Software Development Manager

Qualifications

Mobile engineering experience (essential): hands-on experience building and shipping native mobile apps (iOS and/or Android) to the App Store and Google Play, and running them in production. This is a firm requirement. We want real mobile platform depth, not web engineers moving across through React Native.

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.

At least 10 years in software engineering at enterprise or product companies, including time leading or managing engineers, with a good part of it spent on mobile.

A track record of building platforms, shared libraries, or developer tooling that other teams use (strongly preferred).

Technical Skills

Deep mobile platform fundamentals (essential): hands-on native iOS (Swift or Objective-C) and/or Android (Kotlin or Java), covering app lifecycle, on-device memory and performance, threading, and native module development, which underpin your React Native work.

Four or more years building React Native apps with the Expo ecosystem (Expo SDKs, Expo Router, EAS), with a solid grasp of JSI, native modules, and bridging to native iOS and Android.

Strong JavaScript and TypeScript (modern ES6 and later), and strong React principles, Hooks, Context API, and component lifecycles.

Experience designing and building large front-end or platform systems and shared libraries used by many teams, with sound state management (Zustand, Redux Toolkit, or MobX) and caching.

Mobile CI/CD depth: Git and GitHub, CI pipelines, EAS build and submit, application signing, over-the-air updates (EAS Update), and a thorough understanding of the iOS and Android deployment lifecycles and store guidelines (App Store, Google Play).

Performance profiling for production apps (Android and iOS profilers), packaging and build tooling (Webpack, Babel), and dependency and release management for shared libraries.

Integrating mobile apps with backend APIs (GraphQL or REST), and accessibility to AA standards.

Testing frameworks: Jest, React Native Testing Library, Maestro, and Appium.

Confident use of agentic AI and AI-assisted tools (OpenCode, Claude Code, or Tabnine) across development, documentation, and testing, plus familiarity with MCP integrations and deep linking.

Process and Soft Skills

Comfortable with Agile methods (Scrum or Kanban), and with JIRA, Confluence, and well-formed epics, stories, and acceptance criteria.

Able to apply different delivery processes and knows when each one fits.

A self-starter who takes ownership, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Well organised, with good time management.

Clear written and verbal communication.

What we offer

Relocation help: a professional service to secure the work permits and other documents you need.

Learning opportunities: certified technical training and platforms such as Udemy, Pluralsight, and O'Reilly.

A learning culture, with good opportunities to develop your career in your chosen field or in something new.

Varied projects to work on, with something new always in the pipeline.