Senior Mobile Developer

Here at GoFind Recruitment, we are proud to be representing an industry leading and award winning Communication Systems business in their search for a skilled and driven Senior Mobile Developer, based at their offices in Kirkham. They are expanding their product capabilities and looking for a Senior Mobile Developer who thrives in JavaScript / React environments and has deep native development expertise in both iOS and Android. This is a rare opportunity to directly shape the future of their mobile platform within a fast-growing, forward-thinking business.

Roles & Responsibilities (But not limited to):

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of high-quality mobile applications using React Native.
• Build and maintain robust, production-ready native modules in Swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android), ensuring seamless integration with cross-platform code.
• Drive full-cycle mobile development – from concept, planning, implementation, testing, deployment, and optimisation.
• Collaborate closely with our UI/UX agency to bring intuitive and engaging user experiences to life.
• Ensure application scalability, performance, and reliability across diverse devices and platforms.
• Integrate mobile apps with RESTful APIs, third-party libraries, and backend services.
• Maintain clean, efficient, and testable codebases with comprehensive documentation.
• Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and shaping development standards across the mobile team.
• Keep abreast of emerging tools, frameworks, and best practices in mobile development and DevOps.

Experience / Qualifications:

• 4+ years of commercial mobile development experience, ideally in a senior or lead capacity.
• Expert in JavaScript/TypeScript and React Native, with a strong understanding of hybrid vs native trade-offs.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain complex native modules using Swift and Kotlin.
• In-depth knowledge of Mobile architecture patterns / Platform guidelines for both iOS and Android / App lifecycle, multithreading, memory management, and performance tuning.
• Strong UI/UX awareness and experience collaborating with design partners.
• Confident integrating REST APIs and managing local data (e.g., MySQL or local storage solutions).
• Familiarity with mobile testing frameworks, version control (Git), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills and a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.

Desirable:

• Experience deploying apps to the App Store and Google Play Store.
• Understanding of push notifications, offline-first architecture, and background services.
• Exposure to accessibility standards and mobile security best practices.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Familiarity with tools such as Expo, Firebase, Fastlane, or analytics platforms.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary of £40,000 - £50,000.
• There will be room for professional growth and promotion.
• Support through 1-2-1 and individual learning & development.
• Company days out.
• Fantastic working environment with the staff truly at the core of all they do.

What next? If this sounds like your next role then apply now and you will be contacted by one of our team of experienced consultants to discuss the next steps.