iOS Technical Lead – Inside IR35 – Crawley (hybrid)

iOS Technical Lead – Hybrid (Crawley) – Contract (Inside IR35)
Industry: Aviation / Travel Technology

We are currently supporting a leading organisation in the aviation and travel technology sector in their search for an experienced iOS Technical Lead to join their digital engineering team on a hybrid basis (Crawley).

This is a key role responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of a highly visible customer-facing mobile application used by millions of users globally.

The Role

As the iOS Technical Lead, you will combine hands-on engineering with architectural leadership, driving the evolution of a modern, scalable mobile platform. You’ll work closely with product, backend, and architecture teams while also leading distributed engineering teams, including offshore developers.

The platform enables end-to-end customer journeys including booking, account management, and real-time travel services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead iOS development and feature delivery across the mobile platform

• Define and evolve mobile architecture (MVVM, Clean Architecture, etc.)

• Drive best practices across engineering including TDD, CI/CD, and code quality

• Oversee API integrations (REST / GraphQL) and ensure performance optimisation

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across product, backend, and DevOps

• Mentor and lead distributed/offshore engineering teams

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience in iOS development (Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Objective-C)

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Engineer with architectural ownership

• Deep understanding of modern mobile architecture patterns

• Experience building scalable, high-performance mobile applications

• Strong knowledge of API integration (REST; GraphQL is a plus)

• Experience with modern development practices (CI/CD, TDD, secure coding)

• Familiarity with reactive programming (Combine, async/await)

• Experience working with distributed or offshore teams is highly desirable

• Understanding of cloud-native and distributed systems

Additional Information

• Hybrid working: Crawley (2-3 days onsite)

• Contract role

• Inside IR35

• Competitive day rate

If you’re an experienced iOS Technical Lead looking to work on a high-impact digital product within a fast-paced, customer-focused environment, please apply or get in touch for more details.

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements