Principle Mobile Software Engineer

About Us

SharkNinjais a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positivelyimpactpeoples lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted global brands Shark and Ninja the company has a proventrack recordof bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowedSharkNinjato enter multiple product categories driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham Massachusetts with more than4100associates the companys products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja were building an AI-native culture. Were not waiting for the future; were creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly adopt new tools and continuously raise whats possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasnt been invented yet youll fit right in.

About the Role

The Principal Software Engineer Mobile is SharkNinjas deepest technical authority on mobile engineering the person others come to when the patterns dont exist yet. Youll define the architectural standards and engineering principles that shape mobile across SharkNinjas connected product ecosystem including SharkClean NinjaPro Connect and the next-generation unified app platform.

Youll tackle the most complex technical challenges at the intersection of mobile firmware cloud AI and consumer experience exercising independent judgment on high-stakes ambiguous decisions with long-term implications.

This is an IC role. Your authority comes from expertise and trust not headcount.

What Youll Own

Solve the Hardest Technical Problems

• Own SharkNinjas most complex non-recurring mobile challenges spanning native iOS/Android cross-platform frameworks cloud integration device connectivity and AI-driven development.
• Make and defend high-stakes architecture and technology decisions with long-term impact on platform reliability and engineering velocity.

Define Technical Standards and Architecture

• Set and evolve mobile engineering standards architecture patterns cross-platform strategy testing philosophy and production-readiness criteria.
• Define integration patterns across mobile cloud firmware and connected devices and drive React Native vs. native platform strategy.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and AI coding tools forming clear technical points of view.

Lead Technical Thought Leadership

• Serve as SharkNinjas go-to authority on mobile engineering across Mobile Firmware Cloud Hardware Product and Design.
• Lead design reviews and communities of practice that raise engineering quality org-wide.

Elevate Engineering Capability

• Mentor senior and staff engineers through proximity to hard problems.
• Build reusable frameworks reference architectures and documentation that outlast any single project.
• Champion AI-driven development workflows across the mobile org.

Advance AI-Ready Mobile Architecture

• Define how the mobile platform integrates with AI on-device inference AI-powered features and data contracts connecting mobile to cloud-based AI services.
• Solve mobile/AI integration challenges with no established playbook ensuring the platform is built for the AI-powered features SharkNinja will ship next.

What Youll Bring

• 12 years of progressive software engineering experience with deep expertise in native iOS (Swift) Android (Kotlin) and React Native.
• A track record of solving the hardest mobile engineering problems architecture cross-platform unification consumer-scale reliability with measurable impact at scale.
• Deep expertise in mobile-to-cloud integration BLE/Wi-Fi connectivity and the full stack from firmware interfaces through cloud services.
• Recognized technical authority sought out when the stakes are highest.
• Proven ability to set engineering standards and frameworks that scale across teams.
• Strong cross-functional influence built on technical credibility not positional authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication translating complex decisions for leadership and business stakeholders.

Preferred: Rust/C/C for cross-platform or performance-critical work; connected product/IoT/robotics/smart home background; AI-integrated mobile architecture experience (on-device ML AI-assisted dev LLM interfaces); experience with platform unification or large-scale architectural transitions; consumer electronics or robotics background.