Senior/Lead Mobile Developer - Android (Kotlin) focused
📍 Can be based out of Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, or Bristols – 2 days per week
💰 £67,000 – £76,000 + comprehensive benefits
đź•’ 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 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 ÂŁ8,000