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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days NPR's roles stay open a median of 36 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 73% of NPR's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at NPR
- high 6 stale, 0 reposted of 15 open
- Hiring momentum
- 28 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
As the Mobile Software Engineering Manager at NPR, you will lead a team of mobile software engineers in developing and enhancing NPR's mobile applications. Your role involves managing team dynamics, overseeing recruitment, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring high standards in software quality and delivery. You will also focus on continuous improvement of engineering processes and support the team in addressing production issues.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of NPR as an employer.
What you need
- 2+ years of experience directly managing, mentoring, or leading mobile software engineers within an agile organization
- Prior experience as an individual contributor in engineering, testing, and shipping robust code for at least one large-scale mobile application
- Hands-on proficiency in modern mobile platform languages, specifically Swift/Objective-C (iOS) or Kotlin/Java (Android)
- Strong working knowledge of native mobile release infrastructures (such as Apple App Store Connect/provisioning profiles or Google Play Console/staged rollouts)
- Hands-on experience working with modern version control systems (primarily Git)
- Demonstrated experience collaborating within cross-functional Agile/Scrum product teams
Nice to have
- Professional experience managing both internal employees and external agency vendors/contractors
- Experience with native mobile media streaming frameworks (such as AVKit/AVFoundation for iOS, or Media3/ExoPlayer for Android)
- Familiarity with modern responsive design architectures (SwiftUI/Combine or Jetpack Compose/Coroutines), design patterns (MVVM), and automotive platforms (CarPlay/Android Auto)
What you get
- Salary range of $165,000 - $175,000
- Comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents including health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being
- Medical, dental, vision, life/accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings options
Worth weighing
- Remote work is permitted but may require occasional travel
- The role involves significant leadership and management responsibilities, which may not appeal to all technical candidates
- No specific mention of the technology stack beyond mobile development languages and tools
- The salary range is provided, but no specific benefits details are outlined beyond general categories
Summarised from NPR's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by NPR on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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