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We have a global commitment to diversity,equity,and inclusion as we believe in the undeniable strength that diversity brings to our business, employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Circana is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®. This prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana.\nLearn more at www.circana.com.\nWhat will you be doing?\nWe are looking for an App development lead who would be responsible for designing the solution and leads the end-to-end development and maintenance of Android and IOS applications. Primary focus will be to architect the solutions and lead the development of Android and IOS applications and their integration with back-end services. He/She will be working along-side other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality products is essential.\nAn outstanding app development lead should be able to create/lead functional, attractive applications that perfectly meet the needs of the user.\nJob Responsibilities\nDesigning, building and leading mobile applications for both IOS and android platform. \nMaintaining the code and atomization of the application. \nWork in a fast-paced environment, work independently for delivering the app releases for the end users. \nTranslate designs and wireframes into high-quality code and final delivery to the end users. \nEnsure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application \nWork closely with other team members in guiding software architecture and technology decisions. Mentor, document, and share knowledge, growing the technical capability of the team around you. \nFollow software engineering best practices in code, architecture, and testing. \nLead the end-to-end development of Android and iOS applications, owning architecture, delivery and the technical growth of the team across both platforms. \nUnderstand business and product requirements and translate them into wireframes and solution designs before development begins. \nEnsure delivery happens on time within Circana’s fast-paced culture, managing priorities and dependencies so that committed release dates are met. \nDrive quality delivery by setting and upholding standards for code, testing and the end-user experience in every release. \nPromote a high level of collaboration within the team and with product, design, QA and back-end teams so that the group delivers as one unit. \nMake effective use of AI tools to generate designs and code faster, improving speed of delivery without compromising quality or maintainability. \nManage, coordinate and work effectively with a team of 6 members based in India, allowing for differences in time zone and working practice. \nRequirements\nExperience of around 8+ years with app development, leading the team and ability to pick up new languages and tools quickly.\nExperience in developing Customer facing app (B2C) is good to have. \nExperience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning \nAbility to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.\nAbility to work well with others, learn on the job, and thrive in a dynamic work environment.\nA focus on user-oriented development, supporting services, and end-user satisfaction. \nExcellent verbal and written communication skills. \nFamiliarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery/Continuous Deployment testing, tooling, and processes. \nExperience with performance and memory tuning using different tools. \nDemonstrated experience leading app development for both Android and iOS platforms, through to app store release. \nExperience gathering requirements from stakeholders and creating wireframes or prototypes to validate them before build. \nGood understanding of the challenges specific to B2C applications, such as scale, device fragmentation, app store compliance, user retention and data privacy. \nWell versed with AI tools and AI-assisted development to generate designs and code faster. \nAble to communicate in most of the following languages: English, French, Spanish and/or Portuguese\nProven experience managing and coordinating with distributed teams across Europe, India, US and South Africa. \nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.\nCircana Behaviors\nAs well as the technical skills, experience and attributes that are required for the role, our shared behaviors sit at the core of our organization. Therefore, we always look for people who can continuously champion these behaviors throughout the business within their day-to-day role:\nStay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.\nSeek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.\nOwn the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.\nCenter on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.\nBe a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.\nChampion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.\nCommit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.\nLocation\nThis position can be located in the following area(s):\nFrance (remote) or Paris Office\nSpain (remote) or Madrid Office\nProspective candidates may be asked to consent to background checks (in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice ) Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.\n#LI-AG1","description_format":"text","description_chars":6089,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":6,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Portuguese","level":"All levels","optional":false},{"language":"French","level":"All levels","optional":false},{"language":"Spanish","level":"All levels","optional":false},{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Market Research","Retail & Pricing Analytics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-04T11:15:27Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.861,"p_room":1,"age_days":15,"expected_fill_days":46,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/circana-director-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/circana-director-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T13:10:03Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":24110,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1765215},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1765215"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcircana-director-software-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcircana-director-software-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcircana-director-software-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/circana-director-software-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcircana-director-software-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3739343}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"circana.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3739343},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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