Employment type: Full-time.
We are seeking an experienced Lead Mobile Engineer to support our clients in the strategy, development, and execution of mobile applications across platforms. This role will have different responsibilities depending on the state of the projects which may be:
Leading a team of talented engineers and collaborate with product, design, and other cross-functional teams to deliver world-class mobile experiences to our users
Propose technical state of the art architectures for a new app or the evolution of a current application
Leadership & Strategy
Serve as a mobile technology expert and advocate across the company.
Knowledge of the state of the art technically
Monitor market trends and mobile product behaviors (e.g., analyzing average time spent on mobile purchase journeys in retail apps).
Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing mobile engineering team.
Drive best practices in coding, architecture, security, and performance across mobile platforms
Delivery & Execution
Oversee the development, deployment, and maintenance of all mobile applications
Champion a quality-driven approach, establishing robust CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and app stability metrics.
Ensure timely delivery of high-quality software through agile methodologies.
Partner with Product Management and Design to scope features and set technical direction.
Ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical client stakeholders, helping clients navigate the trade-offs between speed, cost, and technical debt.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Be able to collaborate with backend and web teams to ensure seamless API integration and consistent user experience.
Deep knowledge of REST / GraphQL is a plus.
Innovation & Growth
Stay current with industry trends and assess emerging technologies for future mobile strategy: Ex: KMP+CMP vs Skip.
Community & Advocacy
Drive internal and client initiatives around mobile: talks, workshops, etc.
Please note, this role requires you to be on-site in London 3 days a week.
Requirements
Proven experience (10+ years) in mobile engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Strong technical expertise in native iOS (Swift) and/or Android (Kotlin) development.
While Android and iOS native development is one of our big focus, we also have projects in React Native, Flutter, KMP/CMP, etc - having experience with more than one framework is a plus, but it’s only necessary to have deep knowledge of one and willingness to learn about the rest
Experience leading teams of mobile engineers, ideally in a high-growth or consumer-facing company.
Deep understanding of mobile architecture, design patterns (MVVM, MVI, etc.), and platform-specific guidelines.
Track record of delivering and scaling complex mobile apps with millions of users.
Excellent communication (in English) and strategic thinking skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working in an AI-First Development environment or utilizing AI tools to enhance engineering robustness and efficiency.
Experience with cross-platform frameworks (e.g., React Native, Flutter, KMP/CMP). Deep knowledge of one framework and a strong willingness to learn others is highly valued.
Experience working in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and app store release management.
Background in performance tuning, mobile analytics, and A/B testing.
Benefits
Competitive day rate
At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.
Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera. We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact on their users and businesses across the world.
You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.
We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.
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