Senior Consultant, Mobile App Engineer

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Travel + Leisure Co. is the world’s leading vacation ownership and travel membership company, with a dynamic and growing portfolio of resort, travel club, and lifestyle travel brands. Our dedicated associates help the company achieve its mission to put the world on vacation. Innovation and growth keep our work interesting and fun. Every day is a chance to learn something new and turn vacation inspiration into exceptional experiences for millions of travelers worldwide.

The Senior Mobile App Consultant serves as the principal technical leader for Mobile Application Development, providing architecture direction, engineering leadership, senior‑level development skills and technical governance across Flutter‑based mobile platforms and supporting backend Java‑based services. This role is responsible for establishing engineering standards, driving application architecture, hands‑on full stack development, promoting AI‑enabled development practices, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, secure, and high‑performing mobile solutions.

The role partners closely with Product, Architecture, Delivery, Quality Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to define technical strategy, evaluate emerging technologies, and deliver innovative digital experiences aligned with business objectives. The Senior Consultant acts as a trusted advisor, mentor, and technical leader, driving modernization initiatives and engineering excellence across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

The Senior Mobile App Consultant reports to the Director of Web and Mobile Applications to deliver robust Mobile application solutions based on best practices of Mobile Apps and AI engineering that are well aligned with the SDLC process.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Technical Leadership – Lead architecture and technical design for Mobile applications, Java BFF services, APIs, and enterprise integrations. Champion AI‑enabled software development practices, productivity tools, and engineering automation opportunities. Establish engineering standards, development frameworks, and reusable design patterns that promote scalability, security, and maintainability. Provide technical direction, design approaches, and articulate Mobile delivery best practices. Oversee multiple cross‑functional teams to ensure adherence to Mobile architectural standards and promote pattern reuse.
• Full Stack Development – Contribute hands‑on to full stack development efforts spanning Flutter‑based mobile front‑end applications and Java‑based backend services, including BFF layers, REST APIs, and microservices as needed to support delivery timelines, prototype new solutions, or unblock engineering teams. Write and review production‑quality code across the stack to maintain technical credibility and ensure architectural decisions remain grounded in practical implementation realities.
  
  Leverage AI‑enabled development tools to accelerate full stack delivery, improve code quality, and model efficient engineering practices for the broader team.
• AI Enablement & Innovation – Champion adoption of AI‑enabled development tools across the Mobile engineering organization to improve productivity, accelerate delivery, and elevate code quality, establishing best practices and guardrails for responsible AI‑assisted development. In parallel, drive opportunities to embed AI‑powered capabilities into customer‑facing Mobile experiences (personalization, recommendations, conversational interfaces), partnering with Product and Architecture to evaluate feasibility and build vs.
  
  buy tradeoffs. Serve as an internal thought leader on emerging AI technologies and their impact on engineering velocity and product differentiation.
• Architecture & Solution Design – Define Mobile platform architecture and lead technical evaluation of vendors with clear build vs. buy recommendations. Contribute to the design and rollout of our Mobile applications, enabling reuse and scalability across business solutions. Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture team to balance architectural recommendations…