Principal Mobile Engineer

They are currently hiring a Principal Mobile Engineer to join their amazing team

About the company

They are inviting talented engineers to join its mission to lead the way in the streaming technology world. As a Principal Mobile Engineer, the successful candidate will play a key role within an innovative team dedicated to creating exceptional customer experiences worldwide. From powering platforms such as NBCUniversal’s in the United States, and across Europe, to Showmax in more than 40 African countries, this role provides an opportunity to impact millions of viewers globally.

About the role/What you'll do

The Principal Engineer will be central to building world‑class systems, taking ownership of technical leadership across codebases and influencing key architectural decisions.

Responsabilities

- As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of building world‑class systems.

- You will be responsible for contributing to and helping shape the technical direction of the department, while helping us deliver on the technical aspects of their departmental vision.

- Set and maintain the long‑term technical strategy in collaboration with team members, and lead critical architectural decisions across the codebase in partnership with senior leadership.

- Provide technical leadership across entire codebases, acting as a subject matter expert and key decision maker for architecture, scalability, and system reliability.

- Define strategic technical direction and develop actionable plans to improve KPIs.

- Shape the engineering culture and establish technical standards that promote consistency, reusability, and high‑quality development practices across the organisation.

- Making good decisions about when to invest in building solutions themselves, when to buy off‑the‑shelf and when to partner with 3rd parties.

- Mentoring other software engineers on best practice and contribute to the development of others.

- Raise the bar of code quality and testing of the teams you work with to ensure the best possible journeys for their business and customers.

- Lead platform‑level and strategic technical innovation efforts, evaluating and integrating emerging technologies that drive long‑term value in collaboration with senior leadership.

Requirements

- Experience and strong ability in Swift or Android.

- Ability to make good technical decisions and to convince others as to the merits and reasons for those decisions.

- Demonstrable track record in the design and delivery of leading‑edge strategic business solutions from concept through implementation.

- You should display a high understanding of application design and architecture and have proven leadership skills.

- Balancing the ability to get the job done and maintaining a high‑quality bar.

- Have mentored other team members and committed to helping them improve.

- An enthusiasm and aptitude for learning new skills and practices, constantly keeping up with the latest developments in the relevant field.

- Demonstrates exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, working with business and technical stakeholders.

What they offer

- A dynamic, highly visible work environment with opportunities for career progression.

- Collaboration with top engineers and a culture of shared learning.

- Competitive salary, annual bonus, and access to an employee share‑save plan.

- Hybrid work model and flexible holidays.

- Comprehensive private health insurance for employees and their families.

- Education, technology, and transportation budgets alongside continuous learning opportunities.

- Company mobile phone with data plan and a wide range of perks and employee discounts.

- Complimentary SkyShowtime subscription.

- Participation in an employee referral rewards program.

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