Principal Software Engineer - Mobile Apps

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Charlotte, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Principal Software Engineer - Mobile Apps will influence a wide range of business and technology decisions. The role designs, implements, and delivers cross-functional solutions to highly complex problems, provides technical direction for an organization, and helps establish an excellent engineering culture. This position defines mobile technology strategy and end-to-end architecture across mobile and backend systems. It provides technical leadership across Android, iOS, and cross-platform development, including Kotlin Multiplatform and Server-Driven UI. The engineer also leads backend integration, software quality, secure development, delivery pipelines, performance monitoring, and resolution of complex production issues. The role is based at Lowe’s Tech Hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Associates are required to relocate to the hub, and the ideal candidate must be willing to work in the office five days per week. Most business meetings are planned around the Eastern time zone.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer information systems (CIS), or a related field, or equivalent years of experience in lieu of the education requirement, if applicable.
10 years of experience in software development or a related field.
8 years of experience in software engineering competencies involving frontend technologies (UI/UX), middleware (microservices and APIs), database technologies, or DevOps.
8 years of experience working on projects involving implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (SDLC).

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in computer science, CIS, or a related field.
Proven track record of executing a major technology renovation or modernization strategy, preferably containing SDUI, KMP, and GraphQL BFF elements.
Expert knowledge of microservices, server-side design patterns, and high-performance, multi-layered JVM in-memory caching.
Practical, hands-on experience using GenAI APIs, LLM prompt engineering, and code-generation tools or agents to accelerate development.

Responsibilities

Define and execute mobile technology strategy aligned with retail business objectives and senior leadership priorities.
Own end-to-end solution architecture across mobile and backend systems, balancing stability, scalability, security, and cost.
Simplify complex technical challenges into scalable solutions that evolve with business needs.
Provide technical leadership across Android, iOS, and cross-platform mobile development.
Architect shared business logic using Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and dynamic experiences using Server-Driven UI (SDUI).
Drive native development using Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose) and iOS (Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI).
Integrate mobile applications with Spring Boot, Java 21, REST APIs, microservices, and core services including SearchNav, ProductGateway, and TypeAhead.
Drive high-quality design and automated unit and integration testing using JUnit 5, XCTest, MockK, Espresso, and XCUITest.
Champion modern software engineering methodologies and secure development practices, including SAST and DAST.
Drive mobile delivery using Fastlane, TestFlight, Firebase App Distribution, and automated deployment pipelines.
Monitor performance using GCP Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, and distributed tracing across mobile-to-backend journeys.
Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex production issues and critical outages.
Identify customer, engineering, and business challenges and drive clarity, convergence, and closure.
Partner with product owners, engineers, and stakeholders to ensure successful deployment and adoption of mobile solutions.
Evaluate technical tradeoffs and drive engineering decisions that deliver scalable, reliable, and high-performing mobile experiences.