Director, Mobile & Platform Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

Director of Mobile & Platform Engineering

Company Overview

A leading consumer products and eCommerce organization based in Los Angeles, California is redefining the customer experience through innovation, technology, and operational excellence. The company develops highly scalable digital platforms that support rapid business growth, global commerce operations, and seamless customer engagement. With a collaborative and performance-driven culture, the organization invests heavily in technology, talent, and long-term platform scalability.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Director of Mobile & Platform Engineering to lead the strategy, architecture, scalability, and delivery of critical commerce technology platforms. This leadership role will oversee cloud-based middleware services and mobile engineering initiatives while partnering closely with Product, Design, Infrastructure, Security, and Data teams. The ideal candidate brings a blend of hands-on technical expertise, engineering leadership, and operational excellence within high-growth digital environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, technical strategy, and operational health of cloud-based middleware platforms.
• Drive engineering best practices across backend services, APIs, distributed systems, and service-oriented architectures.
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, observability, and security during high-volume business events and traffic spikes.
• Establish standards for performance optimization, caching, monitoring, incident response, and fault-tolerant design.
• Oversee mobile engineering efforts, ensuring scalable, high-performing, and maintainable mobile applications.
• Own release management processes, deployment strategies, and production readiness for mobile platforms.
• Lead and mentor engineering managers and software engineers, fostering accountability, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks while balancing delivery speed with long-term platform sustainability.
• Drive continuous improvement in architecture, code quality, testing, documentation, and operational readiness.

Additional Details

• Hybrid work environment
• Opportunity to lead mission-critical commerce and mobile platforms
• High visibility role reporting to executive engineering leadership
• Significant influence on technology strategy, platform scalability, and engineering culture
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement

Required Qualifications

• Significant experience leading high-performing software engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on background in backend engineering, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
• Deep expertise with AWS and modern cloud technologies.
• Extensive experience with TypeScript, Node.js, APIs, and service-oriented architectures.
• Proven success designing and scaling highly available, high-traffic platforms.
• Strong understanding of reliability engineering, monitoring, performance optimization, and incident management.
• Experience leading engineering initiatives in fast-paced product-driven environments.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves)

• Experience leading mobile engineering teams.
• Familiarity with Flutter and Dart.
• Experience supporting native iOS and Android development environments.
• Background in eCommerce, retail technology, or consumer-facing digital platforms.
• Experience with modern observability, testing, and release management practices.
• Track record of scaling engineering organizations during periods of significant growth.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $200,000 - $240,000 annually
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Fertility and family-building benefits
• Unlimited paid time off
• Professional development and learning resources
• Employee discounts and wellness-focused programs
• Company-sponsored events and team-building activities