Principal Software Engineer - Mobile

Skyscanner; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Skyscanner is seeking a Principal Software Engineer - Mobile to lead technical direction and enhance their mobile applications. This role requires expertise in various mobile technologies and the ability to mentor teams while driving innovative solutions for a global audience. The ideal candidate will thrive in a hybrid working environment and contribute to making travel booking sustainable and straightforward.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Health screenings

Headspace subscriptions

Option to buy more holiday

Support programme for employees and families

Opportunity to volunteer

Work from home 20 days a year

30 days in global offices

Qualifications

• Expertise in mobile technologies and programming languages.
• Experience leading engineering teams through technical challenges.
• Familiarity with methodologies for continuous delivery and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to focus on value, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Clarify and iterate on technology roadmap and designs.
• Collaborate across product engineering development lifecycles.

Skills

Swift

Kotlin

Objective-C

Java

SwiftUI

UIKit

Jetpack Compose

Kotlin Coroutines

OkHttp/Retrofit

Microservices

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Focused. Fulfilling. Empowering.

We’ve never been ordinary. Even when we were starting out. We’ve always worked our socks off for travellers so they can go further and explore. We’re still doing that now, some 17 years later. And as you’ll see as a Principal Mobile Engineer, we still believe in giving our people responsibility and the freedom to innovate.

Swift, Kotlin, Objective-C, Java, SwiftUI, UIKit, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, OkHttp/Retrofit, MVVM/MVP architecture, mobile testing frameworks, Microservices – you’ve mastered at least many of these technologies plus one or more programming languages. You’ve used these talents as a senior engineering lead, steering large organisations through complex technical challenges. With this kind of background, it’s no surprise that you’re familiar with various methodologies for continuous delivery and improvement. You’ll also know how to lead teams and get the best out of people. Together, you’ll focus on value, quality and the customer, championing world-class engineering and iterative software delivery.

Focused. Fulfilling. Empowering.

We’ve never been ordinary. Even when we were starting out. We’ve always worked our socks off for travellers so they can go further and explore. We’re still doing that now, some 17 years later. And as you’ll see as a Principal Mobile Engineer, we still believe in giving our people responsibility and the freedom to innovate.

Swift, Kotlin, Objective-C, Java, SwiftUI, UIKit, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, OkHttp/Retrofit, MVVM/MVP architecture, mobile testing frameworks, Microservices – you’ve mastered at least many of these technologies plus one or more programming languages. You’ve used these talents as a senior engineering lead, steering large organisations through complex technical challenges. With this kind of background, it’s no surprise that you’re familiar with various methodologies for continuous delivery and improvement. You’ll also know how to lead teams and get the best out of people. Together, you’ll focus on value, quality and the customer, championing world-class engineering and iterative software delivery.

We need your expertise to help us do something great for over 100 million travellers: make booking stays and journeys more sustainable and straightforward. It involves technical challenges and the latest technology, but that’s ok by you – in fact, it’s exactly what you want.

As a Principal Mobile Engineer in our Engineering team, you’ll bring the technical direction to get solutions sorted. Right now, we have big ambitions for our native mobile apps and you can play a key part in this. We are investing heavily in our App foundations and core to help underpin the ambitious growth targets we have.

As an authority in your field, you’ll relish the chance to clarify, elaborate and iterate on our technology roadmap and designs. You’ll also collaborate across product engineering development lifecycles, learning, mentoring and influencing right across the business. Though you’ll be accountable for your own projects and trusted to deliver, you’ll also form part of a broader team that takes collective responsibility for making success happen.

Already a global leader in travel, we want to elevate the way we work to a whole other level. In return, you’ll get important things like medical insurance, health screenings, headspace subscriptions, the option to buy more holiday and a support programme for you and your loved ones. We’ll also help you donate to good causes and spend time volunteering. And you’ll have the opportunity to work from your home country for 20 days a year, and 30 days in our other global offices. Everything, in other words, to help you relax and give your best.

Skyscanner is a hybrid working company and most roles can be either Full Time or Part Time. We believe when people meet regularly in person, we are better able to innovate, learn, collaborate and inspire. We ask people to be in the office on average 8 days per month.

For more details on Engineering at Skyscanner, check ourEngineering Blogand followSkyscanner Engineeringon Twitter.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Engineering

• Industries

  Software Development, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet

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