We Put the World on Vacation
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.
Essential Job Responsibilities
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 with delivery strategy. Review and approve solution designs for alignment with enterprise guidelines, performance SLAs, and quality benchmark.
- Observability & Operational Excellence – Establish observability standards across Mobile and backend services, including logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing, to enable proactive detection and resolution of performance and reliability issues. Partner with Infrastructure and Quality Engineering to build dashboards and alerting pipelines, and drive teams to build observability into design from the outset, improving reliability and reducing time to resolution.
- Strategic Collaboration & Project Leadership – Engage with various IT teams (Business Relationship Management, Project Management, Architecture, Quality Management) during PMLC and SDLC phases. Lead estimation sessions, recommend Mobile delivery approaches, and ensure alignment with business objectives and technical constraints. Guide implementation of Mobile personalization and recommendation features in customer-facing channels. Communicate technical strategy, delivery progress, and risks to executive leadership.
- Technical Guidance & Mentorship – Provide Mobile application and design guidance to technical staff through oversight of complex business requirements analysis. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams across development, QA, and delivery functions. Mentor junior and mid-level Mobile engineers. Support process enhancements and improvements across delivery teams
Travel Requirements
Travel: Less than 10%. Travel to different business units or sites may be necessary.
Minimum Requirements and Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, or related field
- Master's degree, or related field preferred
Knowledge and skills
- Strong analytical, logical reasoning, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and oral communication abilities with both technical and business stakeholders
- Experience consulting and collaborating with customers, business stakeholders, and leadership
- Ability to set technical direction, define standards, and guide delivery teams
- Senior-level development experience with full stack capability across mobile and backend services
- Practical experience applying AI to boost development productivity and to build AI-powered customer-facing features
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable Mobile solutions
- Experience leading diverse teams and providing technical oversight to multiple functional teams
- Experience managing relationships with Mobile Application vendors and cloud service providers
- Strong teamwork, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
Technical Skills
Mobile Solutions:
- Practical experience with Mobile Application development: Flutter, Dart, iOS, Swift, Xcode, Android, Kotlin, Firebase
- Experience in Backend Service development: Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, REST APIs
- AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
- Experience leveraging AI-enabled development tools and engineering automation solutions including Claude, Cursor, Copilot, AWS Kiro, etc.
Core Technical Stack:
- Proficiency in Mobile Application frameworks for both IOS and Android development
- Related Experience with Microservices development, and BFF architectures
- Understanding of the entire Mobile App lifecycle including App Store management
Enterprise Integration & Deployment:
- Background in Understanding of GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, SonarQube, and CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture
- Proficiency in API development
How You'll Be Rewarded:
We offer a diverse range of comprehensive health and welfare benefits to associates who work 30 or more hours per week to meet your needs and support you throughout your career with us. Certain benefits may be available to associates working fewer hours where required by applicable law. Travel + Leisure Co. benefits include:
Note: Temporary and/or seasonal associates are ineligible for Paid Time Off.
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible spending accounts
- Life and accident coverage
- Disability
- Depending on position, paid time off, parental leave and holidays (speak to your recruiter for additional information)
- Wish day paid time to volunteer at an approved organization of your choice
- 401k with employer match (subject to eligibility requirements, including tenure - speak to your recruiter for additional information)
- Legal and identify theft plan
- Voluntary income protection benefits
- Wellness program (subject to provider availability)
- Employee Assistance Program
Where Memories Start with You
Hospitality is at the heart of all we do at Travel + Leisure Co. Here, you’ll find an inclusive environment where we deliver excellence and take time to have fun, celebrate together, and support one another. We're always looking ahead to what’s next and how we can strengthen our business, its neighboring communities, and the customer experience. Join our global team and build a career where memories start with you.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applications will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], including the title and location of the position for which you are applying.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Master's degree in related field
- Senior-level full stack mobile and backend development experience
- Practical experience with Flutter and Dart (mobile)
- Experience with iOS development (Swift, Xcode) and Android (Kotlin)
- Experience with Firebase
- Backend development with Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, and REST APIs
- Experience with microservices and BFF architectures
- Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
- Experience with AI-enabled development tools (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, AWS Kiro) and applying AI to products
- Familiarity with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, SonarQube and CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Observability practices: logging, monitoring, alerting, distributed tracing
- Understanding of App Store lifecycle and mobile app deployment
- Experience leading, mentoring, and providing technical guidance to engineering teams
- Experience managing relationships with mobile vendors and cloud service providers
- Willingness/ability to travel up to 10%
Travel + Leisure Co. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Travel + Leisure Co. and has not been reviewed or approved by Travel + Leisure Co..
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision options with HSA and FSA accounts. Company-paid life and disability coverage plus a wellness incentive that can reduce premiums expand the breadth of care.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with a company match available after an initial waiting period and enrollment soon after hire. These features strengthen long-term financial security alongside base pay.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Travel discounts across brands, paid volunteer time, recognition programs, and learning and tuition support are emphasized. These lifestyle and development perks add meaningful non-cash value aligned with the company’s travel focus.
Travel + Leisure Co. Insights
What We Do
Travel + Leisure Co. is the world’s leading membership and leisure travel company, with nearly 20 travel brands across its resort, travel club, and lifestyle portfolio. The company provides outstanding vacation experiences and travel inspiration to millions of owners, members, and subscribers every year through its products and services: Wyndham Destinations, the largest vacation ownership company with more than 245 vacation club resort locations across the globe; Panorama, the world’s foremost membership travel business that includes the largest vacation exchange company, industry-leading travel technology, and subscription travel brands; and Travel + Leisure Group, featuring top travel content, travel services including the brand’s eponymous travel club, and branded consumer products. At Travel + Leisure Co., our global team of associates brings hospitality to millions each year, turning vacation inspiration into exceptional travel experiences. We put the world on vacation.
