[Hiring] Senior Manager - Technology @firstsourc

Role Description

The role will own the mobile application technology roadmap, architecture governance, vendor collaboration, platform stability, release management, and long-term maintainability of the organization's mobile applications. The individual will also play a key role in mentoring engineers, improving team capability, and driving succession planning. This role requires strong expertise in React Native-based mobile platform development with working knowledge of native iOS and Android ecosystems, a solid understanding of mobile architecture patterns with leadership & collaboration skills to mentor & guide a team of developers. The ideal candidate is passionate about mobile technology, thrives in collaborative environments, and has a proven track record of delivering high-quality mobile applications at scale with good communication & collaboration skills.

• End-to-end ownership of mobile release management, App Store/Play Store publishing, compliance, monitoring, crash analytics, and production support.
• Own technical governance of vendor-delivered code, ensuring architecture compliance, documentation completeness, code quality, and effective knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate with backend teams and leverage APIs, databases, and integration patterns to deliver robust mobile solutions.
• Good understanding and experience with governance & information security best practices for mobile applications.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, stakeholders & SMEs to translate business requirements into detailed technical specifications.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing sessions. Drive capability development and succession planning for critical application components.
• Drive agile delivery through effective planning, release management, documentation, risk mitigation, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex mobile performance, compatibility, and production issues across devices and OS versions.
• Stay current with mobile platform updates (iOS/Android releases) and proactively identify upgrade and optimization opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years hands-on (recent) experience on React Native with delivery of enterprise-scale mobile applications.
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS & TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Mobile application architecture patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture, Modular Architecture).
• State management libraries (Redux, Zustand/Recoil, Context API).
• Mobile Security (Secure storage, Authentication mechanisms, OAuth/OIDC, Mobile security best practices, Data protection standards).
• Mobile CI/CD pipelines / Fastlane / GH Actions or ADO pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience across the full mobile application lifecycle including architecture, development, testing, deployment, performance optimization, and production support.
• Experience managing App Store and Play Store releases, certifications, and compliance requirements.
• API integration, offline storage, caching, and synchronization strategies.
• Mobile application performance optimization and observability.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, API integrations, authentication frameworks, and backend integration patterns.
• Exposure to Open-Source platforms & solutions.
• Hands-on experience using collaboration tools like GitHub & ADO for project and repository management.
• Design & Coding best practices and tools (Sonar/GHAS etc.).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Build redundancy across critical application modules to reduce key-person dependency.

Requirements

• Good to Have: Exposure to one or more of the following technologies:
• Backend Platforms (Python / Node.js).
• Frontend Technologies – React.js (Angular exposure is an added advantage).
• RDMS (Oracle/SQL Server/Postgres).
• Document-based databases like Mongo.
• ORMs like Hibernate, Prisma, TypeORM etc.
• Hands-on experience with Native Android or iOS application design & development.
• Notification Technologies – Firebase, Azure Notification Hub or AWS SNS/Amplify.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps/SecOps, Cloud (Azure/AWS), SaaS/PaaS, AIOps.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience integrating AI-powered capabilities, copilots, or LLM-based services into mobile applications.
• Experience owning or contributing to business-critical production mobile applications with large-scale enterprise usage.

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