Mobile Applications Architect
Posted 1 day ago by 1772207541
£500 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Remote
Summary: The Mobile Applications Architect role is a strategic position focused on defining and governing mobile architecture across various programs and initiatives. This contract position, classified as inside IR35, requires a strong technical background to lead architectural discussions and ensure alignment with enterprise roadmaps. The role emphasizes stakeholder management and the design of robust mobile solutions without hands-on development responsibilities. The position is remote/hybrid and offers a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and define the mobile architecture strategy across programmes and in-flight initiatives
- Provide 12+ month architectural planning, ensuring alignment to wider enterprise roadmaps
- Govern and assure engineering teams, ensuring delivery aligns with approved architecture
- Design and document robust mobile solutions, maintaining architecture artefacts and repositories
- Align mobile platforms with downstream services via REST/GraphQL APIs
- Proactively manage senior stakeholders across business and technology
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding of mobile technologies including React Native, Firebase, Instabug
- Knowledge of mobile security patterns (OAuth, jailbreak/root detection, certificate pinning, threat modelling)
- Experience integrating with downstream systems and API ecosystems
- Exposure to Open Banking/Open Finance environments
- Pensions domain knowledge (highly desirable)
- Familiarity with GenAI architectures
- Experience with analytics and engagement tooling such as Adobe Analytics, Braze, Tealium
- Proven strategic and programme-level architecture experience
- Background in engineering or technical delivery, with the ability to hold deep technical conversations
- Experience ensuring governance and architectural compliance across delivery teams
- Strong documentation discipline and experience maintaining architecture artefacts
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive, confident stakeholder management
Salary (Rate): £500 per day
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Mobile Applications Architect
Contract: Inside IR35 - £500 per day
(Client-run PAYE - no umbrella required, employer's NI covered)
Location: Remote/Hybrid (UK-based)
The Role We are seeking an experienced Mobile Applications Architect for an inside IR35 contract role paying up to £500 per day. The client operates their own payroll, meaning a straightforward PAYE arrangement with no umbrella company required.
This is a strategic architecture role, not a hands-on development position. We are looking for someone with a strong technical background who can confidently engage in detailed engineering discussions while leading the architectural direction across mobile platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and define the mobile architecture strategy across programmes and in-flight initiatives
- Provide 12+ month architectural planning, ensuring alignment to wider enterprise roadmaps
- Govern and assure engineering teams, ensuring delivery aligns with approved architecture
- Design and document robust mobile solutions, maintaining architecture artefacts and repositories
- Align mobile platforms with downstream services via REST/GraphQL APIs
- Proactively manage senior stakeholders across business and technology
- Strong understanding of mobile technologies including React Native, Firebase, Instabug
- Knowledge of mobile security patterns (OAuth, jailbreak/root detection, certificate pinning, threat modelling)
- Experience integrating with downstream systems and API ecosystems
- Exposure to Open Banking/Open Finance environments
- Pensions domain knowledge (highly desirable)
- Familiarity with GenAI architectures
- Experience with analytics and engagement tooling such as Adobe Analytics, Braze, Tealium
- Proven strategic and programme-level architecture experience
- Background in engineering or technical delivery, with the ability to hold deep technical conversations
- Experience ensuring governance and architectural compliance across delivery teams
- Strong documentation discipline and experience maintaining architecture artefacts
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive, confident stakeholder management