Senior Director, Mobile Apps Platform (AI-Native)

Ninjakitchen; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with matching

Employee stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

SharkNinja in Needham, MA, seeks a Sr Director, Mobile Applications to own the vision, strategy, and execution of our mobile app platform for millions of users. You will blend hands-on engineering leadership with strategic roadmaps across native iOS/Android and React Native, guiding a global team across the US, UK, and China.

You’ll partner with Product, Design, Firmware, Cloud, Hardware, and Business to shape multi-year plans, drive quality, and deliver consumer-scale apps while advancing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent.
• Extensive leadership experience in mobile app development (iOS/Android).
• Experience with AWS and consumer-scale mobile systems.
• Proven ability to hire, mentor, and develop SDEs/SDETs.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision and long-term strategy for SharkNinja's mobile app platform.
• Lead, grow, and develop a global mobile engineering organization across multiple levels, geographies, and time zones including the US, UK, and China.
• Shape the team's organizational structure, hiring plan, and career development frameworks.
• Define and evolve the software development process, engineering standards, and quality practices.
• Partner with Product, Design, Firmware, Cloud, Hardware, and Business stakeholders to build roadmaps.
• Drive architectural decisions across native iOS and Android and cross-platform technologies including React Native.
• Own the delivery, reliability, performance, and consumer experience end-to-end.
• Manage vendor and offshore contractor relationships with accountability for quality and delivery.
• Represent Mobile Applications at the executive level and communicate strategy to leadership.
• Champion AI-driven processes to accelerate design, coding, and testing.

Skills

Mobile engineering leadership

iOS development

Android development

React Native

AWS experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Job description

SharkNinja in Needham, MA, seeks a Sr Director, Mobile Applications to own the vision, strategy, and execution of our mobile app platform for millions of users. You will blend hands-on engineering leadership with strategic roadmaps across native iOS/Android and React Native, guiding a global team across the US, UK, and China.

You’ll partner with Product, Design, Firmware, Cloud, Hardware, and Business to shape multi-year plans, drive quality, and deliver consumer-scale apps while advancing