Software Engineering Manager - Unified Client ; UCX; Mobile

Position: Software Engineering Manager - Unified Client Experience (UCX) (Mobile)
Location: Greater London

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Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.

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About the role

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) are looking for an experienced and talented Mobile Software Engineering Manager to lead a Unified Client Experience (UCX) product development team in building market-leading mobile applications for our clients.

About HL And The Opportunity

We’re building the next generation platform for one of the UK’s largest financial services companies, trusted by over 2 million clients and managing c.£150 billion in assets. This is your opportunity to shape technology that will redefine how people invest and achieve financial freedom.

You will build our green field next generation Unified Client Experience (UCX) mobile applications that will streamline client journeys across a range of products and services. It’s an exciting opportunity to design, architect and build a modern cross platform mobile application from scratch using React Native and latest design patterns and industry best practices to modernize and transform our savings and investment platform.

The UCX team consolidates the efforts of the whole organisation, transforming client journeys and delivering on HL’s vision to give people financial freedom. You will work with like-minded people from business, product and engineering functions to develop and refine client journeys covering onboarding, KYC, account management and investment workflows in a secure and compliant environment.

By joining us, you’ll help deliver innovative and scalable solutions that make investing easier and more accessible to millions of users across the UK.

Be part of HL’s future. Be part of the future of investing. Shape it with us.

What You’ll Be Doing Leadership & People Management

• Recruit, lead, and develop an agile team of 5–7 mobile engineers (React Native) across a mix of seniority levels.
• Own people management responsibilities including hiring, onboarding, line management, performance management, coaching, mentoring, and career development.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance team culture focused on continuous improvement and psychological safety.

Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Provide hands‑on technical leadership for the design and delivery of greenfield mobile applications in iOS and Android using cross‑platform React Native technology stack. Solid experience & knowledge of React Native is a must‑have.
• Define and uphold mobile engineering standards, best practices, and architectural principles.
• Lead technical decision‑making, balancing short‑term delivery needs with long‑term maintainability and scalability.
• Ensure applications are performant, accessible, secure, and compliant with relevant standards and regulations.

Platform & Integration

• Lead the integration of mobile platforms with backend services using Graph
  
  QL APIs, and third‑party systems to deliver seamless end‑to‑end user experiences.
• Collaborate with backend, platform, and Dev Ops teams to ensure well‑designed interfaces and reliable deployments.

Ways of Working & Quality

• Take ownership of the agile software development lifecycle, including backlog refinement, Scrum ceremonies, CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and production deployments.
• Promote iterative delivery with a strong focus on customer outcomes, rapid feedback loops, and measurable value.
• Manage mobile release processes: feature flags, phased roll out, hotfix workflows and versioning.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and business stakeholders to align technical delivery with product strategy and customer needs.
• Communicate technical concepts, trade‑offs, and progress clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

About You

• 10+ years of commercial experience building mobile applications across iOS…