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About the Role

As the technical leader for ShareTheMeal's mobile engineering function, define and execute the mobile technology strategy that enables the organization to scale from 1.9M to 10M+ users while maintaining exceptional user experience and operational efficiency impacting an annual revenue of $30 million USD.

Responsibilities

Own the mobile engineering vision and multi-year technical roadmap, aligning with ShareTheMeal's growth objectives and WFP's mission to reach zero hunger
Define and evangelize mobile architecture standards across iOS, Android, and QA, ensuring scalability to support 10M+ active users
Establish engineering metrics and SLOs that drive measurable improvements in app performance, reliability, and user satisfaction (e.g., crash-free rate >99.9%, P95 load time <2s)
Champion innovation initiatives, evaluating and piloting emerging mobile technologies that could differentiate ShareTheMeal's user experience or operational efficiency.
Represent mobile engineering in cross-functional leadership forums, influencing product strategy and organizational technical decisions
Drive architectural decisions with clear rationale, creating decision frameworks that enable the team to move quickly while maintaining quality
Continuously optimize team velocity and engineering effectiveness, eliminating blockers and establishing processes that scale with team growth
Hold regular 1:1's with all direct reports
Develop engineering talent through structured mentorship
Own the technical roadmap, translating business objectives into quarterly engineering initiatives with clear success metrics
Lead drafting of KPIs and SLOs and project initiatives.
Establish engineering culture and best practices for code quality, testing, and operational excellence that become organizational standards
Build cross-functional partnerships with Product, Design, Backend, and Data teams to ensure seamless delivery of user-facing features
Spearhead the design of scalable architectures for Android, iOS, and QA platforms.
Own the engineering quality strategy, balancing feature velocity with technical health through data-driven prioritization
Lead technical debt reduction initiatives that measurably improve system maintainability, reducing bug rates and increasing feature velocity
Establish quality gates and engineering standards (code review practices, testing requirements, performance benchmarks) that prevent quality erosion
Champion engineering investments in tooling, automation, and infrastructure that multiply team effectiveness
Design, implement and maintain native Android and iOS solutions for ShareTheMeal using Kotlin and Swift
Design and implements test automation systems with the QA team
Conduct code reviews and assessments
Document architecture/code decisions and APIs
Deliver Product features and Tech Initiatives across Android, iOS and QA platforms.
Documentation and handover to Head of ShareTheMeal Software Engineering

Requirements

University degree in computer science or related field.
At least 5 years of experience in developing and designing Android and iOS native apps designed to serve millions of active users.
Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative.
Ability to make technical decisions that balance platform-specific needs with crossplatform efficiency.
Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to debug complex mobile issues.
Ability to interact with managers and stakeholders with maturity and tact.
Mature judgment with strong interpersonal skills.
Collaborative spirit able to work effectively across diverse teams and cultures.
Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
Adaptability to rapidly evolving mobile technology landscape.
Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the World Food Programme.
Excellent command of spoken and written English.
Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language would be a plus (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish).

Skills

Proficiency in Kotlin, Swift and modern Android and iOS development patterns
Strong knowledge of Android and iOS SDK and frameworks, Compose and SwiftUI
Experience with Swift structured concurrency, Kotlin Coroutines and modern asynchronous programming patterns.
Experience with architecture patterns (MVVM, VIPER, Clean Architecture).
Experience with App Store and Play Store submission process.
Knowledge of Unit Testing, UI Testing (Maestro), and Test-Driven Development.
Expert understanding mobile app performance optimization techniques.
Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
Familiarity with mobile analytics, crash reporting, and monitoring tools.
Embracing principles of clean code, test-driven development, and clean architecture.
Experience with agile development processes and cross-functional team collaboration.

Location

Admin DS Rome / Remote

Work Type

Short-Term
Regular Consultant
Full time

Experience Level

Lead

Education Level

University degree in computer science or related field.

Benefits

WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package

About the Company

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of extreme weather shocks.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
WFP is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
To reach a world with zero hunger, WFP is investing in and growing private sector fundraising and partnerships.
Serving as a broker between WFP and the private sector, WFP’s Private Partnerships and Fundraising Division (PSP) strives to mobilize funding, technical assistance, innovative solutions and visibility and awareness to help WFP fulfil its mission, while offering companies and the wider public the opportunity to contribute to a world with zero hunger.
ShareTheMeal is WFP’s fundraising and awareness-raising app. Free to download, the award-winning app is a pioneering way for people to join our efforts in creating a world with zero hunger. ShareTheMeal was launched in 2015 as the first pilot of WFP’s Innovation Accelerator, which among other things supports start-ups and innovators in developing their ideas for zero hunger.
ShareTheMeal currently has more than 1.9 million users worldwide, who have shared more than 290 million meals (US$ 200 million). WFP is pursuing an ambitious growth strategy for individual giving, and ShareTheMeal is a key driver for this strategy going forward.
The team, located in Berlin and remotely, is focused on increasing the funds raised to help get to zero hunger by further developing the app to include new and innovative features, increasing the engagement of existing users and growing the user base through marketing and communication initiatives.
As the user base has grown, there is a significant opportunity to increase funds raised from existing users and deliver an exceptional experience to build a long-term relationship with each supporter.

Equal Opportunity

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.
The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process.
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority.