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Technical Lead (Mobile Apps) at Arbor Education. Location:. Remote. Salary: . £80,000 - £85,000. About us. At Arbor, we’re on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better. . We believe in a future of work in schools where being challenged doesn’t mean being burnt out and overworked. Where data guides progress without overwhelming staff. And where everyone working in a school is reminded why they got into education every day. . Our MIS and school management tools are already making a difference in over 7,000 schools and trusts. Giving time and power back to staff, turning data into clear, actionable insights, and supporting happier working days. . At the heart of our brand is a recognition that the challenges schools face today aren’t just about efficiency, outputs and productivity - but about creating happier working lives for the people who drive education everyday: the staff. We want to make schools more joyful places to work, as well as learn. . About the role. We are looking for an experienced and collaborative Technical Lead (Mobile Apps) to join our Engineering team and help us define the technical vision, architecture, and standards that will shape our mobile app development for years to come. The remit and focus of the role is to mentor and coach engineers, embed a culture of quality, and help the team make sound technical decisions that deliver real value to customers. Working closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and other disciplines, this role provides the technical leadership and judgement needed to guide delivery and support the long-term growth of both people and technology. It’s a broad and exciting role, so we’re looking for someone up for a challenge - if you’re highly technical and an effective communicator, this is the role for you.. Core responsibilities. . Design, build, and own mobile application architecture, selecting appropriate libraries and tools to ensure our products are robust, scalable, and secure.. . Lead by example by writing clean, high-quality, and well-tested React Native code.. . Establish and document coding standards, and incorporate the organisation’s automated testing frameworks to enable a quality-first culture.. . Work closely with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, QA, Designers, and other Engineers and Tech Leads to align technical direction with product strategy and the organisation’s API strategy.. . Work actively with the architecture community (ATLAS) to define processes, drive technology adoption, and share best practices across teams.. . Play a role in hiring, onboarding, and mentoring, where required.. . Ensure non-functional requirements like performance, reliability, and security are addressed in all solution designs.. . Champion accountability by ensuring systems are observable and meet agreed Service Level Objectives (SLOs). Lead Root Cause Analysis when issues occur.. . Lead estimation and feasibility assessments, making sure plans are realistic and aligned with team skills and capacity.. . Establish a proactive strategy for managing technical debt from the outset to ensure long-term product health and maintainability.. . Contribute to structured release planning, ensuring phased rollouts deliver value early (MVP-first), and support post-release reviews.. . About you. . Significant professional experience building, shipping, and maintaining complex mobile applications using React Native.. . Experience with enterprise-scale or high-availability app and systems.. . Proven experience taking a mobile application from initial concept through to a successful launch on the App Store and/or Google Play.. . Strong grounding in engineering principles and design patterns (e.g. SOLID, DRY).. . Deep experience designing, consuming, and collaborating on RESTful APIs, with a strong understanding of mobile-centric API requirements.. . Working knowledge of AWS, including services relevant to mobile application backends.. . Familiarity with observability practices (monitoring, metrics, alerting) and Root Cause Analysis.. . Understanding of secure coding and compliance requirements.. . Experience with mentoring engineers, and a passion for fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture.. . Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.. . Agile facilitation (Scrum/Kanban) and continuous improvement.. . Bonus skills. . Native mobile development experience (Swift/Kotlin) for building bridges or performance-critical components.. . Hands-on experience setting up CI/CD pipelines for React Native applications (e.g., using tools like Fastlane, Bitrise, or GitHub Actions).. . Knowledge of the PHP ecosystem, to better facilitate backend collaboration.. . Company Location: United Kingdom.