- Company Name
- Brookwood Recruitment Ltd
- Job Title
- Mobile Software Engineer | £560 per day
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Mobile Software Engineer II (Contract)
**Role Summary**
Contractor providing mobile engineering expertise to a global technology organization. Focus on developing, owning, and maintaining high‑quality mobile services across the full lifecycle—from design and code through deployment, monitoring, and incident response.
**Expectations**
- 11‑month contract (possible extensions) with hybrid onsite requirements (1–2 days/week).
- Deliver clean, test‑driven, maintainable code in a modern tech stack.
- Own services end‑to‑end: architecture, CI/CD, monitoring, and production reliability.
- Collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams and contribute to architectural decisions.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Design, develop, test, and ship mobile applications using Swift/SwiftUI (iOS) and Kotlin/Jetpack Compose (Android).
- Build and maintain backend components (Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot) supporting mobile services.
- Implement RESTful APIs, unit testing, and modularization following best practices.
- Monitor and optimize application performance; manage metrics and alerts.
- Resolve production incidents, conduct root‑cause analysis, and author post‑mortems.
- Continuously refactor and improve codebases, architecture, and processes.
- Provide clear, constructive communication to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
**Required Skills**
- **Mobile Platforms**: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, XCTest), Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM).
- **Backend & Architecture**: Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Gradle, REST APIs.
- **Testing & Quality**: Unit testing, test‑driven development, design patterns.
- **Operations**: Service ownership, monitoring, performance tuning, incident management.
- **Soft Skills**: Strong analytical reasoning, problem‑solving, effective communication, teamwork.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
- Certifications in mobile development or cloud operations preferred but not mandatory.
Manchester, United kingdom
Hybrid
08-12-2025