iOS Engineer

We are seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to take a leading role in building and evolving our iOS platform. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you’ll drive technical direction, own critical architectural decisions, and deliver high-quality mobile experiences at scale.

Working within a cross-functional product team, you’ll collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Backend Engineering to build performant, maintainable, and user-centric iOS applications., Technical Ownership & Architecture

• Own and evolve the iOS application architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Lead the design and delivery of complex features and architectural improvements.
• Make pragmatic technical decisions, balancing user experience, speed, and long-term sustainability.
• Promote and enforce best practices across architecture, patterns, and code quality.

Engineering Excellence

• Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code using modern iOS development practices.
• Drive improvements in code quality, testing, and developer experience.
• Lead and contribute to code reviews, maintaining a high engineering bar.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools, frameworks, and approaches where appropriate.

Delivery & Collaboration

• Partner with Product and Design to shape requirements, user experiences, and technical solutions.
• Collaborate with Backend teams to define and optimise APIs, data contracts, and integrations.
• Contribute to a rapid, iterative release cycle supported by CI/CD.
• Participate actively in Agile processes, ensuring high-quality and predictable delivery.

Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor and support other engineers, helping to raise overall team capability.
• Lead by example, fostering a high-performance and accountable engineering culture.
• Provide technical guidance and contribute to team and platform-level decision making.
• Act as a key iOS representative within the wider engineering organisation.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and address technical debt, performance issues, and architectural gaps.
• Improve development workflows, tooling, and team processes.
• Stay current with emerging trends in iOS development.
• Contribute to long-term technical strategy and roadmap planning., We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It’s a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we’ve been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here., Group Talent Senior Manager (FTC 6-12 months) Lead the design and delivery of key strategic talent and development initiatives, helping Admiral evolve its Perform & Grow approach, strengthen leader

This role requires strong technical depth, ownership, and leadership, with the ability to influence engineering standards and mentor others., * Proven experience delivering and scaling iOS applications in production environments.

• Strong experience working in fast-paced, product-focused teams.
• Track record of building complex features and evolving app architecture.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering direction.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD and modern release pipelines.

Technical Skills

Essential

• Strong proficiency in Swift and modern iOS development.
• Experience with SwiftUI and/or UIKit.
• Deep understanding of iOS SDK, frameworks, and APIs.
• Experience with application architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, TCA, Clean Architecture).
• Knowledge of networking, data persistence, caching, and synchronization.
• Strong debugging and performance optimisation skills.

Desirable

• Experience with The Composable Architecture (TCA).
• Familiarity with modularisation and multi-module apps.
• Experience with automated testing (unit, UI, snapshot tests).
• Knowledge of CI/CD tooling (e.g., Bitrise, GitHub Actions, CircleCI).
• Exposure to cloud-based architectures (e.g., AWS or Azure).
• Understanding of cross-platform or shared mobile architecture approaches.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong ownership mindset with a focus on outcomes and impact.
• Comfort operating in a hands-on, fast-moving environment.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Passion for building high-quality products and improving engineering practices.
• Pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to problem-solving.

Throughout my career I have always heard wonderful things about Admiral. I am lucky to finally be part of this amazing company. The culture, work/life balance, and values of Admiral are a few of the many reasons why I would recommend Admiral. I have had the opportunity to progress quickly, and I thoroughly love what I do.