Overview

Role: As a Senior Mobile Engineer, you will contribute to the development of best-in-class mobile apps, working closely with product owners, stakeholders, and your engineering peers to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions. You will report to a Principal Engineer, supporting the delivery of technical strategies and tactical implementations, while also mentoring other engineers to maintain high standards of engineering excellence.

The News UK Tech team is at the core of one of the world's leading media companies, bringing together talented individuals to tackle exciting challenges and deliver innovative products at scale. Recently named Team of the Year at the UK Business Innovation Awards, we are passionate and trusted experts creating industry-leading solutions through attracting and developing the best talent. Team: The Times Technology team is responsible for developing and enhancing the digital products of The Times and The Sunday Times, including our website and mobile apps. We work collaboratively with internal and external digital platform teams to deliver industry-leading solutions. Our team of over 120 professionals is agile, cross-functional, and diverse, with members based in London, Sofia, and Bangalore. Together, we are united by our passion for delivering world-class digital experiences.

We operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position; speak with your recruiter to learn more about what’s required for your role.

Responsibilities

• Develop new features and optimise existing ones for mobile applications, ensuring they meet business and user needs.
• Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to deliver quality mobile apps.
• Participate in technical discussions to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and fit for purpose.
• Mentor and guide other engineers to uphold high coding standards and best practices.
• Support the Principal Engineer in delivering on technical strategies and ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure code quality, security, and performance.
• Lead by example, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Present technical concepts and solutions to internal teams, contributing to strategic discussions.

Qualifications

• Solid commercial experience using Swift (required) and Objective-C (desirable).
• iOS design patterns, including MVVM+Coordinators.
• Building UIKit views programmatically without using XIBs/Storyboards.
• Using Auto Layout to build adaptable layouts.
• Experience profiling iOS applications for performance and memory issues.
• SOLID design principles.
• Dependency management with Cocoapods and Swift Package Manager.
• Unit testing with XCTest/Swift Testing.
• UI automation testing with XCUITest.
• Continuous Integration - previous experience with CircleCI would be a bonus.
• Build automation with Fastlane.

Benefits

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year