Engineering Manager, Mobile Apps
Core
Lead and grow the iOS and Android engineering team to ship a fast, reliable, and well-crafted mobile experience for The Economist Group's digital products.
Role type
Senior IC Engineering Manager (Mobile)
Builds
Native mobile apps (iOS/Android) for The Economist, Economist Enterprise, and Economist Education
Domain
Media & Information Services / Mobile Development
Required skills
People management, Native mobile development (iOS/Swift, Android/Kotlin), Release management, App store operations, CI/CD, Performance optimization, Testing strategies, Product sense
Preferred skills
Architectural decision making, Cross-functional partnership, Business metrics analysis
Technologies
iOS, Swift, Android, Kotlin
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a team of iOS and Android engineers, providing day-to-day management, mentorship and career development. Stay hands-on: review code, contribute to architectural decisions, and step into implementation when it matters. Own delivery for the mobile team: planning, prioritisation, and removing blockers in partnership with product management. Set and uphold engineering standards for code quality, testing, performance, accessibility and release practices across both platforms. Partner with Product, Design, QA and backend/platform teams to turn roadmap priorities into a well-sequenced, technically sound mobile plan. Get hands-on with product and business requirements: ask questions, spot gaps, and help refine specs before and during build, rather than treating them as fixed inputs from the product. Use business and product metrics (engagement, retention, subscriber conversion, crash-free rate, and similar) to inform prioritisation, trade-off decisions, and what
