Director, Mobile Engineering

Hatch
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Hybrid

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience leading mobile engineering teams across multiple product lines.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience managing mobile engineering managers and setting technical direction for multiple teams
    — “manage our mobile engineering managers, set architecture and technical direction across teams”
  • Individuals who have built product engineering cultures and fostered collaboration across teams
    — “foster a culture of product-focused engineering, and make sure the org has the resourcing, escalation paths, and cross-team coordination it needs to ship”

Things to consider

  • Must be available during PST/PDT hours despite a distributed work arrangement
    — “you're available during PST/PDT hours”
  • Requires ownership of hiring pipelines and promotion decisions for mobile engineering leads
    — “Own hiring pipeline direction, including interviewing and hiring decisions for open mobile roles”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with cross-platform mobile strategy and architecture governance
    — “Take team-level accountability for cross-platform (iOS and Android) strategy”
  • Showcase your ability to build and maintain product engineering cultures in your previous roles
    — “foster a culture of product-focused engineering”
  • Emphasize your track record with AI adoption and tooling efficiency in mobile engineering
    — “understand existing AI strategy and opportunities on the mobile team”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • managing mobile engineering managers
  • establishing architecture and technical direction
  • fostering a product engineering culture
Typical background
experience in mobile engineeringleadership in software engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Mobile EngineeringManagementTechnical DirectionArchitectureProduct-focused EngineeringCross-team Coordination

Preferred

AI Strategy

About the role

Original posting from Hatch via Greenhouse

Join the Rest Revolution

The world is wired and tired. It's plagued by screens, notifications, and the sense that you should always be doing ... something. But hey, you're reading this job application right now, so you probably know exactly what we're talking about.

So here's a bit of good news amidst all the noise: Hatch is a sleep wellness company that's betting on rest in a culture obsessed with optimization. While most technology is designed to keep you engaged, our devices use the science of habit formation to help people unplug, unwind, and recharge. Through genuinely enjoyable routines, habit building, and gentle guidance (no sleep scores or wearables here), we help people build healthier sleep habits and feel the difference in everyday life.

More than a decade ago, we started with a mission to help parents navigate the complexities of newborn sleep. Today, we're helping more than 5 million people (and counting) take care of themselves and the people they love through the power of rest.

We’re open to candidates across the U.S. and Canada. However, please note that Hatch is based in California, so we just ask that you're available during PST/PDT hours.

The Opportunity

Hatch is looking for a Mobile Engineering Director to own mobile engineering across our entire product portfolio consisting of 4 teams: Adult, Kids, Foundations, and Growth. You'll manage our mobile engineering managers, set architecture and technical direction across teams, foster a culture of product-focused engineering, and make sure the org has the resourcing, escalation paths, and cross-team coordination it needs to ship. Engineering Managers own day-to-day delivery, and you own the accountability, direction, and connective tissue that keeps mobile engineering coherent across a broad and growing product line.

What You'll Do

Within 1 month:

Take over management of the mobile engineering managers, and start building the relationships and 1:1 cadence to support them 

Establish yourself as the owner of the weekly Mobile Strategy meeting 

Get oriented across all four teams - Adult, Kids, Foundations, and Growth - and understand current resourcing, roadmap, and delivery status in each team

Understand existing AI strategy and opportunities on the mobile team

Begin building relationships with Product and Design partners across the pillars, and start to foster a product engineering mindset across the team

Within 3 months:

Own resourcing, escalation, and overall direction for mobile delivery and architecture 

Take team-level accountability for cross-platform (iOS and Android) strategy, and for individual mobile delivery across the org 

Oversee direction for software quality in partnership with QA 

Start shaping architecture governance and the architectural review process, including how staff/principal technical leverage is applied across teams 

Own hiring pipeline direction, including interviewing and hiring decisions for open mobile roles

Bring a mobile capacity view into roadmap planning

Begin to set direction for AI adoption and tooling efficiency across the mobile org

Establish strong working relationships and operating rhythms with Product and Design partners across the pillars, and build a product engineering culture across the team

After 6 months:

Lead architecture governance and the ADR process end to end, including calling the bets that affect roadmap or resourcing

Set Mobile Health direction and strategy

Define the approach to AI adoption and tooling efficiency across the mobile org

Own staff development and feedback across the mobile org, including promotion decisions and escalations, and actively develop current and future engineering leads

Champion recognition and culture for the mobile team, and build project management / product-engineering capability across teams

As capacity allows, pick up select mobile IC work off the critical path to stay current 

Establish a robust cross-functional operating model for Mobile: how the organization plans, prioritizes, and coordinates with Product, Design, Analytics, and other key stakeholders

What You'll Bring

The Essentials

Substantial experience leading mobile engineering organizations, including managing engineering managers 

A track record of setting technical direction and architecture governance across multiple concurrent product lines or teams 

Comfort operating through delegation - you set direction and hold accountability without needing to be hands-on in every workstream 

Strong cross-functional communication skills, including experience representing engineering to Product and Design partners, as well as executive stakeholders 

Experience building hiring pipelines and developing engineering leads

The Mindset We Love

A builder's mindset: comfortable with ambiguity and competing priorities across a broad remit 

A product engineering mindset: we’re building out the best possible experience for our users, and we expect engineers to play an active role from ideation through implementation

Collaborative spirit: you make everyone around you better 

Clear communication: you can explain complex, cross-team tradeoffs simply

Why You’ll Love Working at Hatch

We’re a certified Great Place to Work

We help people sleep better. Our products make a real, meaningful difference in our customers’ lives

Our team is collaborative, fun, and full of brilliant minds, and you’ll work with leadership that truly values every contribution

We’re backed by world-class investors (and growing fast)

We’re a remote-friendly work environment. We practice what we preach to give our employees better balance and more flexibility

The Perks & Benefits That Matter

100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees (80% for dependents, including domestic partners)

Meaningful equity. You’re an owner here

401(k) match with no vesting schedule

16 weeks of fully paid parental leave

16 free therapy sessions (for you and one other adult in your life)

Financial support for family planning

Remote office and monthly internet reimbursement

Friends and family discounts on Hatch products

Exclusive discounts on travel, entertainment, and top retail brands

About Hatch

Hatch was founded in 2014 by entrepreneurs (and parents themselves) Ann Crady Weiss and Dave Weiss. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Hatch creates tech that helps you and your family get better sleep.

Hatch Sleep Clock is a contactless sleep tracker that provides actionable insights, personalized recommendations, and bedtime routines based on your unique sleep habits and preferences

Restore 3 helps you regulate your nervous system and tune into your circadian rhythm with unwind routines, science-backed sleep audio, and ambient lights

Hatch Baby helps parents soothe their little ones and create healthy sleep habits with expert sleep support, gentle sounds, and calming lights

Hatch Go includes ten soothing sounds in one portable package

We’re an equal opportunity employer and committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Ready to Help the World Sleep Better?

We’d love to hear from you! Apply now and join us in making great sleep a reality for all.

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Source: Hatch careers (Greenhouse)

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