The Lead Engineer (Mobile) Consumer Experience Engineering

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About the Organisation & Role:

You will be part of the Consumer Experience Engineering organisation responsible for building fast intuitive accessible and premium digital experiences across web and mobile. The organisation owns the web & mobile platforms engineering delivery for consumer-facing journeys shared design systems performance accessibility and AI-native engineering practices that help product teams deliver consistent reusable high-quality consumer experiences across the globe.

The Lead Engineer (Mobile) is responsible for defining mobile architecture leading engineering execution and delivering scalable reliable accessible and high-performing consumer-facing applications across iOS and Android platforms.

What you will do:

• Lead the architecture design development and evolution of large-scale consumer-facing mobile applications.

• Define mobile engineering standards architectural principles reusable patterns and development best practices.

• Provide technical direction for React Native solutions across iOS and Android platforms.

• Design scalable modular maintainable and reliable mobile application architectures.

• Guide teams on mobile application lifecycle management release readiness store distribution and production support.

• Define mobile security and privacy engineering standards including secure storage authentication integration data protection and third-party SDK governance.

• Evaluate architectural trade-offs and make pragmatic decisions aligned with product and engineering goals.

• Partner with Product Design Architecture Quality Engineering and Platform teams to deliver optimized consumer journeys.

• Establish engineering patterns for state management API integration offline capabilities caching and error handling.

• Drive mobile performance engineering across application startup rendering network utilization memory and responsiveness.

• Lead integration of mobile applications with commerce platforms APIs content platforms analytics and third-party services.

• Ensure mobile experiences meet WCAG accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.

• Partner with design teams to develop reusable components and evolve mobile design systems.

Support experimentation feature flagging A/B testing and data-driven optimization of consumer journeys.

• 10 years of software engineering experience with significant expertise in mobile application development.

• 3 years of experience leading a technical capability project or engineering team.

• Strong hands-on expertise in React Native and modern TypeScript/JavaScript development.

• Deep understanding of iOS and Android fundamentals platform capabilities and mobile application lifecycles.

• Strong experience with mobile build signing release distribution and application store processes.

• Proven expertise in frontend and mobile system design application architecture and engineering patterns.

• Strong understanding of state management API integration caching offline-first and synchronization patterns.

• Experience integrating native iOS and Android modules into React Native applications.

• Proven experience in optimizing startup time rendering memory utilization network efficiency and application responsiveness.

• Strong understanding of mobile asset delivery caching network efficiency and content delivery considerations.

• Understanding of consumer journeys conversion optimization personalization and digital experience quality.

• Practical knowledge of WCAG standards mobile accessibility and inclusive experience engineering.

• Experience with experimentation platforms feature flags and A/B testing.

• Strong understanding of design systems reusable component libraries and mobile UX engineering principles.

• Excellent problem-solving communication technical leadership stakeholder management and decision-making skills.

• Proven ability to drive architectural decisions influence technical direction and mentor engineers.

• Experience using coding agents LLMs or AI-assisted engineering tools to improve software delivery and developer productivity.

• Experience in eCommerce retail or consumer digital products is strongly preferred.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants regardless of race color religion national origin sex

gender identity or expression sexual orientation age or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at

PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

At PUMA every application is reviewed by real people who are committed to fairness transparency and equal

opportunity - no matter your background identity or ensure our process stays true to these values no automated systems or AI tools are used to make hiring decisions. Every decision is made by real people -with real judgment and accountability. We may use functions supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to carry out isolated organizational steps such as scheduling interviews. These functions have no influence on decisions in the application process. We believe in creating spaces where everyone is welcome celebrated and empowered to contribute authentically. Because at PUMA whoever wants to play can play.

PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear apparel and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA Cobra Golf and stichd operates in 120 countries and has around 22000

employees worldwide.