Senior Consultant, Mobile App Engineer

We Put the World on Vacation Travel + Leisure Co. is the world’s leading vacation ownership and travel membership company, with a dynamic and growing portfolio of resort, travel club, and lifestyle travel brands. Our dedicated associates help the company achieve its mission to put the world on vacation. Innovation and growth keep our work interesting and fun. Every day is a chance to learn something new and turn vacation inspiration into exceptional experiences for millions of travelers worldwide.

The Senior Mobile App Consultant serves as the principal technical leader for Mobile Application Development, providing architecture direction, engineering leadership, senior-level development skills and technical governance across Flutter-based mobile platforms and supporting backend Java-based services. This role is responsible for establishing engineering standards, driving application architecture, hands on full stack development, promoting AI-enabled development practices, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing mobile solutions.

The role partners closely with Product, Architecture, Delivery, Quality Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to define technical strategy, evaluate emerging technologies, and deliver innovative digital experiences aligned with business objectives. The Senior Consultant acts as a trusted advisor, mentor, and technical leader, driving modernization initiatives and engineering excellence across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

The Senior Mobile App Consultant reports to the Director of Web and Mobile Applications to deliver robust Mobile application solutions based on best practices of Mobile Apps and AI engineering that are well aligned with the SDLC process.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Technical Leadership – Lead architecture and technical design for Mobile applications, Java BFF services, APIs, and enterprise integrations. Champion AI-enabled software development practices, productivity tools, and engineering automation opportunities. Establish engineering standards, development frameworks, and reusable design patterns that promote scalability, security, and maintainability. Provide technical direction, design approaches, and articulate Mobile delivery best practices. Oversee multiple cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to Mobile architectural standards and promote pattern reuse.

Full Stack Development – Contribute hands-on to full stack development efforts spanning Flutter-based mobile front-end applications and Java-based backend services, including BFF layers, REST APIs, and microservices, as needed to support delivery timelines, prototype new solutions, or unblock engineering teams. Write and review production-quality code across the stack to maintain technical credibility and ensure architectural decisions remain grounded in practical implementation realities. Leverage AI-enabled development tools to accelerate full stack delivery, improve code quality, and model efficient engineering practices for the broader team.

AI Enablement & Innovation – Champion adoption of AI-enabled development tools across the Mobile engineering organization to improve productivity, accelerate delivery, and elevate code quality, establishing best practices and guardrails for responsible AI-assisted development. In parallel, drive opportunities to embed AI-powered capabilities into customer-facing Mobile experiences (personalization, recommendations, conversational interfaces), partnering with Product and Architecture to evaluate feasibility and build vs. buy tradeoffs. Serve as an internal thought leader on emerging AI technologies and their impact on engineering velocity and product differentiation.

Architecture & Solution Design – Define Mobile platform architecture and lead technical evaluation of vendors with clear build vs. buy recommendations. Contribute to the design and rollout of our Mobile applications, enabling reuse and scalability across business solutions. Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture team to balance architectural recommendations with delivery strategy. Review and approve solution designs for alignment with enterprise guidelines, performance SLAs, and quality benchmark.

Observability & Operational Excellence – Establish observability standards across Mobile and backend services, including logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing, to enable proactive detection and resolution of performance and reliability issues. Partner with Infrastructure and Quality Engineering to build dashboards and alerting pipelines, and drive teams to build observability into design from the outset, improving reliability and reducing time to resolution.

Strategic Collaboration & Project Leadership – Engage with various IT teams (Business Relationship Management, Project Management, Architecture, Quality Management) during PMLC and SDLC phases. Lead estimation sessions, recommend Mobile delivery approaches, and ensure alignment with business objectives and technical constraints. Guide implementation of Mobile personalization and recommendation features in customer-facing channels. Communicate technical strategy, delivery progress, and risks to executive leadership.

Technical Guidance & Mentorship – Provide Mobile application and design guidance to technical staff through oversight of complex business requirements analysis. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams across development, QA, and delivery functions. Mentor junior and mid-level Mobile engineers. Support process enhancements and improvements across delivery teams

Travel Requirements

Travel: Less than 10%. Travel to different business units or sites may be necessary.

Minimum Requirements and Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Master's degree, or related field preferred

Knowledge and skills

Strong analytical, logical reasoning, and problem-solving skills

Excellent written and oral communication abilities with both technical and business stakeholders

Experience consulting and collaborating with customers, business stakeholders, and leadership

Ability to set technical direction, define standards, and guide delivery teams

Senior-level development experience with full stack capability across mobile and backend services

Practical experience applying AI to boost development productivity and to build AI-powered customer-facing features

Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable Mobile solutions

Experience leading diverse teams and providing technical oversight to multiple functional teams

Experience managing relationships with Mobile Application vendors and cloud service providers

Strong teamwork, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills

Technical Skills

Mobile Solutions:

Practical experience with Mobile Application development: Flutter, Dart, iOS, Swift, Xcode, Android, Kotlin, Firebase

Experience in Backend Service development: Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, REST APIs

AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms

Experience leveraging AI-enabled development tools and engineering automation solutions including Claude, Cursor, Copilot, AWS Kiro, etc.

Core Technical Stack:

Proficiency in Mobile Application frameworks for both IOS and Android development

Related Experience with Microservices development, and BFF architectures

Understanding of the entire Mobile App lifecycle including App Store management

Enterprise Integration & Deployment:

Background in Understanding of GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, SonarQube, and CI/CD pipelines

Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture

Proficiency in API development

How You'll Be Rewarded:

We offer a diverse range of comprehensive health and welfare benefits to associates who work 30 or more hours per week to meet your needs and support you throughout your career with us. Certain benefits may be available to associates working fewer hours where required by applicable law. Travel + Leisure Co. benefits include:

Note: Temporary and/or seasonal associates are ineligible for Paid Time Off.

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending accounts

Life and accident coverage

Disability

Depending on position, paid time off, parental leave and holidays (speak to your recruiter for additional information)

Wish day paid time to volunteer at an approved organization of your choice

401k with employer match (subject to eligibility requirements, including tenure - speak to your recruiter for additional information)

Legal and identify theft plan

Voluntary income protection benefits

Wellness program (subject to provider availability)

Employee Assistance Program

Where Memories Start with You

Hospitality is at the heart of all we do at Travel + Leisure Co. Here, you’ll find an inclusive environment where we deliver excellence and take time to have fun, celebrate together, and support one another. We're always looking ahead to what’s next and how we can strengthen our business, its neighboring communities, and the customer experience. Join our global team and build a career where memories start with you.