Lead iOS Engineer

Alexander Lyons Solutions; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 360,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander Lyons Solutions is seeking a Lead iOS Engineer to own the technical direction of its iOS SDK. This hands-on leadership role requires setting architecture, shipping features personally, and serving as the technical bridge between iOS, Android, backend and security.

You will mentor the mobile team, drive long-term architecture, and translate product requirements into technical roadmaps while aligning security trade-offs with partner teams.

Qualifications

• Mastery of Swift and Objective-C interoperability with strong iOS security knowledge.
• Experience setting technical direction across multiple teams.
• Proven track record shipping public-facing frameworks with stable APIs.
• Expert-level Swift async/await and Combine expertise.
• Ability to operate in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Drive long-term architecture of a public-facing iOS SDK.
• Align API design and security trade-offs with the Android team.
• Stay hands-on with complex features and production issues.
• Translate product requirements into technical roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers across the mobile team.

Skills

Swift

Objective-C

iOS Security

Technical Leadership

Public SDKs

Swift Concurrency

Combine

Matrixed Org

Job description

Our client, a multinational software vendor is seeing a Lead iOS Engineer to own the technical direction of its iOS SDK. This is a hands‑on leadership role: you'll set the architecture, ship features personally, and act as the technical bridge between iOS, Android, Backend and Security.

What you'll do

• Drive the long-term architecture of a public-facing iOS SDK consumed by external partners
• Align API design and security trade-offs (RASP/anti-tamper) with the Android team
• Stay hands‑on — complex features, production issues, high-impact refactors
• Translate product and business requirements into technical roadmaps
• Mentor engineers across the mobile team

What you'll bring

• Mastery of Swift, strong Objective‑C interoperability, deep iOS security knowledge (Keychain, Secure Enclave, biometrics)
• Track record setting technical direction across more than one team
• Experience shipping and versioning public‑facing frameworks with clean, stable APIs
• Expert‑level Swift async/await/Combine
• Comfort operating in a matrixed organisation

Nice to have: Identity, fintech or telecom domain experience (eSIM/eUICC, CoreTelephony); Kotlin Multiplatform familiarity; mobile security/RASP background.