iOS Mobile Lead Engineer

Posted 19 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Greater Manchester, England
Remote
Senior level
Sports • Analytics
The Role
Lead the iOS mobile development team to create innovative sports tech apps, ensuring performance and scalability while mentoring engineers and managing app deployments.
Summary Generated by Built In
Kitman Labs is a global human performance company, disrupting and transforming the way the sports industry uses data to increase the performance of the world's top athletes. 

Driven by a passion to innovate in the areas of sports performance, analytics and user experience, we have assembled a team of the industry’s top data scientists, sports performance scientists, product specialists and engineers. The company received recognition by Fast Company in 2019 as one of the most innovative companies in the world.  

Kitman Labs’ advanced Outcome-driven Analytics and Performance Intelligence Platform are used by over 700 teams in 50 leagues on 6 continents spanning soccer, rugby, American football, baseball and ice hockey.

Build Next-Gen Sports Tech Apps!

We’re on the lookout for passionate iOS developers to join our Mobile Team within our growing Product Engineering group. This team is at the heart of creating cutting-edge tools that empower athletes and coaches worldwide to make data-driven decisions. Our mobile apps are crafted primarily with Swift and SwiftUI, with some Objective-C for legacy support. We embrace a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and innovation, making this the perfect opportunity for engineers looking to grow and make a real impact.

What you'll be doing:

  • Write scalable and well-tested code – You’ll design and implement robust solutions that ensure system scalability and high availability.
  • Own the mobile journey – Take end-to-end responsibility for our iOS applications, ensuring they remain robust, performant, and aligned with our high engineering standards.
  • Expand our global footprint – Lead the charge in localised deployments, facilitating seamless app releases across new regions to bring our platform to a worldwide audience.
  • Build from the ground up – Architect and deliver new end-to-end features, bridging the gap between complex backend logic and a refined user interface.
  • Empower and mentor talent – Manage a team of high-performing engineers, providing technical guidance and career coaching to foster a culture of excellence and continuous growth.
  • Bridge the gap between vision and execution – Partner closely with Product and Engineering Managers to scope, estimate, and roadmap work, ensuring technical feasibility and timely delivery of our product goals.
  • Modernise and refactor – Champion the health of our codebase by identifying legacy bottlenecks and migrating toward modern iOS patterns like SwiftUI, Combine, or Swift Concurrency.
  • Define the mobile standard – Collaborate with Android and Web leads to ensure architectural consistency and shared best practices across our entire engineering organisation.
  • Guard the app’s vitals – Oversee app performance, crash rates, and battery usage, ensuring that our high-performance sports insights never come at the cost of device stability.
  • Cultivate an "App Store Ready" culture – Manage the intricacies of the App Store Connect ecosystem, from certificates and provisioning to navigating Apple’s evolving privacy and submission guidelines.

What we're look for:

  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Proven technical leadership – A track record of guiding iOS teams and mentoring engineers, balancing high-level architectural decisions with hands-on development and people growth.
  • Strategic planning and execution – Experience partnering with Product and Engineering Managers to translate roadmaps into actionable milestones with reliable estimation and scoping.
  • A product-oriented mindset – Strong collaboration skills with Design and Product teams to ensure technical implementation always serves the user experience and business goals.
  • Technical Mastery
  • Mastery of the iOS ecosystem – Deep expertise in Swift and SwiftUI, with a sophisticated understanding of mobile performance, state management, and modern concurrency.
  • Architectural vision – Success in designing modular, scalable, and testable app architectures that remain maintainable as the team and codebase grow.
  • Advanced automation and infrastructure – Experience designing and optimising CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Fastlane, CircleCI) to streamline deployment workflows and ensure release stability.
  • Quality & Problem Solving
  • Commitment to engineering excellence – A high bar for quality, with experience implementing comprehensive testing strategies and establishing coding standards that elevate the entire team.
  • Navigating technical complexity – Extensive experience integrating real-time data via REST or GraphQL and managing the nuances of multi-region app deployments and localised content.
  • Analytical and decisive problem-solving – An ability to deconstruct complex technical challenges into elegant, robust solutions while considering long-term system health.

Bonus skills (nice to have!):

  • Cross-platform exposure – Familiarity with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), helping to bridge the gap between our iOS and Android engineering strategies.
  • App Store Ecosystem navigation – Deep knowledge of App Store Connect, including managing complex provisioning profiles, App Store localised metadata, and navigating Apple’s review guidelines.

Why join us?

  • Work on high-impact products used by athletes and coaches worldwide.
  • Be part of an innovative, fast-moving team with a focus on automation and continuous delivery.
  • Remote work flexibility, with a collaborative and supportive team culture.
  • Direct influence on technical decisions and product roadmap.

Benefits

At Kitman Labs we pride ourselves on being the best and working with the best, so it should be no surprise that we are also dedicated to keeping the best through building a world-class work culture.
We truly believe that a successful company begins through having an outstanding and inspiring culture, so our benefits reflect this:
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance for employee & dependants
- Meaningful equity
- Pension Plan
- Life Cover
- Income protection
- Wellbeing benefits

Location

While this role allows for remote work, occasional face-to-face-gatherings are recommended.

Diversity

In addition to building a team with diverse skill-sets, Kitman Labs is committed to hiring people with diverse backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on age, civil or family status, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application process, please let us know.

You can find information about how we process, share and keep your personal data safe by reading our privacy policy

Top Skills

Ci/Cd
GraphQL
Objective-C
Rest
Swift
Swiftui
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The Company
HQ: Menlo Park, CA
195 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Kitman Labs is the industry leading sports analytics company, using artificial intelligence to increase athlete performance and health. Teams around the world in the NFL, NBA, NHL, EPL, Bundesliga, AFL, NRL and more rely on Kitman Labs'​ powerful insights to put their best team on the field and outperform the competition.

Forged in professional sport and powered by some of the brightest data scientists in the world, Kitman Labs is committed to continual innovation to solve the toughest problems in human performance and unlock the connection between performance, health, and training.

More than just a technology provider, we are known for our superior customer support, research-backed thought leadership, and bringing together some of the best minds in the industry to share, challenge and advance performance practices.

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