Principal Architect - Mobile

Rapido
Rapido

IT

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Posted on Jun 15, 2026

About Rapido

Founded in 2015, Rapido is India’s leading multi-modal mobility platform. What began with bike taxis has rapidly evolved to include auto-rickshaws, cab-hailing, and peer-to-peer deliveries. Today, Rapido commands a dominant 70% market share in bike taxis, 40% in auto rides, and holds the second-largest position in the cab segment with a 22% share—establishing us as the overall market leader in ride-hailing. With over 4 million rides completed daily and more than 2 billion rides served to date, Rapido operates in 200+ cities and is aggressively expanding toward a presence in 500 cities. In 2024, we proudly achieved unicorn status with a valuation of $1.1 billion.Driven by technology and innovation, we’re expanding into new categories while remaining committed to improving last-mile connectivity and empowering livelihoods at scale.

Opportunities don't happen, you create them!

Job Summary:

Experience Required:

1.) Strong experience in Android (Kotlin/Java) and iOS (Swift/Objective-C)

2.) Experience in Kotlin Multiplatform and CMP is recommended

3.) Deep understanding of mobile app architecture (MVVM, Clean Architecture, Swift,Jetpack Compose.

4.) Experience with REST APIs, SDK integrations, and third-party libraries

5.) Knowledge of performance optimization, memory management, and debugging

6.) Experience with CI/CD pipelines, app store releases, and versioning

7.) Familiarity with analytics, crash reporting, and monitoring tools

8.) Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Key Responsibilities:

1.) Act as a technical consultant for Android and iOS applications

2.) Define and review mobile app architecture, design patterns, and best practices

3.) Guide teams on scalability, performance, security, and reliability

4.) Hands-on involvement in complex features and critical problem-solving

5.) Review code, conduct technical audits, and recommend improvements

6.) Collaborate with product and UX teams to ensure smooth user experiences

7.) Mentor mobile engineers and support skill development

8.) Stay updated with latest mobile technologies, OS updates, and industry trends

Educational Qualifications:

1.) Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field.

What’s there for you?

Our team handles everything – infra, tooling, and self-manages a bunch of databases, such as:

  • 150+ microservices with event-driven architecture across different tech stacks
  • More than 100,000 Request per second of internet traffic on our edge gateways
  • ~20,000 events processed per second
  • 100s of TBs of data on self-managed databases
  • Real-time continuous deployments at scale.100s of deployments every week to production

Excited to solve challenges? Join Rapido & chase bigger milestones too!