Cloud/Mobile Tech Lead Manager
Mill
Mill is all about answering a simple question: how can we prevent waste? Less waste can save time, money, energy, maybe even our planet. And there’s no better place to start than food. Food waste is one of the most solvable climate problems facing us today. Plus, our trash really stinks. It’s gross, heavy, and our least favorite chore. At Mill we are striving to build a better environment for all, as we take on climate and kitchen change.
We’re looking for a hands-on Tech Lead / Manager to lead our Product Applications software team. This team is responsible for building and maintaining our end-to-end applications across web, mobile, cloud, and data that support our user experiences. You'll lead a cross functional group of engineers, guide architectural decisions, and help scale products that are critical to our success.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers building web and mobile applications, cloud backends, and data pipelines.
- Drive end-to-end technical delivery—from architecture and design to implementation and production operations.
- Collaborate with product and design teams to deliver intuitive and performant user experiences.
- Champion modern software development practices, including CI/CD, IaC, observability, and test automation.
- Ensure the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of our systems.
- Directly contribute to our applications - you’ll be regularly writing code!
- Promote a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years as a Full Stack Software Engineer, and 5+ years of management experience.
- Strong API design experience, and an understanding of building asynchronous systems and error handling.
- Experience building mobile applications using React and Redux. React Native experience is an advantage.
- Strong background in TypeScript and/or Python.
- Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, preferably with serverless architectures and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. API Gateway, Lambdas, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, and CDK).
- Familiarity with version control, CI, and build systems.
- Passion for building reliable systems with deep knowledge of observability, tracing, and system performance.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Preferred Skills:
- Broad mobile app experience, including familiarity with Native modules, BLE, deep links, websockets, react-navigation, tailwind, and Fastlane.
- Familiarity with data pipelines and cloud-native data warehouses such as Kinesis, Kafka, and Snowflake.
- Experience with AWS IoT and IoT products.
- Experience designing RBAC systems for both internal and external applications
- Experience with compliance requirements such as ISO27001, SOC2, GDPR, and CPRA
The estimated base salary range for this position is $205k to $270k, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. A wide range of factors are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, market conditions, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and business and organizational needs. At Mill, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role.