Principal Mobile Engineer

A day in the life:

• Reporting to the Chief Software Engineer, you’ll work closely with the Head of Mobile Engineering and the wider mobile community to define technical strategy and champion best practices.
• You’ll stay on top of industry trends and help identify relevant use cases for Zopa.
• You’ll mentor and align the mobile community, serving as a technical leader and role model rather than a people manager.
• You’ll engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, to bridge product teams and improve communication.
• You’ll advise on optimising app performance, testing approaches, architecture, observability, running experiments and guide best practices for building and maintaining the app.

About you:

• You’re a highly skilled mobile app developer with a proven track record of building sophisticated, performant apps. You’re adept in Swift or Kotlin, and you understand the trade-offs between native and React Native approaches.
• You’ve worked on modern, high-engagement apps, with a focus on delivering delightful user experiences.
• You’re passionate about mentoring and inspiring others, demonstrating a supportive and humble leadership style.
• You have excellent relationship-building skills and can communicate clearly with a wide range of stakeholders, managing expectations along the way.
• You thrive on solving complex problems, turning ambiguity into structure, and driving initiatives while balancing competing demands.
• You prioritise quality and have a proven history of improving it in your previous roles.

Added bonus:

• Experience managing mobile engineers.
• A key contributor to major app migrations or refactoring efforts.
• Familiarity with working in regulated environments, ensuring customer interests are always a priority.