Tech Lead - Mobile Apps

Summary

Join Future's Apps Team as a Tech Lead and play a key role in developing and maintaining mobile applications for various brands. Collaborate with the Technology & Engineering department to deliver a scalable, multi-brand app platform. Work on both new and legacy systems, utilizing the latest technologies and best practices. Lead development efforts, refactor existing code, and collaborate with other teams to build new services and products. This remote position offers a competitive salary, uncapped leave, profit sharing bonuses, referral rewards, wellbeing support, share purchase options, and more.

Requirements

• Track record building successful React Native apps (iOS & Android) with excellent TypeScript, Swift, and Kotlin/Java skills
• Experienced in diverse app theming and functionality using technologies like Tamagui, with an eye for UX and accessibility
• Experience with deployment processes (App Store, TestFlight, Play Store, Expo) and CI/CD, with DevOps and AWS experience
• Technical leadership with people management skills, running peer-reviewed teams using Git/GitFlow and mentoring on best practices
• Experienced in integrating APIs, databases (SQL, NoSQL, Graph, Vector), and working with event-driven architectures and async operations (queues, topics)
• Knowledgeable in modern web development alongside mobile, with understanding of accessibility and performance best practices
• Practical experience using AI tools like Cursor, with strategies to manage and validate AI output effectively

Responsibilities

• Work in close collaboration with the wider Technology & Engineering department
• Ensure the delivery of a scalable, well structured, efficient “multi-brand” app platform integrated with a broader range of internal and external services
• Work on both green-field projects, using the latest libraries and best practice, and maintaining and improving legacy systems
• Be jointly responsible for the scoping of new system architectures
• Lead the development of software components
• Refactor existing code
• Revise legacy architectures
• Work in collaboration with other teams to build new services and products

Benefits

• Uncapped leave, because we trust you to manage your workload and time
• When we hit our targets, enjoy a share of our profits with a bonus
• Refer a friend and get rewarded when they join Future
• Wellbeing support with access to our Colleague Assistant Programmes
• Opportunity to purchase shares in Future, with our Share Incentive Plan