e.g. Flutter, React Native, or Kotlin Multiplatform).
- Own mobile app architecture and quality, ensuring code maintainability and performance across devices and platforms.
- Guide the team through technical decision-making, design reviews, code reviews, and best practices adoption.
- Proactively monitor and resolve app reliability issues such as:
- Network latency or API failures
- Bluetooth or cloud-based printing problems
- Performance bottlenecks and crash reports
- Collaborate with Product, Design, Backend, and QA teams to deliver features from concept to release.
- Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and app store deployment processes.
- Evaluate and integrate new technologies, frameworks, and tools to support team productivity and app scalability.
What You Bring:
- 6+ years of experience in mobile development with both Android (Kotlin) and iOS (Swift/Objective-C) platforms.
- Hands-on experience with cross-platform frameworks such as Flutter, React Native, or Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM).
- Prior experience as a team lead or tech lead in mobile engineering teams, ideally in product-centric or startup environments.
- Deep understanding of networking, mobile debugging, performance profiling, and troubleshooting real-world app issues.
- Knowledge and usage of tools like Firebase, Sentry, Charles Proxy, Xcode Instruments, Android Profiler, and equivalent monitoring/logging systems.
- Strong grasp of app architecture patterns (e.g. MVVM, Clean Architecture) and asynchronous programming (coroutines, Rx, Combine).
- Experience with automated testing frameworks and continuous integration systems (e.g. Bitrise, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
- Clear communicator with the ability to write and speak effectively in English.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with tablets running Android/IOS, especially in kiosk or point-of-sale environments.
- Experience handling peripheral integrations (e.g. receipt printers, barcode scanners).
- Familiarity with design systems, accessibility standards, and internationalization.
What We Offer:
- Strong Compensation Package
- Highly exciting project with modern microservice and serverless architectures and active customers
- Ability to learn from experts in software development and architecture
- Friendly environment where you can reach your full potential and grow your career
- Challenging tasks to help you evolve as a professional
- Open mindedness for innovations and self growth
- Work directly for our company without an outsourcing company in the middle
- Flexible work schedules
- Work from home for better life/work balance
- Strong Time Off Policy
Sauce is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability (physical or mental), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, immigration status, or any other classification, category or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We understand the importance of creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace and celebrate our employees for their differences.
