Lead Application Engineer

Job Description

Lead Android & iOS Engineer Fully Remote (Must be UK based)£75,000 - £95,000 per annumUnify is beyond proud to partner with a globally recognized brand that represents the people of the World.Come join a Family on a mission to "DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANET"With a modern, ever evolving Tech Stack & Toolkit, youll operate within a flexible, fluid, supportive, and authentic working style where autonomy is highly valued - if youve got the drive to push yourself and try different things, you will have their support.The road map and scope of opportunity is HUGE.Who is this businessOur client is a privately-owned, family-run company who create innovative and pioneering products. They believe their business should put more back into the world than it takes, and demonstrates that capitalism can be a force for good.They fight cruel practices like animal testing, promote regeneration, and show that whats inside counts - whether thats an ingredient in a product or the minerals in a smartphone.They are leading the businesses digital strategy and development globally, across many digital properties ranging from apps to websites. Developers of all disciplines are responsible for delivering software and services that meet the needs of the companyas a global innovative product retailer. The successful candidate will be able to analyze the current state of the business and suggest, design, and build solutions to improve processes, platform, reach, and abilities.Theyre a fast-paced, dynamic team that are comfortable with rapid change and happy talking about and demonstrating their work to the wider business and stakeholders.What youll do:

• Lead, develop and support a team of iOS and Android Engineers across multiple projects, obtaining an expert understanding of how the team and the work fits within the context of the organisation.

• Discover, define and estimate all new projects, features and change requests on behalf of your discipline.

• Create, thoroughly understand and disseminate the scope of the project and ensure change requests are raised to the product owners when necessary

• Deliver projects to scope. Ask questions, remove blockers and build connections across the business to move the work along.

• Role model best practice in development Standards, embedding consistent ways of working and processes across your team through documentation, training, development and reviews.

• Contribute as a subject matter expert for your discipline to improving engineering and deployment processes

• Maintain and improve technical documentation (handovers, solution architecture, readmes, code commenting, Jira)

Who you are:Essential Experience

• Working as part of a remote team
• Leading a team
• Building and managing stakeholder relationships
• Integrating with public cloud technologies (GCP)
• Delivering solutions using coding standards and automated code linting
• Architecting & delivering solutions that utilise REST APIs
• Testing applications using Mobile Emulators such as BrowserStack, Appium, Proxyman, TablePlus, and Zephyr

• Architecting and delivering large scale solutions with a distributed micro-service architecture

Essential skills

• Sound knowledge of Kotlin/Java
• Understanding of Swift
• Strong verbal and written communication (both technical and non technical).
• Self-motivated with a sense of ownership.
• Advanced knowledge of Jira and an understanding of user stories, estimation and status updates on tickets
• Open, honest and direct, comfortable in giving and receiving constructive feedback.

Desirable skills

• Prior experience in a Lead Role working with Swift and/or Kotlin/Java
• Experience with applying TDD/BDD development techniques and ensuring teams adhere to them
• Architecting & delivering solutions that utilise GRPC and SOAP APIs
• Experience working with a Continuous Integration/Delivery process.
• Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles
• GraphQL Experience
• Experience working alongside Go developers

Whats it like working for this business:People are at the heart of the business. They want you to enjoy and challenge yourself, build a career, and teach them what they dont know, so theyve created a culture where your job description is a starting point, not an end goal.Their working style is flexible, fluid, supportive, and authentic - if youve got the drive to push yourself and try different things, you will have their support.As they pride themselves on internal development, priority will be given to candidates who have an in-depth knowledge of the business coupled with the relevant experience and qualifications.Employee perks:

• 50% discount on Company Products

• Profit-based bonus

• Generous Pension scheme

• Day off for weekday birthdays

• Flexible working hours. Work life balance.

• Holiday purchase scheme

• Optional office spaces to work from in Soho, London and Poole, Dorset.

• Cycle to work scheme

• Discounted rail and bus season tickets

• The latest tech and whatever you need to do your best work.

• Training budget

• Employee assistance programme

• 6 months full pay for parental leave (primary caregiver)

• Financial childcare support on return to work

• Flexible working

• Support groups, film nights, yoga and meditation sessions and more...

If youd like to join a Business who are on a revolutionary Journey then reach out and lets get the ball rolling ASAP!