Engineering Manager - React Native

Requirements:

• Strong commercial mobile engineering experience using React Native
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript and/or TypeScript
• Previous experience as an Engineering Manager, Software Engineering Manager, Technical Lead, or in a similar technical leadership role
• Proven experience building, growing, or shaping engineering teams
• Experience managing and developing software engineering teams, ideally teams of around 510 people
• Strong people management skills, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, and career development
• Ability to balance technical involvement with broader management responsibilities
• Strong understanding of modern mobile engineering practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, code quality, and software design principles
• Experience contributing to mobile architecture and engineering decision-making
• Understanding of mobile application development and deployment across iOS and Android
• Experience working with APIs and integrating mobile applications with backend services
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working in Agile software development environments
• Ability to create a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing engineering culture

Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of approximately 67 engineers
• Build and grow effective engineering teams, supporting recruitment, onboarding, and team structure
• Coach and mentor engineers, provide regular feedback, and support their career development
• Take ownership of team performance, engagement, and ways of working
• Work with engineering, product, and delivery stakeholders to plan and prioritise technical delivery
• Provide technical leadership across React Native mobile applications
• Remain approximately 30% hands-on, contributing to development, code reviews, technical problem-solving, and solution design
• Support architectural and technical decisions across mobile applications, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with engineering standards
• Promote engineering best practices, including clean code, automated testing, CI/CD, application performance, and software quality
• Support integration between mobile applications, APIs, and wider backend services
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges, and work with the team to resolve them
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, team capability, and technical standards

Technologies:

• Android
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Support
• JavaScript
• Mobile
• React
• React Native
• TypeScript
• iOS

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We are looking to build internal capability. This is an initial 12-month fixed-term contract, with the intention of converting to a permanent position. The role requires 1–2 days per week on-site in Manchester. It is a hands-on leadership position focused approximately 70% on people management, team leadership, and delivery, with the remaining 30% focused on technical contribution. The successful candidate will help develop a high-performing engineering team and deliver high-quality, scalable mobile applications.

last updated 43 week of 2026