iOS Engineer

VELOCITY MOBILE LTD.; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Annual leave with tenure increase

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Capital One UK in Nottingham is seeking a senior engineer to lead and grow a mobile engineering community. You will design and develop features across diverse teams, mentoring juniors while guiding architectures and promoting modern practices like TDD, BDD, and pair programming.

You will collaborate with engineering managers and senior engineers, contribute to a hybrid working model (Nottingham head office), and deliver frequent high-quality releases in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Senior engineer with leadership mindset and mentoring responsibilities.
• Diverse technical background from backend to mobile ecosystems.
• Advocate for modern engineering practices in mobile communities of practice.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software features across mobile teams.
• Mentor juniors and guide target architectures.
• Promote quality with TDD/BDD and pair programming.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to maximise inner-sourcing and reduce waste.
• Deliver frequent, high-quality releases in a regulated environment.

Skills

Senior engineer

Guide juniors

Backend to mobile

Questioning mindset

TDD/BDD

Pair Programming

Communication across teams

Delivery of high-quality releases

Tools

Swift & iOS Toolsets

AWS Cloud

Jenkins

Git

Job description

Working in and across self-organised mobile engineering teams is a natural part of our outcome-based culture. You'll design and develop software features that are delightful and vital to the lives of credit card consumers across all walks of life, collaborating closely with engineering managers and senior engineers across teams to keep our mobile offering compelling.

You do not need to be an expert in all of these areas; we are primarily looking for excellent problem solvers with a strong willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.

Technology stack

• Swift & iOS Toolsets(Xcode, XCTest, XCUITest) for building high-performing mobile applications
• Cloud / AWS, leveraging cloud opportunities for backend orchestration services and scalable infrastructure
• Jenkins & Git, driving automated continuous integration and delivery pipelines

Requirements

• You are a capable senior engineer, passionate about guiding and growing junior engineers towards appropriate target architectures
• You have diverse technical experience, perhaps with a background spanning backend engineering to mobile ecosystems
• You maintain a strong questioning (and diplomatic!) mindset, relentlessly driving modern engineering practices across mobile communities of practice
• You write well-factored, well-tested code and act as an advocate for quality using practices like Pair Programming, TDD, and BDD
• You can effectively communicate across engineering teams to maximize inner-sourcing opportunities and reduce waste
• You enjoy being a helpful, approachable, and inquisitive problem-solver who thrives in delivering frequent, high-quality releases within a complex regulated environment
• You enjoy hybrid working, with Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday spent collaborating in our brightoffices

We're on a mission to be a force for good in lending. Throughout our almost 30-year history, we've consistently been recognised as a great place to work; in 2026, Capital One was officially ranked 9th in the UK's Best Workplaces list. Hear from our team about what it's like working at Capital One UK., At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.

We embrace a hybrid approach to work. You'll spend three days a week in the office (Tuesday-Thursday), with Monday and Friday being dedicated work-from-home days. Our offices are designed to inspire and support you. At our Nottingham head office, you'll find an on-site gym, restaurant and dedicated Learning Loft.

Benefits

What's in it for you We invest in the growth of our people alongside our business. You will have extensive opportunities to learn and develop your career, including access to up to £5,000 in funding for external qualifications. In addition to career development, our comprehensive benefits package is designed to grow with you, ensuring your wellbeing is prioritised at every stage of your career:

• Wealth & Future: Competitive pension and performance-based bonus schemes
• Holidays: Start with 25 days of annual leave, increasing with tenure. Need more? You have the option to buy 5 additional days.
• Health: Access premium care through our private medical insurance.
• Family Support: We champion your milestones with enhanced parental leave.

A full list of our benefits is availablehere.

Recruitment

What you should know about how we recruit We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it's about what you do, not just what you say. That's why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging at our core. We empower our associates to do great work by creating an inclusive culture-one that values diverse perspectives, fosters collaboration and encourages innovative ideas-and a place where associates of all backgrounds can thrive by bringing their most authentic selves to work. We call this our Culture of Belonging, and it rests at the heart of our business. Our associate-led Business Resource Groups were created to help support our diverse population and include over 10 groups across our offices. Because each Business Resource Group is as unique as the population it serves, they offer a range of activities, networking opportunities, special events and learning programmes to associates. Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.