Mobile Developer (iOS/Android) - £40k to £55k pa

  • Full-time

Company Description

Swipii is on a mission to build communities - helping local communities to discover, connect and share rewards with local businesses. For consumers it’s a streamlined mechanism to sustain their loyalty to the local businesses they use the most. For the businesses, it is an opportunity to get to really know and engage with their customers in a way previously reserved for the largest corporate retailers.

Our big vision is to build the world's largest local marketplace, connecting businesses with consumers – online and off. We are working on the cutting edge of #FinTech’s disruptive potential, introducing new approaches, (e.g. we are the first to introduce payment card linking technology to the loyalty and local business space in the UK), to streamline the connections and engagement within our communities. #LongLiveLocal

We are a growing, highly collaborative team based in central Glasgow with huge ambitions. We are bound by the embracing of our individual diversity and our shared values that underpin how we work. As well as building, and supporting, a world class team we hope to be one of Scotland’s future giants of FinTech and the wider technology sector.

You can find more about our culture here: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/Swipii/working-at-swipii

Job Description

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Mobile Developer to help Swipii thrive - with a world-class product and a world class team. We are proud that we are a technology-based company, and our journey requires that we remain at the forefront of capability and continually innovating.

As a Mobile Developer you will play a key role in guiding our mobile success. You are a deep specialist in building native mobile apps and the team will help you work effectively across the entirety of our product stack – from mobile apps to APIs to backend databases.

Working with the team, you will have the autonomy to help shape the direction of the mobile app as it grows and bring forward your ideas for Swipii's mobile technologies. Our team is very proud of being able to identify some complex issues before shipping them that same day. You will help us build on this capability and help us ensure that we are continually and pragmatically delivering high customer value while managing the complexity of our system; specifically within our iOS and Android apps.

You will be able to guide and help a high-performing team with your deep mobile knowledge acquired over your career, helping grow the skills of the team based on your experience.

Being part of Swipii, you will be expected to participate and enable the company's vision, mission, collaborating on the creation of our monthly and quarterly objectives, as well as shaping the roadmap to achieve them. You will relish both the level of autonomy and the level of accountability required to maximise our teams mobile delivery and learnings.

Qualifications

To succeed at Swipii it is essential that you are customer obsessed and product focused. You will also be data-informed in your decision making, leveraging facts to validate your assumptions, but not being afraid to go with your instinct when necessary.

You will be an experienced iOS or Android Mobile Developer, with a demonstrable track record of designing, building and operating mobile apps.

Particularly as our Mobile Developer you should have:

  • Several years experience building native apps for iOS and/or Android. Familiarity with Swift/Kotlin is ideal but not essential if you have experience using Objective-C/Java and a willingness to learn.
  • At least a basic understanding of creating mobile optimised backend APIs.
  • A customer obsessed approach and look to solve their needs with scalable software.
  • Good level of understanding and use of agile principles and their value. You will blend what works over choosing a framework.
  • Curiosity, a constant hunger to learn and push the product's quality boundaries.
  • Passion, drive and belief in our vision and mission - you will be an owner at Swipii and our product.
  • A metric driven approach to decision making, prioritisation and continuous deployment.
  • Evidence of being self-motivated and driven – you find satisfaction in a job well done and want to solve hard problems.
  • Demonstrable alignment to our core values and a willingness to work and fully participate in a collaborative team

We’d be more than happy to introduce you to a member of our engineering team to introduce you in depth on our current system information.

Additional Information

What we can offer you:

  • Flexible working.
  • Personal learning and development opportunities.
  • 32 days holiday.
  • Your birthday off, a present from Swipii!
  • Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days additional annual leave.
  • Stock Options. Everyone is an owner at Swipii – you will get to be part of this and directly participate in the growth of your stake.
  • Exclusive discounts and offers with a wide variety of retailers.
  • Vibrant and spacious office space in Glasgow’s city centre.
  • Whether it's our employees, founders, mentors or investors, be part of an exceptional team who's always there to support you along our incredible journey.