Technical Chapter Lead – Mobile Apps

Location: Turku, Espoo

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Help us build the #1 mobile app experience in Nordic insurance — and lead the engineers making it happen. 

At If, we are on an ambitious journey to create the leading mobile app experience in the Nordic insurance market. Our Mobile App Tribe moves at high pace, powered by engaged people, strong collaboration, and a clear focus on what matters most: creating real customer value while building on state-of-the-art mobile technology. 

We are looking for a Technical Chapter Lead for Mobile App Development who combines strong mobile engineering experience with the ability to inspire, coach, and grow developers. This is a role for someone who wants to stay close to React Native, native iOS, and native Android development while taking on meaningful people leadership responsibilities in a tribe with big ambitions. 

What you'll do 

You'll have two key responsibilities: 

Lead and develop a team of developers 

• Coach and support a chapter of developers in their professional growth 

• Foster a strong engineering culture built on collaboration, learning, continuous improvement and innovation 

• Help attract, develop, and retain top engineering talent 

• You will not be leading from the sidelines. You will build software together with the developers, understand their everyday challenges, and help turn good ideas into great mobile experiences. 

Drive technical excellence 

• Be part of defining architecture and technical decisions 

• Work closely with agile teams, architects, and engineering leaders like you 

• Promote modern engineering practices including AI-assisted and agentic development, test automation, CI/CD, DevOps, and secure software development 

• Help teams develop with AI as an active part of the engineering team — using AI-fueled development as a team sport to improve flow, quality, and learning 

• Stay hands-on through design, coding, reviews, and technical mentoring as agile squad member 

What we're looking for 

Strong experience in: 

• React Native/Expo and cross-platform mobile application development 

• Modern mobile application architecture, including scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions across shared codebases 

• Cloud experience, preferably Azure, and solid DevOps and CI/CD practice 

• DevOps and CI/CD practices 

• A track record of leading technical decisions and mentoring developers 

• Native iOS with Swift or native Android with Kotlin is a big plus. 

Most importantly, you're someone who enjoys helping others succeed while maintaining a high technical bar and encourages others to follow your lead. 

Why join If? 

• Influence Mobile Apps used by millions of customers 

• Combine people leadership and hands-on engineering 

• Shape the architecture of our customer-facing Mobile services 

• Work with talented colleagues across Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Latvia 

• Be part of a modern engineering culture that values learning, trust, and continuous improvement supported by management team which you will be part of 

Our technology stack 

• Mobile: ReactNative, Expo, TypeScript / JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, native iOS, native Android 

• Backend: .NET, C#, REST APIs 

• Cloud: Microsoft Azure 

• DevOps: GitHub, CI/CD, Expo Application Services, automated testing, observability, crash analytics (Sentry) 

We Offer 

• The opportunity to lead talented developers while staying hands-on in modern software development 

• Comprehensive Leadership trainings to support your growth to the role 

• Career and development opportunities at the largest insurance company in the Nordics 

• Hybrid work possibilities and great modern offices 

• An inclusive work environment where everyone is welcome 

• Social activities and a highly skilled professional IT community 

• A health‑promoting workplace (e.g., wellness allowance, sports activities) 

• Excellent insurance benefits and lunch benefit 

Practicalities 

• Employment type: Permanent, full‑time 

• Location: Turku (Kupittaa) or Espoo (Keilaniemi) 

• Start: By agreement 

• Application deadline: 18th of October (screening and interviews run continuously) 

How to apply: Please attach your CV and a short motivation letter. 
Contact: Mika Ikonen, Head of Digital Service Solutions (mika.ikonen@if.fi)