Job Role - Engineering manager – Ecom Applications

Location - Pune / Hyderabad (Hybrid) Position Summary Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Android and iOS mobile application teams responsible for building and evolving Williams-Sonoma’s mobile shopping experiences.

This role is ideal for a leader who combines strong people management, technical depth in mobile platforms, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality, scalable, and customer-centric mobile solutions used by millions of users.

As an Engineering Manager, you will be accountable for team health, technical execution, delivery outcomes, and alignment with business priorities, while partnering closely with Product, UX, Backend, Analytics, QA, and Release teams.

Key Responsibilities People & Team Leadership Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing Android and IOS engineering teams

Manage and grow mobile engineering teams across iOS and Android Drive execution of mobile product roadmaps aligned with business priorities

Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver customer-centric features

Technical & Architectural Oversight Guide architectural decisions and platform modernization efforts

Ensure high standards of code quality, security, and performance

Provide technical direction across iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) platforms.

Guide adoption of modern mobile architectures such as MVVM, Clean Architecture, and modular design

Partner with senior engineers to review designs, influence architecture, and manage technical depth

Ensure platform scalability, stability, performance, and security across mobile applications.

This is a hands-on engineering leadership role.

The Engineering

Manager is expected to remain technically engaged and actively contribute through coding, code reviews, design and architecture reviews, and technical problem-solving.



We are looking for a leader who leads by example and stays closely connected to the codebase and day-to-day engineering work Delivery & Execution

Own delivery outcomes for mobile initiatives across discovery, shopping, checkout, and post-purchase follow

Partner with Product Management to translate business goals into clear technical plans and roadmaps.

Balance feature delivery with platform investments, reliability, and long-term maintain ability.

Oversee release planning, production readiness, and incident management Cross-Functional Collaboration.

Work closely with Product, UX, Backend, QA, Analytics, and Release teams to ensure seamless execution.

Act as a key stakeholder in prioritization, estimation, and trade-off discussions.

Communicate technical status, risks, and dependencies to leadership and partner AI-Enabled Development, Quality, Performance & Customer Experience.

Ensure high code quality through testing (unit, integration, UI) and CI/CD pipelines

Drive adoption of modern practices such as modularization, automation, and observability.

Participate in release planning, on-call rotations, and production issue resolution

Champion responsible use of AI in design, development, and testing workflows.

Leverage AI for test case creation, test data generation, and test case code writing Promote AI-assisted code reviews, security reviews, performance analysis, and accessibility checks

Encourage use of AI tools for exploratory testing, regression testing, and edge-case discovery.

Ensure AI usage aligns with security, privacy, and compliance standards

Champion app quality, performance, and reliability across both platforms

Drive initiatives around performance optimization,



crash reduction, and stability metrics

Ensure accessibility, localization, experimentation, and analytics best practices are followed

Use data and insights to continuously improve customer experience Process & Engineering Excellence

Lead teams through Agile/Scrum ceremonies, planning, and retrospectives.

Improve development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and release processes.

Align engineering execution with broader mobile and enterprise technology standards Required Qualifications

12+ years of professional software engineering experience

3+ years of managing mobile engineering teams

Strong technical background in iOS and/or Android development with the ability to guide both platforms

Experience with modern mobile architectures (MVVM, Clean Architecture, modular systems).

Proven track record delivering large-scale consumer or e-commerce mobile applications

Experience working closely with cross-functional partners in a product-driven environment.

Strong communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.

Preferred

Qualifications

Hands-on experience with Swift, Kotlin, UIKit/SwiftUI, Jetpack components, or Compose

Background in e-commerce, omnichannel retail, or high-transaction mobile platforms

Experience with analytics, experimentation, feature flags, and A/B testing

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and mobile observability tools

Experience supporting apps with millions of users

Prior experience scaling teams in quick-paced, agile organizations Core Competencies

Customer-first mindset with strong attention to quality and experience

Strong people leadership, mentoring, and influencing skills

Ability to balance technical depth with business outcomes.

Clear communicator across technical and non-technical audiences

Results-driven, proactive, and comfortable owning complex, multi-team initiatives

Thrives in a collaborative, fast-moving environment

📌 Engineering Manager Mobile Apps (Pune)
🏢 Williams-Sonoma
📍 Pune