Mobile Software Architect (iOS)

About the role

Air Apps, a family-founded company building an AI-powered Personal & Entrepreneurial Resource Planner, is hiring a Mobile Software Architect for a fully onsite position at its Lisbon office. You will lead the design of scalable, performant mobile architecture for the company's app suite, primarily iOS, working closely with product, design and engineering teams.

Key responsibilities

• Define and lead the mobile architecture strategy, focusing on iOS architecture, libraries and platform-specific patterns, with Android knowledge a plus
• Collaborate with engineers, designers and product managers so architectural decisions fit product goals and user experience
• Set coding standards, design patterns and performance guidelines
• Lead architectural reviews and guide refactoring and scaling of existing apps
• Design APIs, SDKs and reusable modular components
• Advise on third-party libraries, mobile tooling and build/deployment pipelines
• Partner with backend and cloud teams on mobile-app integration
• Mentor mobile engineers and stay current on mobile architecture, performance and security trends

Required profile

• Around 6+ years of mobile development experience with a strong architectural mindset
• Deep expertise in iOS development with Swift (Objective-C a plus)
• Experience with app performance optimization, modularization and offline-first strategies
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain architecture to technical and non-technical colleagues

Required skills

• UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine and other modern iOS frameworks
• API integration, mobile data storage, caching and background tasks
• App Store submission, mobile security and compliance
• Mobile CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks and deployment automation
• Android (Kotlin/Java) is a strong plus

What we offer

• Apple hardware ecosystem for work
• Annual bonus, health and life insurance, pension fund and childcare support
• Transportation budget, free meals at the hub and a Coverflex benefits package
• Air Conference and Urban Sports Club membership