Technology Manager (Mobile Apps)

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 debt

· 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 flows

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

· Balance feature delivery with platform investments, reliability, and long-term maintainability

· 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 partners

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

· 10+ 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 fast-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