Senior Mobile Developer

Role Summary

 This individual will serve as the Senior 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

Leadership Experience

• 6-7+ 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