Tech Lead - Mobile Applications

Tech Lead - Mobile Applications
Location: Sheffield
Duration: 31/12/2025
IR35 status: Mandated PAYE

We are heading up a recruitment drive for a global consultancy that require a Tech Lead (Mobile Applications) to join them on a major banking project that's based Sheffield (hybrid).

Role Description:

As a Tech Lead, you'll play a critical role in leading the technical delivery of cutting-edge mobile features, mentoring an ambitious team, and working closely with stakeholders across product, UX, architecture, and DevOps. If you love creating scalable, high-performance apps and are passionate about building great teams and even better products - we want to meet you.

What you'll be doing: 
Lead and mentor a talented mobile engineering team, ensuring technical excellence across projects. 
Guide architectural design, work prioritisation, and solution development in a collaborative environment. 
Drive scalability, performance, usability, and maintainability across our mobile products. 
Collaborate across product and engineering teams to design, build, test, and deploy impactful features.

What you'll bring: 
8+ years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on native mobile development. 
At least 3+ years industry experience of using React Native 
Experience leading engineers for at least 1+ years within a mobile development environment. 
Deep expertise in React Native and strong working knowledge of Objective-C, Swift, Kotlin 
Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear, achievable technical outcomes. 
Passion for robust, user-friendly mobile applications with high performance and security standards. 
A collaborative mindset - you're great at partnering across engineering, product, UX, and beyond. 
Strong coaching instincts: you lift others up and build strong, high-trust teams. 
A curious, continuous learner who brings new ideas and innovation to the table. 
Agile development experience across large-scale software products 
Support and coach engineers to grow their skills and confidence, fostering a positive, energising culture. 
Be hands-on: code, problem-solve, and innovate in a fast-moving agile environment.