Senior Mobile Banking Tech Lead: React Native & API Security

Halian; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian is seeking an experienced Mobile Engineering Lead to manage a dedicated mobile banking squad, delivering features end-to-end for enterprise banking platforms from the Abu Dhabi region.

You will own end-to-end delivery, align with architecture and regulatory requirements, mentor RN/Android/iOS teams, and collaborate with product, API, and UX/UI counterparts to ensure high-quality digital banking solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3-5 years as a Technical Lead or Engineering Lead.
• Proven experience delivering Mobile Banking, Internet Banking, Digital Onboarding, Payments, Corporate Banking, or Financial Services solutions.
• Experience leading squads within Banking or Financial Services organizations.
• Strong knowledge of mobile application security, compliance, and banking regulatory requirements.
• Experience working with large-scale customer-facing applications supporting high transaction volumes and mission-critical services.
• Knowledge of API Management, Microservices, Azure Cloud, and modern software delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a dedicated mobile banking squad comprising mobile developers, backend engineers, QA, DevOps, and business analysts.
• Own end-to-end delivery of mobile banking initiatives with alignment to business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Drive technical design, solution reviews, sprint planning, release planning, and delivery governance for mobile apps.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to React Native, Android, and iOS teams.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, UX/UI, API teams, and business stakeholders to deliver digital banking solutions.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, DevSecOps, security, performance, and quality engineering practices.
• Manage technical risks, dependencies, production issues, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversee integration of mobile apps with APIs, microservices, authentication platforms, and core banking systems.
• Drive performance, scalability, resilience, and observability across mobile channels.
• Support production releases, go-live activities, incident management, and executive reporting.

Skills

Mobile leadership

React Native

Android

iOS

API-first architecture

Microservices

DevSecOps

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

Cloud-native solutions

Tools

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Kong API Gateway

Azure APIM

Apigee

Layer7

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

SonarQube

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

AppDynamics

Job description

Halian is seeking an experienced Mobile Engineering Lead to manage a dedicated mobile banking squad, delivering features end-to-end for enterprise banking platforms from the Abu Dhabi region.

You will own end-to-end delivery, align with architecture and regulatory requirements, mentor RN/Android/iOS teams, and collaborate with product, API, and UX/UI counterparts to ensure high-quality digital banking solutions.