Vetted on a call by a Wave consultant, not scraped. £100,000 to £125,000.
Built a mobile department from nothing at an investment reporting fintech, hired into it, and split time half and half between managing 2 juniors and writing code. Native Android in Kotlin and Java alongside React Native, with Node.js behind it and CI set up from scratch on GitHub Actions and Bitrise. Currently on a short contract running a React Native app and a native Android app side by side.
Looking forChasing a lead mobile role somewhere mobile is the product rather than a secondary feature, with LLM integration in it. The AI angle is the pull and they've been building their own projects to get there.
How they came acrossEntrepreneurial, and it shows in the self-started AI work rather than in the talking. Left a permanent job rather than accept a 2 year move off mobile, which tells you how firmly they hold a direction.
Kotlin, Java, Android, React Native · TypeScript, Node.js, React · GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Azure, Supabase
Thirteen years across 8 employers spanning Pakistan, the UAE and the UK, most recently health tech and an investment reporting fintech, now on contract. Average tenure 1 year 2 months with a longest stint of 2 years 2 months.
Eight employers in 13 years and an average stint of 14 months, worth asking about directly, though the last exit was a department being frozen for 2 years rather than a choice.
BSc in telecommunications engineering.
Leads Android for a radio streaming platform with more than 1,000,000 users, running the team and still writing code. Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, with Media3 and ExoPlayer for audio streaming over DASH and HLS, and CircleCI behind releases. Accessibility design is a genuine specialism here, carried over from 7 years leading mobile at a UK accessibility charity.
Looking forWants out of Android-only work and into a broader stack, Flutter included, even though they haven't used it commercially. Also wants a real hybrid pattern with proper office days.
How they came acrossFully remote has worn thin. What they told us was that the isolation makes team integration hard and they'd rather be in a room with people. Comes across as composed under deadline pressure, which the 15 year record backs up.
Kotlin, Java, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines · Media3, ExoPlayer, Firebase · CircleCI, Jenkins, Gradle, AWS, Docker
Fifteen years across 5 employers, from an AI data consultancy and a Pakistani digital agency into a UK charity and now a large European media group. Average tenure 2 years 6 months with a longest stint of 7 years 5 months.
Won't take another fully remote role, and won't take an Android-only one either.
Masters in software engineering from a Russell Group university.
Owns the mobile SDK platform at an embedded finance business, with the role scoped as principal architect on top of a senior engineering title. Android first, in Kotlin with coroutines, Flow and Jetpack Compose, and cross-platform in React Native, Expo and Flutter. Two of the previous roles were mobile engineering management at large consumer finance platforms.
Looking forWants an engineering lead role where the mobile platform is the product rather than a bolt-on. Hybrid 2 to 3 days a week, and a 5 day office is a hard no.
How they came acrossPicky about who they work for and open about why. They turned down an offer from a well known delivery business purely on what staff were saying about the culture, which tells you they do their homework before they commit.
Kotlin, Java, Android, Jetpack Compose · React Native, TypeScript, Expo, Flutter · CircleCI, Jenkins, Fastlane, Firebase
Twelve years across only 4 employers, starting at a global IT services firm of more than 300,000 people, then 2 large consumer finance platforms, now an embedded finance business in London. Average tenure 2 years 10 months with a longest stint of 5 years 6 months.
Three months notice, and a 5 day office requirement rules them out completely.
BSc in information technology, plus an Android Nanodegree.
Tell me which came closest and I recalibrate, then come back with 10 to 15 more inside 24 hours.
Show me the wider bank