Mobile Tech Lead at Inara, United Kingdom, £450–£480 per day

Mobile Tech Lead (Android Lean) | Must hold active SC Clearance | Outside IR35

Rate: £450–£480 per day (Outside IR35)

Contract: Initial 4 months (with strong possibility for extension)

Location: Fully Remote (1 day onsite per month for key collaboration sessions)

Lead the technical direction of a large-scale mobile transformation.

We're supporting a growing technology consultancy delivering a major digital transformation programme within the public sector.

They're looking for an experienced Mobile Tech Lead to provide technical leadership across a suite of native mobile applications, helping shape architecture, engineering standards and delivery whilst remaining hands-on throughout the project.

Although the role has an Android focus, you'll be comfortable discussing mobile solutions across both Android and iOS, working closely with engineering teams, architects and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable mobile applications used at national scale.

What you'll be doing

• Providing technical leadership across native mobile engineering teams.
• Shaping mobile architecture, engineering standards and best practices.
• Remaining hands-on with Android development whilst supporting the wider mobile capability.
• Working closely with architects, delivery teams and customer stakeholders to define technical solutions.
• Mentoring engineers through technical leadership, reviews and collaborative development.
• Helping solve complex engineering challenges across a large-scale digital transformation programme.
• Influencing technical direction whilst balancing long-term architecture with delivery.
• What we're looking for

You'll ideally bring experience across:

Native Mobile Development: Strong commercial Android development (Kotlin), with an understanding of iOS (Swift/SwiftUI). Whilst an Android background is preferred, you'll be comfortable contributing to technical discussions across both platforms.

Architecture & Engineering: Experience designing scalable mobile architectures using patterns such as MVVM, MVI or Clean Architecture, alongside a strong understanding of modular applications, dependency injection and modern engineering principles.

Mobile Engineering Practices: CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code reviews, release management and application performance optimisation.

Technical Leadership: Experience leading engineering teams, mentoring developers, making architectural decisions and engaging confidently with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Consultancy Experience: Comfortable working directly with customers, translating business requirements into technical solutions and providing technical leadership throughout delivery.

Essential

• Active SC Clearance (must already hold live clearance)
• Strong commercial Android experience
• Exposure to native iOS development
• Experience leading mobile engineering teams
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• What's on offer?
• Outside IR35 contract
• £450–£480 per day
• Fully remote working
• One onsite collaboration day as required
• Opportunity to lead the mobile capability on a high-profile public sector transformation programme

If you're an experienced Mobile Tech Lead who enjoys combining hands-on engineering with technical leadership and customer engagement, we'd love to hear from you.