Senior iOS Engineer - Apps Team

About Us

The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide. 

At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world.

In our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations and wellbeing.

Your future at the FT will be filled with opportunities that challenge and inspire you. With no fixed path, you’ll discover new skills and forge a career that can take you anywhere.

Build a newsworthy career at the FT.

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We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued. A supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and operate to their full potential. We are committed to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.

The Role

We’re looking for a Senior iOS Engineer who is passionate about building a scalable, reliable mobile platform and enabling teams across the organisation to contribute confidently and independently to the FT”s award-winning digital products.

You’ll join the Mobile Apps team, a multidisciplinary, cross-functional group focused on delivering an outstanding mobile experience for our world class news. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, business analysts and designers to build and evolve a premium mobile application and platform for our customers.

What You’ll Do 

iOS Platform & Architecture

• Define and evolve iOS platform boundaries (native vs shared vs web layers)
• Ensure performance, reliability, and UX consistency as contribution scales across multiple teams
• Make architectural trade-offs across native, hybrid and shared approaches
• Identify and address platform risks (performance, memory, app size, offline behaviour)
• Define and enforce native constraints (performance, memory, app size, lifecycle) to protect platform integrity

Contribution Enablement & Guardrails

• Define and evolve guardrails and constraints that enable safe contribution at scale
• Guide teams on how to build within platform boundaries
• Reduce reliance on central ownership through systems and tooling
• Collaborate with teams to improve quality without blocking delivery

Delivery & Engineering Excellence

• Build and maintain high-quality iOS features and platform capabilities where native expertise is required
• Work with hybrid technologies (webviews, shared logic) where required
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact outcomes
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices
• Use automated tooling and systems to ensure high quality outcomes throughout delivery.

What You’ll Bring

Essential

• Deep expertise in Swift and iOS platform internals (performance, lifecycle, memory)
• Strong architectural judgement across native, shared and web approaches
• Experience working on large-scale mobile applications with multiple contributors
• Ability to define platform boundaries and make pragmatic trade-offs
• Experience enabling teams to contribute safely without central ownership
• Strong problem-solving skills across complex technical systems
• Excellent communication and ability to influence across teams

Desirable

• Experience working with Kotlin Multiplatform or shared code approaches
• Experience working with Apple’s in-app purchase ecosystem (StoreKit), including subscription models, entitlements, and edge cases (restoration, retries, offline behaviour)
• Experience in hybrid app architectures (webviews, JS integration)
• Familiarity with observability and performance monitoring tools
• Experience influencing engineering practices across teams
• Experience supporting teams through architectural or platform transitions

What’s in it for you? Our benefits

Our benefits vary by location but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here.

We’ve embraced a 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite) that fosters trust and remote adaptability while encouraging in-person camaraderie and peer learning. Additionally, we are open to accommodating specific flexible working pattern requests for all roles where feasible.

Accessibility

We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Further information

At the FT, we embrace innovation and the use of technology and appreciate that individuals may leverage AI tools as part of their job application process. Whilst we are happy for you to use AI to assist with your application, it is essential that all information provided is authentic and accurately represents your skills, experience, and qualifications.

Candidates should be aware that the use of AI throughout the application process may be monitored to ensure a fair and transparent hiring process for all.