Job Specifications
Software Engineer II (Mobile)
Location - Manchester (hybrid, 1-2 days/week)
Rate - £560 per day (inside IR35)
Length - 11 months (possible extensions)
About role:
A leading global technology company is seeking multiple Software Engineer II contractors to support key engineering initiatives for 2026. You will join an independent engineering squad while being integrated into an established team for onboarding, guidance and technical alignment.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building high-quality software, owning services end-to-end, and contributing to improvements across systems, processes, and architecture.
Key Responsibilities:
Software Development
Build and maintain high-quality software applications using modern development languages and frameworks.
Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code using standard patterns and libraries.
Apply strong testing practices to ensure application quality and reliability.
Contribute to ongoing refactoring, simplification, and performance optimisation.
End-to-End Ownership
Own services across the full lifecycle: monitoring, metrics, performance, deployment, and production operations.
Improve business continuity by following best practices, including documentation (runbooks, operational docs).
Use continuous delivery and experimentation frameworks to validate solutions and reduce risk.
Incident & Reliability Management
Respond to and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs.
Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term fixes to improve system reliability.
Participate in post-mortems and contribute to incident documentation.
Architecture & Systems Design
Contribute to evaluating solution designs based on technical and business requirements.
Provide input on architectural decisions and challenge design choices with sound rationale.
Support long-term architecture improvements and ensure solutions scale for future needs.
Continuous Improvement & Critical Thinking
Identify opportunities to improve systems, processes, and engineering standards.
Apply analytical thinking to solve complex technical problems.
Drive enhancements that support performance, quality, and maintainability.
Communication & Collaboration
Work closely with engineers, product owners, and cross-functional teams.
Communicate clearly and constructively, adapting to technical and non-technical audiences.
Engage in active listening, questioning, and knowledge-sharing.
Requirements:
Proven experience building software applications in a modern tech stack.
Experience with system ownership, incident management, and production operations.
Strong understanding of testing methods, design patterns, and quality engineering.
Ability to reason through complex problems and propose well-structured solutions.
Strong communicator with a collaborative mindset.
Must-Have Skills:
General - REST APIs, Unit Testing, Modularisation
iOS - Swift, SwiftUI, XCTest
Android - Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM
Backend - Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Gradle
Apply today for immediate consideration!
About the Company
Brookwood Recruitment is a talent solution recruitment agency to a global client base.
Specialising in Transformation and Change. Providing recruitment solutions across all sectors, delivering both full project teams as well as individual hires in perm and contract roles.
We work with some of the biggest and most recognisable companies and have successfully helped our clients deliver change programs across IT, business operations, digital, tech and HR
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