About this role
Salary: £80,000 - 100,000 per year
Requirements
- Substantial commercial experience developing native mobile applications.
- Strong expertise in Swift with SwiftUI or UIKit, or Kotlin with Jetpack Compose.
- Experience leading architectural decisions for complex mobile applications.
- Practical knowledge of app store releases, automated testing and CI/CD.
- Experience resolving performance issues such as slow start times, memory growth or rendering problems.
- Understanding of secure mobile development and maintainable application architecture.
- Enthusiasm for AI-assisted engineering, supported by sound technical judgement.
- People management experience or clear readiness to take on direct reports.
- For a squad covering both platforms, comfort discussing and reviewing work outside your main specialism; equal depth in iOS and Android is not expected.
- Experience in a regulated industry is useful but not essential.
Responsibilities
- Lead native development across iOS, Android or a squad covering both platforms.
- Make architectural decisions and set standards for code quality and testing.
- Own the relevant App Store or Google Play release processes.
- Improve application stability, accessibility, security and performance.
- Develop automated testing and maintain effective CI/CD pipelines.
- Help engineers use AI tools effectively and validate their output.
- Work with Product to clarify requirements, plan delivery and resolve blockers.
- Manage and coach engineers through regular one-to-ones, feedback and development plans.
- Develop features, direct AI agents, review code and make architectural decisions, with around 60% to 70% of the role devoted to hands-on engineering.
- Guide the development of our current native applications and contribute to future mobile architecture and tooling decisions.
Technologies
- AI
- AI Agents
- Android
- CI/CD
- Support
- Kotlin
- Mobile
- Security
- Swift
- UIKit
- iOS
More
We are recruiting a Lead Mobile Engineer for a global software business whose products support organisations in regulated industries. Mobile is an important area of product investment, and you will help improve existing applications and shape the next generation of mobile experiences. We are particularly interested in strong iOS expertise, while also welcoming engineers with an Android specialism. This permanent role is based in the UK and offers a salary of £80,000–£100,000. You will have influence over our mobile applications, their architecture and how your squad works, while continuing to build and release native mobile software.
last updated 44 week of 2026