Manager, Technology – Mobile Apps

WILLIAMS-SONOMA INDIA

JOB DESCRIPTION

Work Location : Pune, India

Job Title : Engineering Manager – Ecomm Applications

Business Unit : WSI Corporate Technology, Pune

About the Team

You will be part of the Mobile Commerce Engineering team responsible for building, scaling, and enhancing Williams-Sonoma’s iOS and Android applications that power world-class mobile shopping experiences for millions of customers globally. The team works closely with Product, UX, Backend, Analytics, QA, and Release partners to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performing mobile solutions.

Overview of the Role

The Engineering Manager – Ecom Applications will lead Android and iOS engineering teams responsible for developing and evolving Williams-Sonoma’s mobile commerce platforms. This role blends strong people leadership with hands-on technical engagement and cross-functional collaboration to deliver scalable, customer-centric mobile experiences. The manager is accountable for team health, technical excellence, delivery outcomes, and alignment with business priorities.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing iOS and Android engineering teams.

• Drive execution of mobile product roadmaps aligned with business and customer priorities.

• Guide architectural decisions, platform modernization, and technical debt management.

• Ensure high standards of code quality, performance, security, and scalability.

• Provide technical direction across Swift and Kotlin-based mobile platforms.

• Remain hands-on through coding, code reviews, design reviews, and problem-solving.

• Own delivery outcomes across discovery, shopping, checkout, and post-purchase flows.

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

• Oversee release planning, production readiness, and incident management.

• Collaborate with Product, UX, Backend, QA, Analytics, and Release teams.

• Champion AI-enabled development, testing, quality, and performance optimization practices.

• Drive initiatives for performance optimization, crash reduction, and stability metrics.

• Ensure accessibility, localization, experimentation, and analytics best practices.

• Lead Agile ceremonies and continuously improve engineering processes and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.

• 3+ years of experience managing mobile engineering teams.

• Strong technical background in iOS and/or Android development.

• Experience with modern mobile architectures such as MVVM, Clean Architecture, and modular design.

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

• Strong communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with Swift, Kotlin, SwiftUI, UIKit, Jetpack, or Compose.

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

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

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

• Experience supporting applications with millions of users.

About Us

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.

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, focusing on developing cutting-edge solutions across e-commerce, supply chain, and customer experience.