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

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.