Hybrid Digital Apps Engineer – Web & Mobile

Rathbones Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Discretionary bonus

Flexible holidays

Green Car Scheme

Study support

Volunteering days

Gym discounts

Job summary

Rathbones Group in the UK is actively seeking a Digital Application Developer to build, upgrade and support digital client and adviser applications across web and mobile. You will join the Digital Experience Development team and work on secure, scalable capabilities that empower clients and advisers to engage with Rathbones seamlessly.

The role reports to the Head of Digital Experience Development and involves collaborating with Product, Design, Architecture and Data teams to deliver APIs and

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering modern digital applications in a professional software engineering environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin and Android development frameworks.
• Experience designing, consuming and supporting APIs, integration services and enterprise-scale distributed architectures.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, design patterns, secure development, authentication, authorisation and identity management.
• Experience with CI/CD, source control, automated testing, DevOps practices, monitoring and operational support.
• Good understanding of accessibility, usability, responsive design, performance and mobile-first engineering principles.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and collaboration skills, with experience working in Agile product delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain secure, scalable digital applications across web, iOS and Android channels, with a focus on intuitive client and adviser experiences.
• Build modern web and mobile solutions using React, TypeScript, Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and relevant platform frameworks.
• Develop reusable application components, APIs and integration services connecting digital channels with client, investment, reporting, CRM, identity and operational platforms.
• Implement mobile-native capabilities such as biometrics, push notifications, secure device storage, deep linking and app store release processes.
• Embed engineering best practice across solution design, automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, logging, observability, performance and secure coding.
• Work closely with Product, UX/UI, Business Analysis, Architecture and Engineering colleagues to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Participate fully in Agile delivery, production support and continuous improvement activities, contributing to platform stability and delivery quality.
• Identify opportunities to use AI, automation and emerging technologies to improve client experience, engineering productivity and digital platform capability.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

Swift

SwiftUI

Kotlin

Android

APIs

CI/CD

Agile

Mobile-first design

Accessibility

Tools

Azure cloud services

React Native

Flutter

API management platforms

Job description

Rathbones Group in the UK is actively seeking a Digital Application Developer to build, upgrade and support digital client and adviser applications across web and mobile. You will join the Digital Experience Development team and work on secure, scalable capabilities that empower clients and advisers to engage with Rathbones seamlessly.

The role reports to the Head of Digital Experience Development and involves collaborating with Product, Design, Architecture and Data teams to deliver APIs and