Mobile Engineer

Oxbury; Chester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK bank specializing in agriculture is seeking experienced Senior Mobile Developers and QA Engineers to join their team. The roles involve the development and maintenance of both Android and iOS applications, with a strong emphasis on quality assurance through automation. Candidates should have proven skills in mobile app development and QA methodologies. We offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday, and various employee benefits. Join us in shaping bespoke financial products for the rural economy.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days holiday

Oxbury Award (Bonus scheme)

Free Personal Training sessions

Private Medical Healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Insurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience in mobile development with Android or iOS.
• Experience in building and maintaining mobile QA automation.
• Ability to design, write structured test code and prepare testing documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Oxbury's Android or iOS mobile app.
• Build and maintain Mobile QA Automation.
• Collaborate with the wider team to ensure high quality software testing.

Skills

Android SDK (Kotlin)

iOS SDK (Swift)

API integration

Test Automation

Agile methodologies

Tools

Jira

XCUITest

Espresso

Appium

Job description

We are seeking experienced and motivated individuals to join our Mobile Development Team, in a variety of exciting roles:

Senior Mobile QA Automation Engineer

We are Oxbury: The only UK bank dedicated to British agriculture. Founded by farmers, bankers, and technologists, we have combined the worlds of financial services, technology, and agriculture to provide bespoke financial products to support the rural economy.

About the role - Android and IOS Developer

As a Senior Developer for the Android or iOS team, you will play a key role in the development and maintenance of Oxbury's Android or iOS mobile app. You will maintain existing features, whilst developing new features and implementing high quality, production ready code.

About the role - Mobile QA Engineer

As a Senior Mobile QA Engineer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining our Mobile QA Automation, along with fully testing our IOS and Android applications. You will plan, create and execute both manual and automated test plans for our mobile apps, and collaborate with the wider team to ensure a common, high quality approach to Oxbury's software testing.

Required Skills / Experience - Android and iOS Developer

• Android SDK (we use Kotlin) or IOS SDK (we use Swift).
• Ability to make key tech and architecture choices.
• Design and write well-structured code.
• Implement a modern and smooth UI from a design spec.
• Security principles & secure coding on Android or IOS.
• AppStore and TestFlight experience, or Play Store and Firebase experience.
• Unit testing and Continuous Integration.
• Web based API integration.

Required Skills / Experience - Mobile QA Engineer

• Proven experience of mobile QA engineering, backed up with demonstrable experience of QA methodology, including the use of testing and bug-tracking tools (Jira for preference).
• Preparation and execution of manual and automated test plans appropriate for mobile apps.
• Building a test automation suite using industry standards (e.g. XCUITest / Espresso / Appium).
• Creation of supporting automation test frameworks and libraries as required.
• Design and write well-structured (test) code.
• Preparing results documentation and presenting the outcome of testing activities.
• Experience with best practices in UX and a willingness to help improve the user experience.
• Agile, Scrum.
• Expresso, RASP protections.
• Java, graphQL, Apollo.
• XCUITest, RASP protections.
• Objective C, graphQL, Apollo.
• Security principles and best practices for Mobile Apps.
• Experience writing BDD scripts for tools such as Gherkin or Behat.
• Leveraging Device Farms.

Alongside this we can offer you:

• A very competitive salary with an excellent benefits package.
• 25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holiday (this increases with service).
• Oxbury Award (Bonus scheme).
• Free Personal Training session every week.
• Private Medical Healthcare.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Life Insurance.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave.

Please note that we do not offer sponsorship with these roles.