Principal Engineer/Architect
First seen by Alion on Sep 17, 2026.
Principal Engineer/Architect - (B2C Mobile Apps) :
Key Responsibilities :
- Define and drive the overall mobile architecture strategy for React Native applications.
- Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance mobile commerce applications for iOS and Android.
- Establish engineering standards, best practices, and reusable component frameworks.
- Partner with Product Management and UX teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Lead modernization initiatives for mobile platforms and customer-facing digital experiences.
- Architect integrations with eCommerce platforms, CMS, loyalty systems, payment gateways, search platforms, and backend APIs.
- Drive performance optimization, application stability, observability, and mobile security best practices.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to engineering teams.
- Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design discussions.
- Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, release management, and operational excellence.
Required Qualifications :
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5+ years focused on mobile application development.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with React Native in large-scale production environments.
- Strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern mobile application architecture patterns.
- Deep understanding of iOS and Android native platforms and mobile performance optimization.
- Experience building enterprise-grade eCommerce or retail mobile applications.
- Strong experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.
- Expertise in mobile security, authentication, session management, and payment integrations.
Why This Role ?
- Join a Fortune 500 retail leader during the early stages of its Bangalore GCC setup.
- Influence the technology roadmap and architecture of customer-facing digital products.
- Work with global stakeholders across Product, Engineering, UX, and Business functions.
- Shape best practices, engineering standards, and team growth within a high-impact organization.
Skills
React Native, Mobile Architecture, Javascript, TypeScript, eCommerce, RESTful, GraphQL, Cloud, iOS, Android