Lead Mobile Engineer (React Native)

We’re looking for a Lead Mobile App Engineer (React Native) to join our Digital Technology organization. This is a senior individual contributor role that combines hands-on development with technical leadership within a team or product area.

As a Lead Engineer, you’ll:

· Own the technical execution of complex mobile features

· Lead design and implementation within your team

· Mentor engineers and raise overall code quality

· Partner closely with Product, Design, Backend, and QA teams

· Help deliver reliable, high-quality mobile experiences used by millions of guests

This role is ideal for experienced mobile engineers who want to lead technically, remain deeply hands-on, and grow toward Staff-level impact over time.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Hands-On Engineering

· Design, build, and maintain mobile features using React Native, TypeScript, and JavaScript

· Contribute native iOS and Android code when needed (Swift / Objective-C / Java / Kotlin)

· Own feature delivery from design through release in the App Store and Google Play

· Perform thoughtful code reviews focused on quality, performance, and maintainability

· Troubleshoot and resolve production issues; participate in incident response as needed

· Build reusable components and shared patterns for multi-brand mobile applications

Technical Design & Architecture

· Lead technical design for features and medium-to-large initiatives

· Author and review design documents and implementation plans

· Apply established mobile architecture patterns (state management, navigation, offline support)

· Integrate mobile apps with backend services (REST, GraphQL, authentication)

· Ensure secure coding practices and data protection standards are met

Quality, Performance & Reliability

· Optimize app performance (startup time, rendering efficiency, memory usage)

· Implement and maintain observability using tools like Splunk and Firebase Crashlytics

· Champion automated testing:

o Unit tests (Jest or similar)

o Integration and E2E tests (Maestro or similar)

· Ensure accessibility compliance (WCAG / Section 508)

· Contribute to improving crash-free sessions and overall app stability

CI/CD & Release Support

· Contribute to mobile CI/CD pipelines

· Support release execution, versioning, and store submissions

· Follow established release and OTA deployment practices

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

· Act as a technical lead within your team or feature area

· Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, reviews, and guidance

· Lead technical discussions and influence team-level engineering decisions

· Collaborate effectively with Product, Design, Backend, QA, and DevOps partners

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

4 Year Degree and/or Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field

· 7 years of professional software engineering experience

· 4 years building and shipping React Native mobile applications

· Proven experience delivering apps to Apple App Store and Google Play

· Strong proficiency in:

o React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+)

o Redux, Context API, Hooks, React Navigation

· Experience integrating mobile apps with REST and/or GraphQL APIs

· Solid understanding of mobile performance, testing, and debugging

· Experience working in production environments with real users at scale

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

· Experience with native mobile development (iOS and/or Android)

· Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and mobile release workflows

· Experience with offline data storage (SQLite, Realm, Redux-persist)

· Exposure to mobile security concepts (OAuth, secure storage)

· Experience working on multi-brand or large-scale consumer app

· Strong ownership and accountability for delivery

· Clear communicator of technical ideas and tradeoffs

· Collaborative, pragmatic problem solver

· Growth-oriented mentor who helps raise team quality

· Comfortable operating with moderate autonomy and guidance

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Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.

We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.