Manager - Mobile Architecture & Engineering

Etihad Airways

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Synopsis

The Manager, Mobile Architecture & Engineering is a senior technical leader responsible for defining scalable mobile architecture and engineering strategy across iOS, Android, hybrid, and cross-platform applications. The role combines technical and people leadership with governance across security, quality, performance, observability, and CI/CD, while driving the adoption of AI and Generative AI across customer experiences and software development. A key focus is selecting the most effective technology approach based on business and engineering needs rather than advocating a single technology stack.

Accountabilities

Lead the implantation of mobile engineering and architecture strategy and standards across iOS, Android, and hybrid/cross-platform applications, with a focus on Ionic-Angular.
Define reference architectures, reusable components, SDK strategies, integration patterns, and engineering guardrails, including native versus hybrid criteria.
Drive API-first and event-driven integration patterns, ensuring scalability, reliability, offline capabilities, accessibility, localization, analytics, and security.
Drive AI-assisted development across requirements, design, code, test, security, release, and operations using tools such as GitHub Copilot.
Set engineering standards based on SOLID principles, clean architecture, code reviews, static analysis, dependency management, and automated quality gates.
Establish effective testing, automation, performance KPIs, telemetry, and observability across mobile applications.
Govern mobile CI/CD and DevSecOps, including automated build/testing, SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets detection, signing, and App Store/Google Play deployment.
Lead mobile security and privacy, including OWASP Mobile, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect, biometrics, encryption, secure storage, device integrity, and API security.
Govern architecture, engineering standards, technical debt, technology lifecycle, and modernization roadmaps across legacy, hybrid, native, APIs, cloud integrations, and design systems.
Provide technical leadership across Engineering Managers, Technical Leads, Architects, Mobile Engineers, QA and DevOps, while governing vendor engineering quality, standards, and knowledge transfer.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
7+ years of software engineering experience, working with mobile application development.
5+ years in technical leadership, engineering management, architecture, or equivalent senior engineering responsibility.
Experience with Swift and/or Kotlin, alongside Ionic-Angular or other hybrid mobile technologies using WebKit/WebView i.e., PhoneGap, Cordova.
Master’s degree in computer science, AI, Software Engineering, Technology Management, or a related discipline is desirable.
Relevant cloud, architecture, cybersecurity, mobile, or AI certifications are advantageous.
Demonstrated delivery of large-scale, customer-facing mobile applications.
Significant experience with native and hybrid/cross-platform mobile architectures.
Experience leading multiple engineering squads or technically governing a significant engineering portfolio.
Strong understanding of enterprise SDLC, DevSecOps, testing, security, observability, and production operations.
Practical experience adopting AI within software products and/or the engineering lifecycle.

Etihad Airways is more than the UAE’s national airline - we’re shaping the future of global aviation. From our hub in Abu Dhabi, we connect people across continents and cultures, while driving our “Journey 2030” ambition to double our fleet, expand our network and grow our people for a new era of excellence. Join us and become part of a vision where the world is your workplace and extraordinary experiences take flight.

To learn more visit www.etihad.com

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