Senior Software Engineer, Native Mobile

Coinbase
United States
Remote

In the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026, Coinbase filed 40 H-1B positions titled "Software Engineer". Source: U.S. Department of Labor, LCA disclosure data. A record of filings already made, not a commitment to sponsor.

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior mobile engineers with cross-platform expertise who can lead performance optimization and AI-assisted code generation efforts.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with deep Swift and Kotlin expertise who can lead architectural transitions and performance optimization.
    — “5+ years of iOS or Android mobile software engineering experience (Swift/iOS or Kotlin/Android)”
  • Individuals experienced in AI-assisted code generation and who can act as a mentor to other engineers.
    — “Accelerate every other Frontend engineer at Coinbase by defining architectural patterns, improving build speeds, and defining optimal development workflows.”
  • Engineers who have successfully managed technical debt and synchronized features across different codebases.
    — “Contribute to the dual-app parity strategy during the transition period, identifying and killing technical debt that matters while ensuring feature and bug fix synchronization between codebases.”

Things to consider

  • Periodic in-person work sessions are required, despite the remote-first arrangement.
    — “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges””
  • Candidates must be prepared to work with both iOS and Android stacks, even if they have specialized in one.
    — “Proficiency in Swift or Kotlin with working knowledge of the other, and willingness to develop cross-platform fluency”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in performance optimization and cross-platform architectural design on your resume.
    — “Drive performance optimization across device tiers, architecting robust solutions through trade-off analysis”
  • Demonstrate a track record of improving CI/CD pipelines and development workflows in interviews.
    — “Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and release processes”
  • Showcase your ability to validate AI-generated code and ensure production quality.
    — “Orchestrating AI as a force multiplier by leveraging LLM-driven translation while applying native mobile expertise to validate architecture”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Successfully transitioned Coinbase's retail mobile app from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin
  • Improved app performance and quality through AI-assisted code generation
Typical background
5+ years of experience in iOS or Android mobile software engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Ios DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentSwiftKotlinAi-assisted Code GenerationPerformance OptimizationCross-platform Fluency

Preferred

React Native

Stack & domain

SwiftKotlinIosAndroidReact NativeAi-assisted Code GenerationLlm-driven TranslationMobile Ci/cd PipelinesBuild SystemsRelease ProcessesLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkFinanceMobile Development

About the role

Original posting from Coinbase

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Native Mobile to join the App Infra team within the Consumer & Business group. This team is executing a greenfield rewrite of Coinbase's retail mobile app from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin, using AI-assisted code generation to deliver a dramatically faster, higher-quality experience for millions of customers. You'll bring deep iOS or Android expertise to build core app surfaces, contribute to the design of Coinbase’s native mobile agentic workflow, and contribute to the foundation of Coinbase’s future mobile platform as product teams onboard to the native codebase.

What you'll do:

Accelerate every other Frontend engineer at Coinbase by defining architectural patterns, improving build speeds, and defining optimal development workflows.

Own the development of core app surfaces in Swift and Kotlin, translating existing React Native flows into performant native implementations that meet strict performance budgets, and setting the project-level quality bar through code and design reviews.

Build within the AI-assisted code generation loop, orchestrating AI as a force multiplier by leveraging LLM-driven translation while applying native mobile expertise to validate architecture, catch edge cases, and ensure production-quality outputs.

Partner with product teams during onboarding to review native PRs, challenge suboptimal patterns, and attack slow paths the team has accepted, such as flaky tests, painful deploys, or ambiguous handoffs between native and React Native codebases.

Drive performance optimization across device tiers, architecting robust solutions through trade-off analysis to eliminate loading indicators, scroll jank, and stall counts, with particular attention to low-end Android devices.

Contribute to the dual-app parity strategy during the transition period, identifying and killing technical debt that matters while ensuring feature and bug fix synchronization between codebases.

Required Skills and Experience:

5+ years of iOS or Android mobile software engineering experience (Swift/iOS or Kotlin/Android).

Demonstrated ability to build and ship performant mobile applications with a focus on frame stability, cold start optimization, and responsive UI across diverse device populations.

Proficiency in Swift or Kotlin with working knowledge of the other, and willingness to develop cross-platform fluency, as engineers on this team own both iOS and Android.

Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and release processes, with a track record of delivering project-level outcomes that compound beyond the immediate cycle.

Uses generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and measurable gains in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Job# P78585

Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$186,065—$218,900 USD

Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Source: Coinbase careers

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