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About the Role

You'll be leading a team within App Platform, a talented group of iOS and Android engineers who build and evolve the foundations that power Trainline's award-winning apps. The team provides the shared capabilities, tooling, frameworks, and engineering practices that help product teams build, evolve, and deliver exceptional customer experiences at scale, moving faster while maintaining high standards of quality, performance, and reliability. This role plays a crucial role in championing the unique needs of mobile engineering, shaping strategy, advocating for investment, and driving improvements to empower app teams to innovate and delight customers.

Responsibilities

Manage your team, supporting their career development through coaching and performance management.
Engage in technical deliverables, including features, application monitoring, and bug fixing.
Manage hiring, interviews, and onboarding of new team members.
Identify and clear process bottlenecks and roadblocks to team success.
Collaborate with Product and Leadership to select high-value projects and maintain team focus.
Own the team’s technical roadmap and negotiate with Product for prioritization.
Manage project scope with Product, ensure technical deliverables are met, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
Identify areas for improvement, such as strategic tech debt and advanced technologies.

Requirements

Proven line management experience delivering complex projects successfully.
Background in Mobile App development, preferably in the Platform or Developer Experience space.
Experience growing engineering teams.
Ability to inspire direct reports and build strong trust-based relationships.
Thrive in a diverse, open, and collaborative environment.
Great communication skills.
Proactive, focused, supportive, honest, and a team player.
Passion to learn new skills.
Problem solver capable of applying skills to technical issues.
Advocate for Agile development practices.
Advocate for best testing practices.

Skills

Mobile App development
Platform engineering
Developer Experience
Line management
Coaching
Performance management
Hiring
Onboarding
Technical roadmap ownership
Project scope management
Stakeholder communication
Tech debt management
Agile development practices
Testing practices

Location

London
Paris
Barcelona
Milan
Edinburgh
Madrid

Work Type

Hybrid
Work from Abroad

Experience Level

Line management experience
Mobile App development experience

Benefits

Private healthcare & dental insurance
Generous work from abroad policy
2-for-1 share purchase plans
EV Scheme
Extra festive time off
Excellent family-friendly benefits
Clear career paths
Transparent pay bands
Personal learning budgets
Regular learning days

About the Company

Trainline is a champion of rail, building a greener, more sustainable future of travel.
Europe's number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 135 million monthly visits and £6.3 billion in annual ticket sales.
Collaborates with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries.
Aims to create a world where travel is simple, seamless, eco-friendly, and affordable.
A FTSE 250 company driven by over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities.
Focuses on growth in the UK and Europe.
Values: Think Big, Own It, Travel Together, Do Good.
Committed to creating inclusive workplaces where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.

Equal Opportunity

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.