Mobile Engineer

What We Do

BirdDog helps landowners steward their land with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

We are a tech-enabled land intelligence platform and marketplace that connects private land to opportunity—whether through hunting and recreation, agriculture, conservation programs, tax optimization, or long-term stewardship.

We operate at the intersection of land, data, and trust. By combining AI-driven insights with real-world expertise, BirdDog simplifies complex decisions and turns acres into income—without compromising legacy or conservation.

Where We Are Going

Our goal is to become the most trusted platform where landowners come to understand their property, surface monetization opportunities, and take action.

That means:

• Scaling technology that brings transparency and centrality to historically opaque land decisions and disparate solutions
• Expanding services that align profitability with stewardship
• Growing a brand that stands for trust, independence, and long-term thinking

We’re moving fast, and building something to last.

About the Role

We are seeking a mid to senior level Mobile Engineer to design, build, and scale native mobile experiences for our land intelligence platform. You will play a critical role in shaping mobile architecture, making key technical decisions, and ensuring our apps are fast, reliable, and a joy to use in the field—where our users often are.

This role is ideal for someone who has hands-on experience building production mobile applications and is looking to take ownership of architecture decisions, platform strategy, and technical direction on a small, high-impact team.

BirdDog runs on extreme ownership. We're a small team that does whatever it takes to ship, solve problems, and deliver for our users. We value simplicity over complexity by choosing pragmatic, fit-to-purpose solutions versus over-engineered architectures. We leave egos at the door—strong opinions are welcome, but loosely held. If you thrive with autonomy, take pride in owning outcomes end-to-end, and aren't afraid to step outside your lane when the situation calls for it—you'll fit right in.

Key Responsibilities

• Mobile Development: Build high-quality native mobile applications for iOS and/or Android using modern declarative UI frameworks (SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose)
• AI-Driven Development: This is table stakes. We expect aggressive, intelligent leverage of AI tools to accelerate delivery and automate work across the stack. The focus shifts to where human expertise matters most: high-level architecture, critical decision-making, and deep quality assurance
• Architecture Ownership: Own mobile architecture decisions, evaluate trade-offs, and drive technical direction—whether that means native-first, cross-platform, or a hybrid approach based on what fits the problem
• Platform Strategy: Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions and platform strategies (native, cross-platform, shared business logic) that balance development velocity, user experience, and long-term maintainability
• API Integration: Integrate with backend services and third-party APIs, handling offline scenarios, syncing, and network resilience gracefully.
• Performance & Quality: Optimize app performance (startup time, memory, battery usage) and implement testing strategies that ensure reliability without slowing the team down
• Collaboration: Work closely with backend engineers, product, and leadership to deliver features that directly impact landowners, hunters, and farmers

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Mobile Engineer or related role
• Strong proficiency in iOS (Swift, SwiftUI) and/or Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose) development
• Experience building and shipping production mobile applications to the App Store and/or Google Play
• Solid understanding of mobile architecture patterns and state management
• Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and handling offline/sync scenarios
• Demonstrated ability to make architectural decisions and evaluate technical trade-offs
• Strong communication skills and ability to work autonomously

Preferred

• Experience with both iOS and Android development
• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) for shared business logic
• Familiarity with cross-platform frameworks (React Native, Flutter)
• Background in land, agriculture, or outdoor industries
• Experience with mapping SDKs (Mapbox, MapLibre, Google Maps)
• Experience knowing when (and when not) to share code across platforms