Lead App Developer

The Travel Chapter Ltd; Northam; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading holiday home company in the UK is seeking an experienced mobile developer to lead its mobile development team. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience with React Native and AWS technologies. This role involves mentoring junior developers, ensuring app quality, and actively participating in coding. The position is remote and offers generous benefits including paid holidays and volunteering days.

Benefits

25 days’ paid holidays plus bank holidays

A special day off for your birthday

£500 paid towards a holiday

A paid day to volunteer

Friends and family discount scheme

Life assurance

Social clubs

Exciting social events

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering experience with React Native and AWS.
• Experience delivering apps to Android and iOS stores.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the mobile development team.
• Act as a hands-on developer and contribute high-quality code.
• Ensure app quality, performance, and security.

Skills

React Native

AWS (CDK, Lambda, DynamoDB, AppSync, S3)

TypeScript

Problem Solving

SQL

GraphQL

Tools

Git

Next.js

Job description

Overview

Employment Type: 12 Months - Fixed Term
Hours of Work: 37.5
Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the mobile development team, providing guidance, performance feedback, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Act as a hands-on developer, contributing high-quality code using React Native, Expo, and AWS AppSync, while participating in technical decision-making.
• Oversee the full app development lifecycle, from planning and architecture to release, maintenance, and ensuring coding standards and CI/CD practices are followed.
• Collaborate closely with product, UX, and engineering stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, intuitive, and reliable mobile app features.
• Ensure app quality, performance, and security, including code reviews, testing, QA, release management, and monitoring.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement, staying current with mobile development trends, identifying process enhancements, and evolving the technology stack.

Qualifications

• Technical Expertise: 3+ years of engineering experience with demonstrated proficiency in React Native, Expo, AWS (including CDK, Lambda, DynamoDB, AppSync, S3), and TypeScript.
• App Delivery Experience: Proven track record of delivering apps to production via Android Play Store and iOS App Store, with a strong understanding of the app release lifecycle.
• Front-End & Development Skills: Exposure to SQL, GraphQL, Tailwind CSS, Storybook, CI/CD pipelines, and experience with source control tools such as Git. Experience with Next.js desirable but not essential.
• Problem Solving & Analytics: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a commitment to software testing strategies and continuous improvement.
• Adaptability & Environment: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment and manage competing priorities effectively.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Prior experience mentoring and supporting junior developers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team culture.
• Desirable Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with automated testing frameworks, mobile analytics tools, and TypeScript best practices.
• UX & Customer Focus: Understanding of UX best practices, mobile accessibility, and experience delivering large-scale, customer-facing applications.

Benefits

• 25 days’ paid holidays plus bank holidays
• A special day off for your or a loved one’s birthday
• £500 paid towards a holiday of your choice
• A paid day to volunteer with a charity close to your heart
• A friends and family discount scheme
• Life assurance for your peace of mind
• Social clubs for pet lovers, fitness enthusiasts, gardeners, sustainability champions, nutrition enthusiasts and more
• Exciting social events, including our famous Christmas parties!

Who are we?

We’re Travel Chapter – the holiday home people – and we’re on a mission to showcase great places to stay in the UK. While we’ve grown over the years from a small South West holiday letting agency to one of the market leaders in the industry, we’ve never lost sight of our strong family ethos and we keep the same values at the heart of everything we do. Along the way, we’ve nurtured a caring and collaborative culture that drives us forward and keeps our team inspired and motivated every day.

Highlighted by our place on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 list, the people behind our company are at the heart of everything we do and it’s a place where everyone is welcome; a place that’s friendly and fair; a place that encourages people to be bold, explore new ideas and push the boundaries of what they do every single day.

We are passionate about what we do, and we take a common-sense approach to getting things done. Inevitably, things go wrong from time to time, and we do everything we can to make it right. We learn from it and adapt, remembering to stay curious and never stop evolving.

Diversity is key to our success and work hard to make sure we’re inclusive. Let us know if you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process so you can do your best. We’ll be happy to help.