Staff Mobile Engineer – Session Replay

Grafana Labs

. Serve as technical lead for mobile capture and replay across the device, ingest path, and player .

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeRemote • United States, CanadaLead💰 $189,374 - $227,249 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in mobile engineering for both Android and iOS platforms, with a focus on building and optimizing mobile SDKs and ensuring user privacy and data security. Proven ability to lead technical projects from inception to completion while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

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Native Mobile Engineering ExperienceMobile SDK DevelopmentPerformance OptimizationPrivacy And Security KnowledgeCustomer Engagement

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Hard Skills

Android DevelopmentIOS DevelopmentKotlinJavaSwiftObjective-CVideo EncodingMobile Media PipelinesPerformance-Sensitive CodeAutomated Testing

Soft Skills

Collaborative ApproachClear CommunicationMentoringUser-Centered MindsetWillingness To Learn

Tools & Technologies

OpenTelemetryGrafana CloudReact NativeFlutterAI ToolsCrash ReportingObservability ToolsMobile Telemetry SamplingScreen RecordingOn-Device Masking

Industry Keywords

Mobile CaptureReplay LibraryUser Consent ControlsDevice PerformanceRemote WorkEastern Time ZoneCentral Time Zone

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidCloudFlutterGrafanaiOSJavaKotlinReactReact NativeSwiftTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as technical lead for mobile capture and replay across the device, ingest path, and player
Own the on-device replay library end to end, starting with Android and extending to iOS
Design masking and consent controls so sensitive data never leaves the device
Optimize startup time, UI responsiveness, battery, memory, network use, and disk usage on real devices
Build integration adapters connecting replay to active RUM sessions, sampling decisions, and screen/navigation changes
Collaborate with Frontend and Mobile Observability teams on capture, upload, storage, inactivity handling, timeline player, and mobile sessions/replay experiences
Define automated testing, CI, device and OS coverage, and backward-compatible SDK upgrade paths
Engage directly with customers through calls, structured feedback, and instrumentation/adoption support
Mentor engineers and grow technical leadership
Build Mobile Session Replay for Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native, and OpenTelemetry mobile SDKs within Grafana Cloud

Requirements

What you’ll need

Candidates based in the US or Canada, within the Eastern or Central time zones
Deep native mobile engineering experience on Android (Kotlin/Java) or iOS (Swift/Obj-C)
Experience building or maintaining mobile SDKs or platform libraries used by external developers
Experience with performance-sensitive code, including startup time, memory, battery, network efficiency, and background execution limits
Experience with mobile media and rendering pipelines, including screen capture, frames or bitmaps, and video encoding or handling
Ability to own a product from 0 to 1 in ambiguous problem spaces and work autonomously
User-centered approach to understanding customer context and goals
Knowledge of privacy and security on user devices, including sensitive data handling
Experience using AI tools in engineering workflows
Comfortable working in a remote-first, globally distributed company
Clear written and spoken English
Collaborative, friendly, kind, and respectful approach
Willingness to learn and contribute across Android and iOS platforms over time
Bonus: prior work on mobile session replay, screen recording, or mobile telemetry sampling
Bonus: experience with video encoding, on-device masking/redaction, rrweb, OpenTelemetry, crash reporting, observability tools, React Native, Flutter, Go, or TypeScript

Benefits

Comp & perks

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Company-funded usage budget for modern AI coding assistants
Access to the latest frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
100% remote work
Career growth pathways
In-person onboarding
30 days of annual leave per annum
3 annual leave days reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days