Software Engineer (Mobile Apps)

Overview

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Work Location : Pune, India

Job Title : Lead App Engineer

Business Unit : WSI Corporate Technology, Pune

About The Team

You will be part of the Mobile Engineering organization responsible for building and evolving best-in-class iOS and Android applications that serve millions of customers across Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s portfolio of brands. The team partners closely with Product, UX, Backend, Analytics, and QA teams to deliver scalable, high-performance, and customer-centric mobile commerce experiences.

Overview Of The Role

The Lead App Engineer will drive the architecture, development, and delivery of iOS and Android applications used across Williams-Sonoma’s digital ecosystem. This role combines deep hands-on development expertise with technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will define engineering standards, influence platform strategy, and ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure mobile solutions.

Responsibilities Include:

• Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of scalable iOS and Android applications.
• Define, evolve, and enforce mobile engineering standards aligned with WSI best practices.
• Drive adoption of MVVM, Clean Architecture, and modular design patterns.
• Own technical decisions related to performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Develop high-quality mobile applications using Swift and modern iOS frameworks; contribute to Android development using Kotlin.
• Build reusable components, SDKs, and shared libraries across brands.
• Optimize application performance, memory usage, and responsiveness.
• Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pair programming.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Designers, QA, and Backend Engineers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Ensure high code quality through automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Champion responsible and secure use of AI in development, testing, and quality practices.
• Participate in release planning, on-call rotations, and production issue resolution.
  
  
  

• 8+ years of hands-on iOS development experience.
• Strong expertise in Swift, iOS SDK, and Apple Human Interface Guidelines.
• Experience with UIKit and/or SwiftUI.
• Deep understanding of mobile app architectures such as MVC, MVVM, and Clean Architecture.
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs and managing complex data flows.
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring engineers.
• Good to have hands-on experience with Android development using Kotlin and Jetpack components.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
  
  
  

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Today, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is one of the United States' largest e-commerce retailers with some of the best known and most beloved brands in home furnishings. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teens, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, GreenRow and Mark and Graham. We currently operate retail stores globally, and our products are available through catalogs and online worldwide.

Williams-Sonoma has established a technology center in Pune, India to enhance its global operations. The India Technology Center serves as a critical hub for innovation and focuses on developing cutting-edge solutions in areas such as e-commerce, supply chain optimization, and customer experience management. By integrating advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine learning, the India Technology Center plays a crucial role in accelerating Williams-Sonoma's growth and maintaining its competitive edge in the global market.