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Lead Software Engineer; Web​/API & Mobile

Web Development Full–time
ID: #18796
Posted: 2026-03-24
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Position: Lead Software Engineer (Web/API & Mobile) Location: Greater London 🚀 Lead Software Engineer (Web/API & Mobile) 📍 London (Hybrid – 3 days in office) Accelero are supporting a leading global client is building a brand‑new Mobile Innovation Squad, which will be focused on elevating and modernising the mobile app experience for millions of users worldwide. This team will also play a crucial role in strengthening the backend web and API layer that powers the mobile experience, ensuring seamless integration, performance, and scalability across platforms. If you’re passionate about building modern mobile applications and crafting high‑quality APIs and backend services, this is a rare opportunity to influence architecture, shape best practices, and contribute to a next‑generation digital ecosystem. 🌟 The Role As the Technical Lead, you’ll design and deliver solutions that balance strong mobile user experiences with robust, scalable backend engineering. You’ll work closely with Product Managers, QAs, fellow engineers, and delivery partners to modernise a major digital landscape, ensuring mobile and web services work together cohesively. 💡 What You’ll Be Doing • Build high‑quality, scalable mobile features alongside RESTful APIs and backend services • Lead on architectural decisions across both mobile and service‑layer components • Ensure tight integration between mobile apps and the supporting API ecosystem • Drive engineering excellence through testing, code reviews, observability, and deployment practices • Collaborate with QA on end‑to‑end testing strategies across mobile and API layers • Proactively diagnose and resolve system‑level and cross‑platform issues • Mentor engineers across both mobile and backend disciplines • Champion secure coding and support responses to mobile and API security concerns • Communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders to ensure alignment Mobile Engineering: • Proven hands‑on experience building mobile apps (native or hybrid) • Either Swift / Objective‑C (iOS) and/or Kotlin / Java (Android) • Experience with React Native or similar cross‑platform frameworks • Strong experience building, consuming, and documenting REST APIs • Understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and modern cloud practices • Experience with No SQL and relational databases • Familiarity with containerisation (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD workflows Engineering & Architecture: • Strong grasp of modern design patterns and hexagonal architecture • Ability to design systems that balance mobile performance with backend scalability • Experience with feature toggles, A/B testing, and release strategies • Awareness of secure coding and common vulnerability patterns • Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts To be considered, please respond with your latest CV. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Hard Skills 6
Skill Source Confidence
RESTful APIs llm_hard
100%
Java llm_hard
100%
Docker llm_hard
100%
Kubernetes llm_hard
100%
CI/CD llm_hard
100%
API Integration llm_hard
80%
Soft Skills 9
Skill Source Confidence
Critical Thinking llm_soft
100%
Stakeholder Communication llm_soft
100%
Explaining Complex Ideas Clearly llm_soft
100%
Leadership llm_soft
100%
Mentoring llm_soft
100%
Decision-Making llm_soft
100%
Collaboration llm_soft
100%
Problem-Solving llm_soft
100%
Technical Writing llm_soft
80%
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