About This Role
Supporting the company's mobile-first strategy, this engineering role focuses on making the iOS platform exceptional in terms of speed, reliability, accessibility, and ease of development. You will join the Mobile Platform team, which is responsible for the shared capabilities underpinning the app.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with the Engineering Manager, Principal Mobile Engineer, and Head of Mobile Engineering to deliver Zopa’s mobile strategy
- Help shape the technical direction and standards for iOS across Zopa
- Design and evolve shared modules, APIs, architecture, and developer tooling that enable multiple teams to build and ship with confidence
- Identify technical risks early, using data, profiling, and observability to improve performance, reliability, and developer experience
- Stay highly hands-on, delivering production-quality Swift and SwiftUI code across platform and customer-facing product work
- Raise the capability of other engineers through pairing, code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing
- Work closely with Product, Design, Backend, and Android colleagues to make well-rounded decisions, influence direction, and respect each discipline’s expertise
Requirements
- Strong experience building and maintaining customer-facing iOS applications using Swift and SwiftUI
- Deep knowledge of iOS development, including concurrency, performance, memory management, testing, accessibility, and security
- Sound architectural and API-design judgment, with a focus on simple, maintainable solutions and an excellent developer experience
- A proactive engineer who identifies problems, shapes practical solutions, and influences improvements beyond their immediate team
- A collaborative teammate who raises the capability of others through coaching, pairing, and knowledge sharing
- Comfortable constructively challenging ideas, while remaining open-minded and willing to change course when better evidence emerges
- Genuine curiosity about mobile engineering and the evolving iOS platform
Nice to have:
- Background in fintech, banking, or another regulated, high-trust environment where reliability and customer confidence matter
- A track record of building shared libraries, platform capabilities, or design systems that help engineering teams move faster
- Strong hands-on knowledge of UIKit and its place within modern iOS development
- Proven impact improving mobile CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and developer tooling
- Confidence using AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully to improve productivity and code quality
Important Details
- Work format: hybrid, 2-3 days a week in the London office, with the option of working from abroad for up to 120 days a year
