Lead Mobile Developer
Can be based in either Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, or Bristols – 2 days per week
£67,000 – £76,000 + comprehensive benefits
Permanent | Full-time
A growing digital consultancy is looking for a Lead Mobile Developer to join its Software Engineering practice at Lead Consultant level.
This is a hands-on leadership role within multidisciplinary teams delivering transformative mobile solutions across public and private sector clients. You'll shape mobile strategy, lead architecture and delivery, and play a key role in ensuring applications are scalable, secure, high-performing, and aligned to real user needs.
The Role
You will:
Lead the technical design and delivery of complex mobile applications
Drive modern mobile architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture)
Make informed technology decisions across native and cross-platform solutions
Mentor and guide senior and mid-level engineers
Collaborate with clients, designers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust mobile solutions
Ensure engineering best practices across security, accessibility, offline capability, and store compliance
Support bids and proposals, articulating mobile strategy and technical direction
Represent technical excellence in workshops, discovery sessions, and client engagements
What We're Looking For
Proven experience as a Lead or Senior Mobile Engineer delivering complex mobile apps
Strong native development expertise in Swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android)
Experience with Flutter (Dart) and cross-platform development (including state management and platform channels)
Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Bitrise, Fastlane, GitHub Actions)
Experience integrating RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Firebase, and local persistence solutions (Room, CoreData, SQLite)
Knowledge of release lifecycles, automated testing (unit, UI, integration), and beta distribution tools (TestFlight, App Center)
Benefits
Competitive, transparent salary
25 days holiday + UK public holidays
Contributory pension (6% employer / 2% employee)
Life assurance, critical illness cover, death-in-service cover
Flexible benefits package (private medical/dental options, additional pension, extra holiday purchase, wellbeing funds, charity contributions, tree planting options)
Volunteer days
Cycle-to-work scheme
Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
Season ticket loans
Access to retail and lifestyle discounts
Wellbeing and financial support sessions
Relocation support up to £8,000