Senior Mobile Engineer

Ideagen; Ruddington; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ideagen is seeking a Senior Mobile Engineer to shape native mobile experiences across iOS and Android. You will lead the delivery of complex features and modernisation initiatives, while mentoring engineers to uphold high standards.

This hands-on role focuses on building new capabilities, implementing robust testing, CI/CD, and scalable mobile platforms for our EHS & Quality SaaS. Remote work is supported with optional hybrid arrangements in practice.

Qualifications

• Experience in native mobile development for iOS and/or Android.
• Ability to lead feature delivery and platform improvements.
• Strong focus on code quality, performance, and security.

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.

Skills

iOS development

Android development

Swift / SwiftUI

Kotlin / Jetpack Compose

Lead engineering

AI-assisted development

Tools

Xcode

SwiftUI

Android Studio

CI/CD

AI agent orchestration

Job description

Role Purpose

Location- UK

Level - Experienced Professional

Department - Product

Working Pattern - Remote

Benefits -Benefits at Ideagen

Salary - To be discussed at next stage

Join Ideagen and help build next-generation mobile products used by over 18,500 customers across highly regulated industries worldwide.

You’ll be joining our EHS & Quality platform, one of Ideagen's key growth products. This highly configurable, workflow-driven SaaS solution supports enterprise, government, nuclear, energy, and compliance-focused organisations in managing critical operational, safety, and quality processes.

As a Senior Mobile Engineer, you’ll help shape modern native mobile experiences across iOS, Android, or both. You’ll lead the delivery of complex features, technical modernisation initiatives, and AI-assisted development practices while driving high standards across your squad.

This is a hands-on role focused on building new products and capabilities rather than maintaining legacy applications. You’ll provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, influence key design decisions, and help ensure the quality, scalability, and performance of our mobile platform.

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.

Skills and Experience

• 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.

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!

As a business, we place great value on collaboration, knowledge sharing and building strong relationships across our teams. Therefore, for candidates living within a 35-mile radius of Nottingham, this role will follow a hybrid working pattern, with three days per week based in our Ruddington office. Please also note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this opportunity and can only consider applicants who already have the right to work in the UK.

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