WILLIAMS-SONOMA INDIA
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Work Location : Pune, India
Job Title : Lead - Mobile App Engineer
Business Unit : WSI Corporate Technology, Pune
About the Team
You will be part of the Mobile Engineering organization responsible for building and evolving best-in-class iOS and Android applications that serve millions of customers across Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s portfolio of brands. The team partners closely with Product, UX, Backend, Analytics, and QA teams to deliver scalable, high-performance, and customer-centric mobile commerce experiences.
of the Role
The Lead App Engineer will drive the architecture, development, and delivery of iOS and Android applications used across Williams-Sonoma’s digital ecosystem. This role combines deep hands-on development expertise with technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will define engineering standards, influence platform strategy, and ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure mobile solutions.
Responsibilities include:
Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of scalable iOS and Android applications.
Define, evolve, and enforce mobile engineering standards aligned with WSI best practices.
Drive adoption of MVVM, Clean Architecture, and modular design patterns.
Own technical decisions related to performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
Develop high-quality mobile applications using Swift and modern iOS frameworks; contribute to Android development using Kotlin.
Build reusable components, SDKs, and shared libraries across brands.
Optimize application performance, memory usage, and responsiveness.
Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pair programming.
Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Designers, QA, and Backend Engineers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
Ensure high code quality through automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
Champion responsible and secure use of AI in development, testing, and quality practices.
Participate in release planning, on-call rotations, and production issue resolution.
Qualifications:
8+ years of hands-on iOS development experience.
Strong expertise in Swift, iOS SDK, and Apple Human Interface Guidelines.
Experience with UIKit and/or SwiftUI.
Deep understanding of mobile app architectures such as MVC, MVVM, and Clean Architecture.
Experience integrating RESTful APIs and managing complex data flows.
Proven experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring engineers.
Good to have hands-on experience with Android development using Kotlin and Jetpack components.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
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. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teens, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, GreenRow and Mark and Graham. We currently operate retail stores globally, and our products are available through catalogs and online worldwide.
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 and focuses on developing cutting-edge solutions in areas such as e-commerce, supply chain optimization, and customer experience management. By integrating advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine learning, the India Technology Center plays a crucial role in accelerating Williams-Sonoma's growth and maintaining its competitive edge in the global market.
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the home. Our family of brands includes Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room, and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.
