At Semperis, our mission is to be a Force for Good. Starting with being a great place to work. We believe that when people feel valued, supported, and empowered, they do their best work. That’s why we focus on creating an employee experience rooted in purpose, growth, and balance. Semperis has been recognized as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Cybersecurity Companies by the Inc. 5000, a DUNS 100 Top Startup to Work For, and a multi-year Inc. Best Workplace awardee.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Team Lead to lead a key Mobile Software Engineering team in Dublin.
We believe in enablement, full accountability, empowerment, and collaboration. Our ideal candidate will foster an environment where team members are enabled with the right resources, fully accountable for their areas of responsibility, empowered to make decisions, and encouraged to collaborate effectively across teams and departments.
What you will be doing:
As a Team Lead at Semperis, you will be an essential member of our Engineering team, managing and leading a dedicated team of mobile developers to shape the architecture and delivery of our mobile applications. You will take full ownership of the mobile app lifecycle—from design and development to deployment on the App Store and Google Play—ensuring a secure, high-performing, and user-friendly experience.
You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Product Management, UX/UI Design, and Backend Engineering to define and execute the mobile roadmap. Your leadership will be instrumental in driving technical excellence, fostering innovation, and maintaining high standards of quality and security.
You will be expected to demonstrate a high level of creativity and innovation, thrive in high-pressure environments, and possess strong communication and interpersonal skills. A solid foundation in software development, along with the ability to manage deadlines and apply analytical thinking to complex challenges, will be essential to your success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
Recruit, manage, coach, develop, and retain mobile engineering talent. Build and maintain a strong team culture focused on accountability, growth, and continuous learning.
Lead ongoing mobile app development, including architecture, technical analysis, design, and implementation, following Agile SDLC and Scrum methodologies. Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX/UI, and other engineering teams to ensure successful feature delivery, deployment to the App Store and Google Play, and post-release operations.
Facilitate the evolution of mobile product architecture, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and optimal performance. Contribute to defining the technical roadmap for the mobile application, driving its implementation, iteration, and long-term vision.
Plan and lead mobile product releases, define clear milestones and deliverables, and track progress against schedule and budget. Facilitate coordination across related backend services and shared platform components. Define and report on relevant SDLC KPIs and mobile-specific metrics such as stability, crash rate, performance, and release cadence.
Maintain and improve formal development processes within a team using company-wide standard tools to achieve full transparency and traceability.
Drive product quality improvements through technical excellence, mobile performance optimization, security best practices, and modern software development standards. Ensure that testing, monitoring, and continuous integration are embedded into every stage of the mobile development process.
Partner closely with Product Management to translate business needs into actionable technical objectives, proactively identifying opportunities to improve the user experience and application reliability.
Act as a key technical liaison across departments — collaborating with product, security, and backend teams — to define and deliver high-quality, secure, and user-centric mobile applications.
Ensure direct reports and the entire team have appropriate training and tools for maximum development productivity and velocity.
Participate in development and evolution of functional processes and drive Agile and Scrum process evolution and organizational change.
Keep up to date with mobile technology trends, frameworks, and app store guidelines. Identify relevant innovations and champion their adoption within the team where they can provide tangible product or process benefits.
What you will bring:
2+ years of experience managing mobile or software engineers.
5+ years of hands-on experience in mobile app development (React Native, Swift, Kotlin, or similar).
Proven track record of deploying and maintaining mobile applications on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture, modular design).
Experience integrating mobile apps with cloud backends (Azure, AWS, GCP).
A leadership style that combines mentoring, feedback, and empowerment to help developers grow.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
Experience with modern software development processes (CI/CD, DevOps, microservices, Agile Scrum)
Strong proactive leadership skills, ability to organize, motivate and inspire teams to achieve great results.
Collaboration and conflict resolution skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to translate business requirements into sound technical solutions, conceive, build, and deliver end-to-end solutions and communicate these solutions with peer organizations.
Strong technical and understanding of software engineering concepts
Proficiency in programming languages, frameworks, and tools used for software development
Bonus Points:
Knowledge in Enterprise Identity domain
Understanding of security best practices for enterprise software
Experience with security-focused or enterprise-grade mobile apps.
Understanding of mobile MDM and compliance policies.
Hands-on experience with the TypeScript + React Native ecosystem. (optional)
Why Join Semperis?
You’ll be part of a global team on the front lines of cybersecurity innovation. At Semperis, we celebrate curiosity, integrity, and people who take initiative. If you’re someone who sees the glass as half full, embraces challenges as growth opportunities, and values a healthy balance between work and life—we’d love to meet you.
**Semperis maintains office locations in several cities across the globe. Candidates who reside within 45 miles of one of our offices—or where the job description specifies a required location—will follow our hybrid work model. This includes working onsite three days per week and remotely the remaining days.
Semperis is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, citizenship, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by the Semperis application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or other applicable state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Semperis. Please inform Semperis representative Anna Taylor, Director of Global Recruiting, if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process..png)
