Engineering Manager, Mobile App

Levi Strauss; Ciudad de México; Híbrido; MXN 400,000 - 600,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global fashion company in Mexico City seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the Payments domain. You'll manage a high-performing team, ensuring secure and efficient payment processing while aligning with business goals. The role requires over 10 years of experience in software development and proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript. This hybrid position offers a range of benefits, including health insurance and product discounts.

Servicios

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Paid leave

Product discounts

Formación

• 10+ years of experience in architectural design and implementation of robust, scalable applications.
• Proven experience in managing teams, fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Hands-on experience with iOS/Android native mobile development.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
• Ensure technical designs meet high standards for scalability and reliability.
• Champion a DevOps mindset, ensuring operational excellence.

Conocimientos

Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript

Deep understanding of React Native

Knowledge of GraphQL and RESTful APIs

Strong problem-solving skills

Experience in team leadership

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines

Educación

10+ years of experience in software development

Technical leadership experience

Herramientas

Mobile application development Tools

Monitoring and alerting tools

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Calling all originals: At Levi Strauss & Co., you can be yourself — and be part of something bigger. We’re a company of people who like to forge our own path and leave the world better than we found it. Who believe that what makes us different makes us stronger. So add your voice. Make an impact. Find your fit — and your future.

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead the Payments domain in our technology organization. This role is critical to ensuring secure, scalable, and efficient payment processing across our global e-commerce and retail ecosystem. You will be responsible for managing a high-performing engineering team that builds and operates payment APIs and services supporting credit cards, gift cards, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), fraud detection, reconciliation, and in-store payment integrations.

You will drive technical excellence, architecture, and execution in alignment with our domain-driven design and direct-to-consumer strategy. As an engineering leader, you will collaborate with product management, security, store teams, mobile app team, website teams, and external payment providers to deliver robust, compliant, and scalable payment solutions. You will lead a highly skilled team of software engineers in a “you build it, you run it” environment. Your primary responsibility will be to drive your team toward successful and efficient delivery of high-quality software, while fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You’ll ensure the team is aligned with company goals, adheres to best engineering practices, and upholds robust DevOps principles, including designing, building, testing, deploying, and monitoring the applications and services they create.

About the Job

Responsibilities

• Lead and Mentor: Provide technical guidance, career development support, and mentorship to team members, helping them to grow in both technical and soft skills.

• Team Leadership & Culture: Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and trust where engineers feel ownership of their work and are empowered to take initiative.

• Strategic Planning: Work closely with Product Management, UX, and other stakeholders to define and deliver on a roadmap aligned with company objectives and customer needs.

• Technical Execution: Ensure that technical designs, code, and testing meet high standards. Facilitate architectural and design discussions to guarantee scalable and resilient solutions.

• Process Management: Improve software development processes, implementing best practices for CI/CD, code reviews, automated testing, and deployment to streamline development and deployment cycles.

• Ownership of Operations: Champion a DevOps mindset, where the team not only builds but also runs and monitors their own applications in production, ensuring reliability, availability, and performance.

• Problem Solving: Facilitate solutions to complex technical problems, proactively identifying bottlenecks, risks, and quality concerns, and implementing measures to address them.

• Performance Monitoring: Track and report on team performance, KPIs, and quality metrics, ensuring a high level of transparency and focus on improvement areas. Prioritize talent development and help with hiring new talent and grow engineers that are already at Levi Strauss & Co.

• Experience Working with Global Companies: Work with teams around the world and support your global-capable platform.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in architectural design and implementation of robust, scalable, and maintainable mobile applications with tangible accomplishments in ecommerce or similar customer-facing digital experiences.

• Proven Experience: Minimum 7 years of engineering experience, including hands-on software development and at least 2 years in a management or technical leadership role.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript with a deep understanding of React Native. Deep knowledge of GraphQL, RESTful APIs, event-driven architecture, cloud-native services, and managing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.

• Strong Leadership: Track record of managing and motivating a team, fostering a productive, collaborative, and high-accountability environment.

• Process Improvement: Demonstrated ability to identify process inefficiencies and implement improvements that accelerate development without compromising quality.

• Problem Solving & Decision Making: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make informed decisions and prioritize effectively.

• Stakeholder Management: Experience working with cross-functional teams, especially Product and UX, to ensure cohesive product development and delivery.

• Operational Excellence: Commitment to maintaining high standards for operational reliability, availability, and scalability, as well as familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools.

• Hands-on Experience with Native Mobile Development: iOS (Swift/Objective-C), Android (Kotlin/Java), and UI automation testing frameworks (Appium, Selenium).

• Security & Compliance: Understanding of mobile app PCI compliance, security best practices, and fraud prevention strategies.

• Analytics & Testing: Familiarity with A/B testing, performance monitoring, and analytics tools for mobile applications.

Note: This is a hybrid position based in our San Francisco, CA headquarters. You will be expected in office 3 days per week typically Tuesday-Thursday. Time in office can vary depending on business needs.

The expected starting salary range for this role is not disclosed here and may vary by location. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on location, education, qualifications, performance, and business needs.

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) offers a total rewards package that includes base pay, incentive plans, 401(k) matching, paid leave, health insurance, product discounts, and more. Details relating to a specific role will be made available upon request. Read more about our benefits here.

LS&Co. is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome and value people from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences to make LS&Co. a collective success.

LOCATION: Mexico, D.F., Mexico — FULL TIME