Aplazo

3 jobs near Columbus, OH

Aplazo is a fast-growing Series B fintech company focused on empowering financial access across Latin America. They are seeking a Lead Mobile Engineer to own their mobile applications, drive mobile ...

Aplazo is a fast-growing fintech company aiming to empower financial access across Latin America. They are seeking a Technical Lead Manager to lead a team of engineers while being hands-on with ...

Aplazo is a company focused on empowering financial access and innovation in Latin America. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build scalable backend systems that support their merchant ...

Lead Mobile Engineer (Remote)

Aplazo

Remote

Full-time

This job post has expired 1 day ago. Applications are no longer accepted.


Job description

Job Summary:
Aplazo is a fast-growing Series B fintech company focused on empowering financial access across Latin America. They are seeking a Lead Mobile Engineer to own their mobile applications, drive mobile architecture decisions, and mentor engineers while delivering complex features across their Flutter codebase.
Responsibilities:
• Own mobile systems end-to-end — Design, build, and operate mobile applications from idea to production
• Lead technically — Run design reviews, set mobile architecture direction, and make technical decisions for your squad
• Mentor engineers — Help E1/E2 engineers grow through pairing, code review, and coaching
• Drive quality — Champion testing strategy, performance optimization, and observability for mobile
• Leverage AI strategically — Use AI for architecture exploration, refactoring, and test generation; build or champion AI-powered tools for the squad
• Optimize for mobile — Ensure apps perform well on devices with limited resources and varying network conditions
• Handle incidents — Lead incident response and postmortems for mobile issues
• Ship predictably — Break down ambiguous problems into clear milestones and deliver on commitments
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years building mobile applications
• Strong experience with Flutter/Dart (native iOS or Android experience also valuable)
• Deep understanding of mobile architecture patterns (clean architecture, state management)
• Experience optimizing for performance, battery life, and limited connectivity
• Solid testing practices for mobile (unit, widget, integration tests)
• Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines and mobile observability tools
• Uses AI tools (Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT) daily for coding, debugging, and analysis
• Uses AI strategically for architecture exploration, large refactors, and prototyping
• Builds or champions squad-level AI-powered tools (e.g., test generation, code review automation)
• Keeps the team ahead of new AI capabilities relevant to mobile development
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical discussions
• Clear communicator who can explain trade-offs to engineers, PMs, and stakeholders
• Strong technical documentation and knowledge-sharing practices
• Fluent in Spanish; working knowledge of English for cross-team collaboration
• Product-minded—you care about user experience and business outcomes
• Strong ownership mentality; you see problems through to resolution
• Curious about fintech and how mobile apps can improve financial access
Preferred:
• Experience in fintech, payments, or lending
• Native iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin) experience
• Backend experience (Java, Python, Go) for full-stack understanding
• On-call and incident response experience
• Contributions to mobile tooling, design systems, or shared components
Company:
Aplazo is a payment network that offers payment solutions and merchant tools to help merchants sell more and grow their brands. Founded in 2020, the company is headquartered in Mexico City, MEX, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.