Mobile Tech Lead

If you want to disrupt one of the fastest-growing sectors of travel at a community and VC-backed scale-up, get a kick out of supporting local, independent businesses around the world, and you are in your element in the outdoors, you are in the right place.

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The Role

We’re seeking a Mobile Tech Lead to architect and deliver MBA’s new post-booking mobile app. The app will start with offline access to bookings and notifications, and later expand to messaging, reviews, and content. You’ll be both architect and hands-on developer, defining foundations, leading technical direction, and ensuring fast delivery with a small team.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the mobile architecture (RN 0.80, Expo, SDUI-first, BFF integration).
• Lead delivery of bookings/offline-first MVP: booking details, balances, forms, notifications.
• Establish and enforce CI/CD pipelines, release cadence, and observability.
• Collaborate with platform team to extend the web BFF for mobile needs.
• Oversee security and authentication flows (eg OIDC, secure storage, push binding).
• Plan for future features: messaging (multi-role), reviews, and content feed.
• Mentor the Senior Mobile Developer, ensuring code quality and consistency.
• Partner with Product/Design to balance speed with UX quality.

Requirements

• 5+ years mobile dev experience, 2+ in leadership/architecture.
• Drive for (and, ideally, experience with) working in a fast-growth startup environment with limited resources and high agency.
• Expertise in React Native (0.70+), ideally New Architecture (Fabric/TurboModules).
• Understanding of offline-first architectures and caching strategies.
• Proven experience integrating push notifications and secure authentication.
• Familiar with BFF patterns, GraphQL, SDUI, feature flags.
• CI/CD and release management experience.
• Strong security awareness (OIDC, token handling, certificate pinning).
• Experience with native mobile environments (Swift/Kotlin).

Nice to Have

• Built or integrated messaging/chat apps before.
• Familiarity with Flutter/KMP, understanding trade-offs.
• Prior startup/“0→1” app launch experience.

Benefits

• An entrepreneurial and creative environment where great ideas are actively encouraged, and taking responsibility for them is expected
• The warm fuzzy feeling that comes with knowing you are making a huge difference to small independent businesses, local economies and communities
• 38 days holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays)
• Annual company performance-based bonus
• Flexible hours set up (40 hours p/w for full time roles), and a fully remote company
• Company-wide, adventurous meet-ups
• Experience what we do: everyone goes on a free MBA trip within their first year
• A £500 annual travel voucher to spend on an MBA trip/s
• 30% Employee discount, plus 15% friends and family discount for MBA trips
• Generous Pension scheme (UK employees only)
• Free access to private GP, and unlimited mental health support and counselling via our partner at BHSF.
• Budget to set up a remote working space and access to co-working spaces
• Supportive Parental Pay: we offer 16 weeks full pay if you’re the primary caregiver & 4 weeks full pay if you’re the secondary caregiver.

The Process

1. Apply with CV + screening questions.
2. Short intro video call (30 mins).
3. Hiring Manager Interview & live coding challenge
4. Final interview with senior team members.

Job ‘Need to Know’ details

• Preferred Start Date: ASAP
• Salary Range: £85-90k, depending on experience.
• Working Hours: a full time role is 40 hours per week, with core hours being 1000 - 1500 GMT (regardless of where you are based), and a flexible hours policy for the remaining time.
• Location: you must be resident either in the UK or in Europe (max +2 hours GMT).
  Note: Contract and benefits will vary depending on which country you are based in - this will be discussed at an appropriate stage in the interview process.