About the Team : Navi’s Engineering team builds the backbone of our financial products—spanning lending, payments, insurance, investments, and debt management. We operate as cross-functional teams that work closely with Product, Data, and Business functions to deliver reliable, high performance systems at scale. Our engineers focus on solving real-world challenges through scalable architecture, automation, and long-term thinking—ensuring every Navi product is built to serve millions efficiently and seamlessly. What We Expect From You : Formulate and drive the overarching technical vision, strategic architecture, and forward-looking roadmap for sophisticated iOS applications. Provide technical stewardship and mentoring, fostering high-caliber software engineering practices and cultivating an environment of engineering excellence. Strategically liaise with Product Management, UX / UI Design teams, Backend Developers, and executive leadership to deliver groundbreaking and superior user experiences. Proactively identify, dissect, and resolve intricate performance bottlenecks, addressing scalability, stability, and reliability imperatives comprehensively. Pioneer advanced software components, establish best-in-class frameworks, and lead implementation of complex architectural paradigms. Champion impeccable code quality standards via meticulous peer reviews, rigorous automated testing practices, and sophisticated continuous integration / delivery methodologies. Articulate and document detailed architectural strategies, technical blueprints, and visionary roadmaps with exceptional clarity. Provide strategic oversight and substantial contributions to the evolution and enhancement of Navi’s holistic mobile and technological infrastructure. Define precise, measurable benchmarks and outcomes to evaluate technical progress and success metrics rigorously. Must Haves Driven by passion and a commitment to driving impactful change, Strive to inspire others and elevate the app experience. Dedicated to creating pathways for fellow developers to collaboratively learn and grow, aligning our collective efforts with organizational goals. Able to initiate and drive the tech initiatives by aligning stakeholders together. Familiarity with cross-platform mobile frameworks (e.G., Flutter, React Native, Xamarin, CMM, KMP) is highly desirable. 6+ years of extensive, progressive expertise architecting, engineering, and deploying sophisticated iOS applications leveraging Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, and other relevant frameworks. Profound mastery of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), advanced data structures, algorithms, and intricate software architecture patterns. Demonstrable leadership in designing highly performant, scalable, and robust mobile application architectures with deep practical experience in applying SOLID principles and advanced engineering methodologies. Proven track record of architecting, leading, and releasing multiple impactful applications with significant user adoption in the Apple App Store. Advanced proficiency in multithreading, concurrency, sophisticated memory management strategies, comprehensive performance optimization, and solving intricate technical problems. Deep expertise and nuanced understanding of networking protocols, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, sophisticated caching strategies, and diverse database technologies (CoreData, Realm, SQLite, etc.). Expert-level acumen in test-driven development (TDD), comprehensive unit testing, and robust integration testing methodologies. Exceptional proficiency in implementing precise, complex UI / UX designs flows into flawless, sophisticated, and responsive interfaces that can support offline capabilities. Superior analytical prowess, innovative problem-solving capability, and strategic leadership in troubleshooting and complex technical issue resolution. Exceptional adeptness in leading Agile / Scrum methodologies, expertly facilitating stand-ups, sprints, retrospectives, and organizational process enhancement initiatives. Superior communication and stakeholder management capabilities, adeptly conveying complex technical concepts and strategic visions clearly and effectively across organizational tiers. Inside Navi We are shaping the future of financial services for a billion Indians through products that are simple, accessible, and affordable. From Personal & Home Loans to
Design Lead • Bengaluru, Republic Of India, IN