Lead Mobile Application Developer

Ulta Beauty, Inc.•Bolingbrook, IL

About The Position

Ulta Beauty’s Consumer Technology organization is seeking a passionate, hands-on Lead Engineer to drive next-generation digital commerce experiences. This role sits at the intersection of engineering excellence and intelligent automation - leading a high-performing team to design, build, and scale modern, cloud-native applications that power Ulta’s eCommerce and omnichannel experiences. You will be both a builder and a mentor, ensuring technical rigor while helping evolve our SDLC through AI-powered developer tools, intelligent code generation, and automation-first engineering culture. This isn’t just a lead engineering role - it’s an opportunity to shape how a leading beauty retailer builds software in the AI era. You’ll combine deep hands-on engineering with forward-looking innovation — empowering teams to code smarter, deliver faster, and scale elegantly through intelligent automation and AI-enabled development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (or equivalent experience).
7+ years of experience in software development, with 3+ years in a technical lead role.
Expertise in MVVM, Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
Apple Store and Play Store publishing experience
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Gemini Code assist or similar
Passion for learning new technologies and eagerness to collaborate with other creative minds.
Working knowledge of GIT / Bitbucket repository or any similar version repository experience
Strong collaboration, communication, and mentoring skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Amplience CMS, Commercetools, or other headless commerce systems.
Exposure to GraphQL, Node.js, or React.js for end-to-end solutioning is a plus

Responsibilities

Design & Delivery Excellence - Translate business and product requirements into robust low-level designs, ensuring scalability, observability, and reliability with high code quality while providing technical leadership to the development team and mentoring team members.
AI-Driven Engineering Enablement - Enable and scale adoption of emerging tools that enhance developer productivity through AI (e.g., code generation, automated test creation, pair programming assistants, code review copilots, etc.).
Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with Architects, Product, QE, and SRE teams to deliver business-critical features and technical foundations.
Thought Leadership - Stay current with AI, DevOps, and cloud-native trends. Contribute to architectural direction, technical proof-of-concepts, and developer enablement initiatives.
Problem Solving & Performance Tuning - Investigate production and performance issues, execute root-cause analyses, and lead rapid, sustainable resolutions
Rapid Prototyping & POCs — Drive quick proof-of-concepts to test new architecture patterns. Evaluate outcomes, share learnings, and recommend adoption for broader engineering use.