Mobile Engineer

Ideagen Plc; Barton-in-Fabis; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ideagen is seeking a senior mobile engineer to own the delivery of complex features, migrations, and AI-assisted development across iOS and Android within our global engineering organisation. This hands-on role focuses on building new capabilities and maintaining high-quality mobile experiences on our evolving platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture and testing practices, and help set technical direction while delivering impactful features.

Qualifications

• Experience in native mobile development on iOS and Android
• Proven track record delivering complex mobile features and migrations
• Strong knowledge of architecture, modularization, and asynchronous programming
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex mobile features, migrations, and platform improvements for iOS/Android
• Drive high-quality engineering practices including architecture, performance, security, accessibility
• Lead the use of AI agents and orchestration workflows for feature delivery and testing
• Build and enhance automated testing, CI/CD, and release processes
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance
• Collaborate to shape mobile standards and influence technical direction
• Identify opportunities to improve team effectiveness and platform capabilities
• Engage in AI-powered development initiatives and refactor efforts

Skills

iOS (Swift)

Android (Kotlin)

AI-assisted development

Mentoring engineers

Architecture & design

Quality & testing

Performance optimization

Tools

SwiftUI

UIKit

Jetpack Compose

CI/CD tools

AI orchestration tools

Job description

Join Ideagen and help build next-generation mobile products used by over 18,500 customers across highly regulated industries. As a senior engineer, you'll own the delivery of complex mobile features, technical migrations and AI-assisted development practices within your squad. Working across iOS, Android, or both, you'll help create modern, native mobile experiences on our evolving platform whilst providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers and acting as a key quality gate for design and engineering decisions. This is a hands-on role focused on building new products and capabilities, not just maintaining legacy applications, working within our global engineering organisation. The role offers a clear progression path into Staff Engineer or Lead Engineer positions! Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex mobile features, technical migrations, and platform improvements across iOS, Android, or both.
• Drive high-quality engineering practices, including architecture, performance, security, accessibility, and maintainable code standards.
• Lead the effective use of AI agents and orchestration workflows for feature delivery, testing, and problem-solving, applying sound judgement on when and how to use AI tools while sharing best practices across the team.
• Build and enhance automated testing, CI/CD, and release processes to ensure reliable and high-performing mobile applications.
• Mentor and support engineers within the squad, providing technical guidance and acting as a key reviewer for designs and specifications.
• Collaborate with engineers across teams to shape mobile standards, share best practices, and influence technical direction.
• Identify opportunities to improve team effectiveness, processes, and platform capabilities, driving solutions from idea to implementation., If you're excited by the opportunity to combine expert mobile engineering with AI-assisted development and influence the future of how software is built, we'd love to hear from you!

About Ideagen

Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that's always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better. Everyday millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs. We're building a future-ready team, and AI is part of how we work smarter. If you're curious, adaptable and open to using AI to improve how you work, you'll thrive at Ideagen!

• Experienced in native mobile development, with expertise in iOS (Swift, SwiftUI/UIKit), Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), or both.
• Deep technical knowledge of modern mobile development practices, including architecture patterns, modularisation, dependency injection, and asynchronous programming.
• Proven experience delivering complex mobile features, technical migrations, and solving performance, scalability, or stability challenges.
• Strong understanding of mobile security, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software engineering best practices.
• A commitment to clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, with experience building and improving automated testing frameworks.
• Experience mentoring engineers, providing technical guidance, and contributing to a culture of engineering excellence.
• Confidence using AI-assisted development tools and agent orchestration workflows to deliver complex features, refactoring initiatives, and testing strategies.