Mobile Lead (Android)

CreateFuture is fast becoming the UK's most recognisable digital consultancy, with years of experience building digital products and services for major organisations whilst putting our people first. We have offices in the centre of Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, and London as well as remote employees located throughout the country.

We are a team of creators - whether that's code, project plans, go to market strategies, culture initiatives, marketing campaigns, large language models or people policies. And together, with our clients, we create the future. This has seen us collaborate and partner across a multitude of industries and sectors, with the likes of PayPal, adidas, Natwest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, to name just a few.

Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful products has enabled us to scale to over 500 people in the last couple of years, and it is our amazing people - along with the safe, supportive and friendly culture we have built - that makes CreateFuture a great place to work. Don't just take our word for it though, we have been recognised by Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row - across a number of categories - and our employee exit rate is astonishingly low.

Join us on our journey Let's create something awesome, together, today.

Shape the future of Mobile at CreateFuture.

At CreateFuture, we believe the best mobile experiences are built with intention - inclusive by design, accessible by default, and shaped by genuine care for the end user. Our Mobile team lives and breathes that mindset, combining craft, collaboration, and deep technical knowledge to deliver thoughtful and impactful digital products.

As our Mobile Lead, you'll play a hands-on leadership role within the Mobile capability - helping guide project delivery, mentor engineers, shape technical strategy, and ensure that best practices are embedded at every stage. You'll collaborate across teams and clients, set technical direction, and be a visible voice of excellence in our growing community.

You'll also support hiring, team development, and resourcing, all while staying close to the code. Whether it's leading architectural decisions, exploring the latest in Swift or Kotlin, or helping to scale delivery across multiple teams - you'll bring confidence, clarity, and care to every challenge.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead technical direction across projects, contributing to architecture decisions, problem-solving, and hands-on delivery
• Mentor and support team members, providing coaching, feedback, and growth opportunities across the Mobile capability
• Represent CreateFuture to clients, shaping solutions, influencing delivery strategy, and building strong, trusted relationships
• Drive technical excellence, setting and maintaining high standards in mobile development (e.g. performance, testability, accessibility)
• Support hiring and team planning, identifying talent gaps, contributing to recruitment, and helping allocate resources effectively
• Champion community and culture, sharing your knowledge internally and externally, and contributing to a feedback-driven, inclusive environment

Skills and experience you'll bring:

• Strong technical background in native mobile development, with expertise in Swift and/or Kotlin
• Confident leading mobile architecture decisions and shaping best practices across teams and projects
• Experience mentoring others, with a supportive and inclusive leadership style
• Ability to engage confidently with clients and stakeholders, translating technical ideas into strategic outcomes
• Comfortable working across multiple teams and contexts, with a mindset of continuous improvement
• Curious and proactive - always seeking out better ways to build, collaborate, and deliver value

What we'll offer you:

At CreateFuture, we challenge ourselves to go beyond the obvious and we care deeply about our craft and customers. With us, you'll have ambitious projects to sink your teeth into and plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. You'll be part of our safe, supportive and friendly culture - that looks after you - and join our team of genuinely great people.

Our benefits include:

• Total 35 days holiday (we have flexible bank holidays)
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave
• Pension - matched up to 5%

As this is a hybrid role, focussing on Scotland we're looking for people within a commuting distance of our hub locations (Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester or London) and who are flexible to travel to client sites and CreateFuture regional offices. We are very flexible and trust you to manage your own schedule to balance face-to-face time with clients, colleagues and working from home.

We create and reinforce a culture that rewards employees' impact, not just activity. We trust our employees to work autonomously and promote ownership across all levels.

Next steps:

Our Talent team aims to respond to all applications within a reasonable timeframe, regardless of whether or not we progress your application.

• 30-minute call with one of our Talent Acquisition Team.
• 1-hour competency-based interview
• Take Home Task & Review
• 60-minute People Leadership & Values-led interview.

Our interview process is designed as an opportunity both for our interviewers to learn about your expertise, interests and motivations and for you to gain insights into the role, team and business as a whole, so throughout the process, you'll meet a few people from our team as well as others from across the business to help you get a well-rounded view of the role and life at CreateFuture.

We believe that representative teams made up of people with different backgrounds, skills, and points of view help us build the best workplace possible, and enable us to create genuinely innovative, broadly useful products.

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