Mobile Developer

Role Summary

This individual will serve as the Mobile Developer responsible for driving mobile application strategy, architecture, delivery, and team development across both iOS and Android platforms .

The ideal candidate combines strong capabilities with deep mobile engineering expertise, bringing experience in React Native , API integrations, cloud-native architectures, and modern AI-assisted software development practices. The role requires a leader who can elevate the team's technical capabilities while remaining actively involved in solution design and implementation.

Why This Role Exists

• Strengthen onsite technical leadership and execution within the mobile engineering organization.
• Provide hands-on mentorship and architectural guidance to a distributed team.
• Increase engineering velocity while improving development best practices.
• Introduce modern engineering approaches, including AI-assisted development tools and mobile platform modernization.
• Partner closely with business and technology stakeholders to accelerate delivery of customer-facing mobile experiences.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Delivery

• Partner closely with:
  • Product Managers
  • Business Analysts
  • Engineering Teams
  • Executive and Business Stakeholders
  • Other tech leads to set standards, governance, scalability, etc.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Drive sprint planning, estimation, technical roadmaps, and delivery milestones.
• Ensure high-quality, timely releases for mobile applications.

Cloud & Integration

• Lead integration efforts between mobile applications and enterprise systems.
• Design and oversee secure API integrations and service orchestration patterns.
• Collaborate with cloud and backend teams to support modern mobile architectures.

AI & Engineering Innovation

• Champion the adoption of AI-powered developer productivity tools.
• Evaluate and leverage technologies such as:
  • Cursor
  • Claude
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Other AI-assisted engineering platforms
• Educate and mentor engineering teams on responsible and effective AI usage in software development workflows.

Required Experience & Skills

Experience

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing distributed and cross-functional teams.

Mobile Engineering Expertise

• Strong experience developing enterprise mobile applications on:
  • iOS
  • Android
• Deep knowledge of:
  • React Native
  • Mobile application architecture patterns
  • Mobile performance optimization
  • App Store and Google Play deployment processes

Technical Skills

• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript expertise.
• Experience with:
  • React Native
  • RESTful APIs
  • API integrations
  • Node.js preferred
• Solid understanding of full-stack application architecture.
• Experience integrating mobile applications with enterprise backend systems.

Cloud Technologies

• Experience working within modern cloud environments such as:
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform
• Understanding of cloud-native application design, security, and scalability principles.

AI & Emerging Technologies

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools, including:
  • Cursor
  • Claude
  • GitHub Copilot
• Ability to identify opportunities for AI to improve development efficiency and engineering quality.
• Passion for helping teams adopt innovative technologies and modern software engineering practices.

Ways of Working

• Strong Agile/Scrum experience.
• Comfortable with:
  • Sprint planning
  • Architecture discussions
  • Technical roadmaps
  • Code reviews
  • Cross-functional collaboration
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Team & Environment

• Fast-paced, collaborative digital commerce environment.
• High visibility role with direct interaction across business and technology teams.
• Opportunity to influence mobile strategy across a globally recognized travel brand.
• Combines:
  • Technical Leadership
  • Team Development
  • Hands-on Engineering
  • Innovation and AI Adoption