JOB DETAILS

• £400 PER DAY
• OUTSIDE IR35
• 1-2 PER WEEK IN CARDIFF OFFICE
• 3-MONTH CONTRACT WITH POTENTIAL FOR EXTENSION
• EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATION BASED IN WALES

SKILLS

• Strong understanding of Moodle Mobile App.
• Extensive Back-End development skills.
• Knowledge of AI-powered Chatbot development.
  RESPONSIBILITIES- Improve Mobile App Improvements and Moodle Integration.
• Taking a prominent role is Moodle Dashboard development.
• Embedding AI Chatbot in Moodle.

What you need to do now
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About the team

Our team isaccountable for security within the mobile channel. Weprovide a suite of mobile security components,that provides an all-round security posture in mobile appsincluding associated services (penetration testing, obfuscation, consultancy etc.).

Were passionate about our shared passion for delivering new features for customers across our brands in the mobile space.

What We Need from You Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong programming expertise in Swift, with hands-on experience using modern iOS development toolsets including Xcode, Git, GitHub, XCTest, and XCUITest.
• Deep understanding of modular app architecture, including frameworks-based modularisation and architectural patterns such as MVVM.
• Proficiency in building, maintaining, and integrating SDKs, ensuring they are scalable, well documented, and easy to consume across teams.
• Solid grasp of concurrency in Swift (e.g., async/await, GCD, Operations) and the ability to design performant, thread safe solutions.
• Broad technical experience with a track record of delivering high quality, production scale iOS applications.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering teams to drive reusability, inner sourcing, and reduction of technical waste.
• A strong advocate for engineering quality, leveraging practices such as Pair Programming, Test Driven Development (TDD), Code Reviews, Continuous Integration, and Automated Testing.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Knowledge of mobile security principles and best practices, such as secure storage, authentication flows, and safe handling of sensitive data.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for mobile, ideally with tools such as GitHub Actions, Fastlane, and automated build/test deployment processes.

JOB DETAILS

• 400 PER DAY
• OUTSIDE IR35
• 1-2 PER WEEK IN CARDIFF OFFICE
• 3-MONTH CONTRACT WITH POTENTIAL FOR EXTENSION
• EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATION BASED IN WALES

SKILLS

• Strong understanding of Moodle Mobile App.
• Extensive Back-End development skills.
• Knowledge of AI-powered Chatbot development.
  RESPONSIBILITIES- Improve Mobile App Improvements and Moodle Integration.
• Taking a prominent role is Moodle Dashboard development.
• Embedding AI Chatbot in Moodle.

What you need to do now
If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Role:Mobile Backend Developer - Kotlin and javaDuration: 6 MonthsLocation:Manchester, UK (3 days Hybrid)

The Role

Seeking a Senior Application Engineer ( Backend cloud based application development) with deep technical expertise and thought leadership. You will drive strategy for your area of expertise across teams and foster a developer community within your domain. The role involves mentoring junior staff, ensuring high-quality deliverables, promoting best practices like TDD and BDD, and leading engineering practices across the SDLC.

Your responsibilities:

• Provide advanced technical expertise in Backend Development, supporting the team with effective solutions and practical insights.
• Participate in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, development, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
• Demonstrate a commitment to keeping up with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices, actively applying them in your work.
• Contribute new ideas, tools, and methodologies to help foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team.
• Share knowledge and mentor peers and junior engineers, supporting their growth and skills development.
• Collaborate with technical leads, IT teams, and business stakeholders to understand project requirements, implications, and dependencies.
• Review and provide feedback on technical documentation, suggesting improvements where appropriate.
• Promote and practice best development approaches such as Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) to deliver high-quality, maintainable code.
• Apply design patterns to address complex problems, ensuring code is efficient, readable, and reusable.
• Adhere to IT and Information Security policies and procedures in all engineering activities.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Preferred - Experience of building distributed scalable microservices using Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, OAuth 2.0, Secure API design
• Understanding of API design for mobile application with event driven architecture
• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of the financial services industry
• Other technologies/areas: AWS, API Design, Automation testing

iOS Engineer- Financial Services

Location: London (Hybrid 2-3 days onsite)

Type: Contract Term:

Initial: 3 months

Rate: Neg

Status: Outside IR35

About the Role We’re seeking an iOS Engineer to join a leading financial services institution undergoing a large scale digital transformation. You’ll be part of a cross functional mobile engineering team responsible for delivering secure and mobile applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance native iOS applications in Swift following best practices and clean architecture principles.
• Collaborate with design and product teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Integrate with RESTful APIs and internal financial systems securely and efficiently
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the mobile development life cycle and internal coding standards.

Essential:

• Strong experience in iOS development using Swift Solid understanding of mobile app architecture
• Proven experience working within banking, fintech or insurance.

Desirable:

• Exposure to Kotlin Knowledge of CI/CD tools eg Jenkins

Mandatory skills

MVVM/MVI architecture

Java/Kotlin

Job Description

Were looking for a self- motivated Senior Android Engineer, proficient in Android mobile
development. Youll have technical know-how from crafting, developing, and producing mobile
components and services, stakeholder management working closely with strategy teams to architect, design and implement solutions.

What we need from you / essential skills & experience:

Excellent knowledge of Kotlin/Java.
Strong knowledge of Android SDK, Android UI design principles, patterns, and best
practices
Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
Awesome knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available
for common tasks and benchmarking and optimisation
Proficient in Google’s Android design principles, interface guidelines and code versioning
tools, such as Git
Applying SOLID Principles
MVVM/MVI architecture, Android Architecture Components and other Jetpack libraries
Jetpack Compose
Working in a modularised codebase
UI testing

Spectrum IT’s partner are an enterprise digital platform provider who deliver a widely used, real-world consumer mobile application. They are entering a key delivery phase and are looking for an experienced Contract Flutter contractor to join them and help deliver new features and enhancements within a time-critical product roadmap. In this role you’ll be supporting upto 1.5 million customers across the UK and Europe.

This role has been deemed OUTSIDE IR35 and will be a remote working role with occasionally office visits to the West London/Uxbridge site.

You’ll be joining a modern engineering function working on a production-scale mobile app that integrates with a large Azure cloud-based backend platform.

The Role

You will play a key role in designing and building new mobile features while improving existing functionality in a live Flutter application. The work is highly collaborative, involving close interaction with backend engineers working in a .NET / Azure cloud environment, as well as product and design teams. This is a fast-paced contract where delivery momentum and quality both matter.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop new features in a live Flutter application (iOS, Android, Web)
• Contribute to architectural decisions within a modular Flutter codebase (Bloc / Cubits)
• Implement clean, scalable Dart code aligned with best practices
• Integrate backend services via REST (previous gRPC exposure beneficial)
• Implement and enhance mapping functionality (Mapbox mobile, Google Maps web)
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements (Azure / GitHub)
• Support app performance optimisation, crash reduction, and stability improvements
• Work within Agile sprint cycles, delivering against milestone-driven roadmaps

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience developing Flutter mobile applications
• Solid experience with Dart and Flutter architecture patterns
• Experience delivering features in live, consumer-facing mobile apps
• Strong understanding of mobile app state management
• Experience integrating REST APIs and handling asynchronous data flows
• Knowledge of mobile performance optimisation and debugging
• Experience working in a cloud-connected mobile architecture

Technical Environment

• Flutter / Dart
• Backend services built in a .NET
• Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Source control via GitHub
• Delivery tracking using Jira
• Documentation and collaboration in Confluence
• CI/CD pipelines supporting mobile deliver

For more information and to submit your interest, please apply with an updated CV.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.