Mobile Staff Engineer

Sanderson; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 75,600 - 92,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share scheme

6% matched pension

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is searching for a Mobile Staff Engineer to lead the technical direction for a prominent UK-based Financial Services firm. This fully remote position involves developing native Android and iOS applications. Responsibilities include architecting mobile solutions, championing best practices, and mentoring engineers. Applicants should have expertise in native mobile development and CI/CD, along with excellent communication skills. A strong background in securing applications and successfully delivering to app stores is crucial.

Qualifications

• Expert native mobile development across Android and iOS.
• Proven track record of shipping to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
• Strong CI/CD experience for mobile.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and deliver complex native mobile solutions across Android and iOS.
• Ensure seamless integration between mobile apps and back‑end services.
• Champion TDD and secure coding practices.

Skills

Native mobile development

Kotlin/Java

Swift/Objective-C

CI/CD

Security best practices

Performance profiling

Communication skills

Mentoring

Tools

Android Studio

Xcode

Job description

Location: Fully remote, must be UK based

Salary: up to £84,000 (depending on experience)

Benefits: Share scheme, 6% matched pension and other

Contract type: Full time, permanent

Sanderson Recruitment are exclusively supporting a FTSE 100 Financial Services and Insurance business in the search for a Mobile Staff Engineer.

This strategic, hands‑on role will lead the technical direction across native Android and iOS applications while guiding the transition away from cross‑platform solutions (Capacitor) toward true native development. You’ll own architecture and quality end‑to‑end, drive delivery best practices (TDD, security, performance, CI/CD), and raise mobile engineering maturity across squads building customer‑facing apps used at national scale.

Key responsibilities

• Architect, design, and deliver complex native mobile solutions across Android and iOS.
• Ensure seamless integration between mobile apps, web layers, and back‑end services.
• Champion TDD, secure coding practices, performance optimisation, and CI/CD.
• Establish and enforce mobile engineering best practices and patterns (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture).
• Lead technical reviews, produce high‑quality documentation, and progress the technical roadmap.
• Coach and mentor engineers; foster a culture of trust, creativity, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute actively to Agile ceremonies and collaborate closely with product, web/software, and data teams.
• Own non‑functional requirements and guide teams through app store submission and release processes.

Required Skills and Experience

• Expert native mobile development across Android (Kotlin/Java, Android Studio) and iOS (Swift/Objective‑C, Xcode).
• Proven track record of shipping to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
• Strong CI/CD experience for mobile.
• Solid grasp of security best practices and performance profiling.
• Experience with analytics/crash reporting and push notifications.
• Excellent communication and influence skills; ability to mentor and uplift teams.