Senior Ios Engineer - Apps Team

Financial Times

London, United Kingdom
On-site
Swift and ios platform internals
Architectural judgement across native, shared and web approaches
Large-scale mobile applications with multiple contributors
The Financial Times is looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to join the Mobile Apps team, focusing on building a scalable, reliable mobile platform and enabling teams to contribute to award-winning digital products

Job Summary

  • The Financial Times is looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to join the Mobile Apps team, focusing on building a scalable, reliable mobile platform and enabling teams to contribute to award-winning digital products.
  • Key responsibilities include defining and evolving iOS platform boundaries, ensuring performance and UX consistency, and enabling safe contribution at scale through systems and tooling.
  • The role offers a hybrid working model (50% onsite) with benefits including generous annual leave, medical cover, and inclusive parental leave packages.

Matching Summary

The Financial Times is looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to join the Mobile Apps team, focusing on building a scalable, reliable mobile platform and enabling teams to contribute to award-winning digital products.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Swift and iOS platform internals
  • architectural judgement across native, shared and web approaches
  • large-scale mobile applications with multiple contributors
  • define platform boundaries and make pragmatic trade-offs
  • enable teams to contribute safely without central ownership
  • strong problem-solving skills across complex technical systems
  • excellent communication and ability to influence across teams

Nice-to-have

  • Kotlin Multiplatform or shared code approaches
  • Apple’s in-app purchase ecosystem
  • hybrid app architectures (webviews, JS integration)
  • observability and performance monitoring tools
  • influencing engineering practices across teams
  • supporting teams through architectural or platform transitions

Key Requirements

  • Deep expertise in Swift and iOS platform internals
  • Strong architectural judgement
  • Experience working on large-scale mobile applications
  • Ability to define platform boundaries
  • Experience enabling teams to contribute safely
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and ability to influence

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