Director, Mobile & Platform Engineering

Overview In this Director role, you will shape the strategy and delivery of scalable mobile and platform technologies that power fast-growing commerce. You will lead architecture, reliability, and secure cloud-based middleware while coordinating with Product, Design, Infrastructure, Security, and Data teams. You’ll mentor engineers and engineering managers to drive technical excellence in a high-growth environment. This position offers high visibility and an opportunity to influence technology strategy, platform scalability, and engineering culture. ResponsibilitiesLead architecture and technical strategy for cloud-based middleware platformsDrive engineering best practices across backend services, APIs, distributed systems, and SOAEnsure platform reliability, observability, security during peak trafficSet standards for performance optimization, monitoring, incident response, and fault-tolerant designOversee mobile engineering to deliver scalable, high-performing appsOwn release management, deployment strategies, and production readiness for mobile platformsMentor engineering managers and engineers to foster accountability and collaborationCollaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable solutionsIdentify and mitigate technical risks while balancing delivery speed with long-term sustainabilityDrive continuous improvement in architecture, code quality, testing, documentation, and ops readiness Key requirementsleadership experience in mobile and platform engineeringexpertise in cloud-based middleware, APIs, distributed systems, and SOAability to ensure reliability, observability, and security during high-volume eventsproven track record of release management and production readinessstrong cross-functional collaboration and mentoring skillsstrategic thinking to balance delivery speed with long-term platform healthcross-functional collaborationleadership and mentoringaccountabilitycloud-based middlewareAPIsdistributed systems