Hybrid Mobile App Tech Lead | iOS & Android

RACV; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Policy and RACV Club discounts

RACV Club membership

Partner discounts

Job summary

RACV is seeking an experienced Mobile App Technical Lead to guide the architecture and delivery of our native iOS and Android apps. You will mentor engineers, establish standards, and drive CI/CD and security, while collaborating with product, UX/UI, architects and partners.

This role blends hands-on coding with leadership in a flexible, hybrid setup, offering opportunities to influence RACV's mobile strategy and architectural direction.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in technical direction and mentoring developers
• Extensive experience building native mobile apps on iOS and Android
• Hands-on with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK, Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit
• Proven track record delivering large-scale mobile apps
• Knowledge of modern mobile architecture and DI patterns
• Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL and microservices
• Security and authentication knowledge (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, MFA)
• Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Firebase, monitoring and analytics
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Tertiary qualification or equivalent; Azure/mobile certs valued

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, deployment and support of native iOS and Android apps
• Provide hands-on leadership across Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Swift, SwiftUI and UIKit
• Define and champion mobile architecture patterns, standards, coding practices and security controls
• Prepare technical designs and conduct code reviews for scalable, maintainable solutions
• Drive CI/CD, Azure DevOps, release automation and mobile deployment practices
• Collaborate with Product Owners, UX/UI Designers, Architects and developers to translate requirements into mobile solutions
• Mentor engineers and coordinate internal and multi-vendor teams to lift engineering capability
• Troubleshoot complex applications, integration, authentication and performance issues using observability tools
• Evaluate emerging mobile technologies to continuously improve RACV’s mobile capability

Skills

Kotlin

Swift

Jetpack Compose

SwiftUI

MVVM

Clean Architecture

Dependency Injection

Leadership

Code Reviews

Azure DevOps

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

Android Studio

Xcode

Firebase

Azure DevOps

Job description

RACV is seeking an experienced Mobile App Technical Lead to guide the architecture and delivery of our native iOS and Android apps. You will mentor engineers, establish standards, and drive CI/CD and security, while collaborating with product, UX/UI, architects and partners.

This role blends hands-on coding with leadership in a flexible, hybrid setup, offering opportunities to influence RACV's mobile strategy and architectural direction.