Lead Mobile Ios Engineer

Royal London Group; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London Group is seeking an experienced iOS lead to own the delivery of native iOS features within an agile team at Alderley Park. You will combine hands-on development with task coordination and mentoring to lift the team's capabilities and standards.

You will influence the evolution of our mobile applications and the engineering practices that support them, collaborating with API, platform and broader tech colleagues to deliver reliable user experiences.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial iOS development experience.
• Expertise in SwiftUI and UIKit is essential.
• Proven software engineering background using native mobile technologies.
• Experience integrating mobile applications with APIs and backend services.
• Technical leadership skills with ability to coordinate delivery and mentor engineers.
• Clear communication and collaborative problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of native iOS features and enhancements.
• Coordinate technical tasks across a small development team.
• Mentor engineers to build capability and maintain high standards.
• Collaborate with API, platform and wider technology teams to deliver reliable mobile experiences.
• Contribute to technical decisions and shape future mobile solutions.
• Promote engineering best practices as the mobile function grows.

Skills

iOS development

SwiftUI

UIKit

APIs integration

Technical leadership

Communication

Job description

Contract type: Permanent Full Time 35 hours per week
Location: Alderley Park
Working style: 50% hybrid/office based
Closing date: 11th November 2026

You will lead delivery for a specific area of our app within one of our iOS development teams, combining hands-on technical expertise with task coordination, mentoring and guidance. Working with mobile, API and platform colleagues, you will influence the evolution of your area of the application and the engineering practices that support it.

You will lead delivery within our iOS development team, combining hands-on technical expertise with task coordination, mentoring and guidance. Working with mobile, API and platform colleagues, you will influence both the evolution of our applications and the engineering practices that support them.

About the role

• Lead the technical delivery of native iOS features and enhancements.
• Coordinate technical tasks across a small development team.
• Support, guide and mentor engineers, helping the team build capability and maintain high standards.
• Collaborate with API, platform and wider technology teams to deliver reliable mobile experiences.
• Contribute to technical decisions and help shape our future mobile solutions and development approaches.
• Promote effective engineering practices as the mobile function grows.

About you

You will bring strong commercial experience in native iOS development and the confidence to lead technical delivery while supporting others. We are particularly interested in your depth of mobile engineering expertise and the applications you have helped deliver.

• Strong commercial iOS development experience.
• Expertise in SwiftUI and UIkit is essential
• A proven software engineering background using native mobile technologies.
• Experience integrating mobile applications with APIs and backend services.
• Technical leadership skills, with the ability to coordinate delivery and mentor other engineers.
• Clear communication and a collaborative approach to solving technical challenges.

Experience of Azure within financial services or regulated environments, would be useful, but it is not essential. We value strong native iOS capability and your ability to learn supporting technologies.

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
• an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme
• private medical insurance

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.