--- title: 'Mobile Engineer / iOS at Freetrade' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/mobile-engineer-ios-freetrade-london-a0my2rj5df4v' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-05' --- # Mobile Engineer / iOS at Freetrade - **Company:** Freetrade - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Compensation:** £52k–£75k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-07-07 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/freetrade/5fc63921-1f33-4c94-adcf-4d26e18b952d ## Job description ## ABOUT FREETRADE Freetrade’s mission is to become the default place to invest. Investing has been too complicated and expensive for too long, keeping millions from making the most of their savings. We’re changing that. We’re building our team and looking for people who are excited to reshape how our customers invest and grow their wealth. If you’re driven by solving complex problems and building innovative products, you’ll fit right in. 2026 is a big year for us. Last year, we announced a game changing deal to become part of the IG Group. We’ll continue to operate as an independent business while gaining access to the resources and support of an established leader in the space. This year, we’re accelerating our roadmap and taking our products to the next level. We’re building new features like mutual funds, bonds, and family investment tools. We’re also exploring how we can leverage AI to deliver an even better experience for our customers. Why Join Our Engineering Team? Be part of a team that’s shaping the future of investments. As an engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing and maintaining a robust, scalable platform used by thousands daily. We tackle complex technical challenges, drive innovation, and build solutions that make a real impact. The Freetrade iOS mobile application provides the functionality for customers to access investment opportunities across the financial markets in the UK, US and EU. We are looking for an iOS Mobile Engineer to join our team at Freetrade. The role requires someone with a good understanding of the iOS mobile platform, ability to problem solve, and passion to improve their skills and deliver within a highly collaborative team. This is a unique opportunity to work with knowledgeable and experienced mobile engineers across both iOS and Android platforms, that will help develop your abilities. As part of our dedicated mobile engineering team, you will work on implementing new features as well as ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction by assisting in handling customer queries and feedback. In collaboration with design, product and QA teams you will craft new user experiences that will delight our customers. You will also help guide priorities around platform issues, technical debt, patterns, and architecture, ensuring we deliver a high-quality app and an excellent developer experience. Our Mobile team’s tech stack: - Our iOS app is written fully in Swift - Our app's UI is built using SwiftUI, with some UIKit code that we are in the process of migrating away from - We organise our components using the MVVM-C pattern - We use RxSwift for reactive data handling, with an ongoing migration toward Swift Concurrency - We use Factory for dependency injection - Screens are constructed with building blocks from our design system, built in SwiftUI - We use a layered modular architecture using Swift Packages to optimise scalability - We have recently transitioned to a modern, unified GraphQL API using Apollo ## What you'll be doing & your impact - Contribute to the development of new features and maintain existing features of the Freetrade iOS app. Ensure high performance, quality, security and responsiveness of the application. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including backend, design, product, and QA) to define, design, and ship new features. - Ensure the robustness of the application by writing tests and participating in code reviews. - Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs. Help maintain code quality, organisation, automation and application releases - Ensure customer satisfaction by participating in a support rota to understand and address customer issues ## What you bring to the team - Typically around 3-5 years of experience developing production grade mobile applications - Strong ability to problem solve and passionate about improving your skills and knowledge - Good understanding of mobile architectural patterns, such as MVVM or MVP or VIPER - Experience in using industry standard tools for iOS development, such as Swift, SwiftUI and Xcode - Experience of using reactive libraries, such as Combine or RxSwift - Good understanding of Human Interface Guidelines. - Working understanding of using code version control tools (such as Git). - Appreciation of continuous integration and build tools (CircleCI). ## BENEFITS Freetrade is the place to accelerate your career. Our benefits package and ways of working are designed to attract and retain the most talented people who are dedicated to making an impact at Freetrade. Here’s what’s on offer in 2026: Hybrid working culture - We’re operating in a hybrid model: 3-days in-office / 2-days from home. We believe great collaboration happens in person and our beautiful offices in central London and Budapest are designed to bring people together. 🏢 Office days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 🏡 Work from home days: Wednesday, Friday This setup helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and keep building a culture where we all do our best work together, including dedicated days for focus work. Flexibility for those who need it: We have a hybrid working model, but life happens. If you need flexibility let's talk about it, whether you're a parent or have other care responsibilities. Values At Freetrade we live and breathe our values: Honesty, Focus and Grit. Expect to be asked about these in your interview! Benefits In London: - Competitive salary – carefully benchmarked. - Base salary band for the position: £52K - £75K - Holidays – 25 days plus UK public holidays. Your birthday off, plus one extra day for every year at Freetrade - Enhanced pension – We’ll match your contributions up to 7%. - Group Life Insurance – Protect your loved ones with coverage at 5x your salary, ensuring financial security in any circumstance - Private Health Insurance - Which includes access to high quality medical care, mental health support, dental and vision plans, Wellness programs and preventative care initiatives are also provided to ensure the wellbeing of your entire family - Income Protection Cover – Safeguard your income with comprehensive coverage, ensuring financial stability in the event of illness or injury - Enhanced parental leave – Time off when it matters most - Flexibility for those who need it – We’re office-first, but life happens. Whether you’re a parent or have care responsibilities, we focus on output and trust you to manage your time - Learning & Development – We fund industry qualifications so you can grow as a financial services professional - Cycle to Work scheme – Get a high quality bike and gear through our salary sacrifice scheme, spreading the cost with tax free monthly installment - Paid Sick Leave – Receive 10 days of fully paid sick leave each calendar year Interview Process We keep things simple and transparent. Our process includes: - Initial interview – A chat with our Senior Talent Partner - Hiring Manager interview – A deep dive into your skills and experience - Live Coding – Show us how you think and solve problems - System Design – We’ll explore how you design systems to handle real-world challenges - Executive interview – A conversation with our stakeholders, where we also assess cultural fit We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and representative team. Whatever your race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability - we want to hear from you. To find out more about how we look after your personal data when you apply for a job with us, please see our Recruitment Privacy Policy here. https://freetrade.io/legal/privacy-policy Please note we are not accepting agency CVs. ## About Freetrade ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Freetrade is an award-winning, self-directed investment platform that makes investing simpler, more accessible, and better value for UK investors. - **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of IG Group, a FTSE 100 listed company) - **Headquarters**: London, UK (Old Street) - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Fintech / Online Brokerage & Investment Services - **Target customers**: B2C – individual investors (new and experienced) in the UK - **Mission or purpose**: To become the default place to invest by building a platform that is simple, reliable, and built for the long term. ## Products & Services - **Commission‑Free Trading**: Buy and sell US, UK, and European stocks, ETFs, and bonds without per‑trade fees. - **Tax‑Efficient Accounts**: ISAs (Stocks and Shares ISA) and Pensions (SIPP) for tax‑wrapped investing. - **Investment Choices**: Access to 8,200+ investment options including funds, stocks, ETFs, bonds, and more. - **Freetrade Plus**: Premium subscription tier offering additional features (e.g., extended market data, larger order sizes). All products are delivered via a cloud‑native, self‑built brokerage platform that eliminates intermediary layers to reduce costs. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (Freetrade is privately held; its parent company IG Group is FTSE 100 with a market cap of >£5 billion as of mid‑2024) - **Key Metric**: Over 1.6 million registered users (as of 2025) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by over 19,000 crowdfunding shareholders and institutional investors including Molten, Left Lane Capital, Capricorn, The Phoenix, and L Catterton. Now part of IG Group. - **Growth Signals**: Pioneered commission‑free investing in the UK in 2018; has since grown to 8,200+ investment choices; opened a Budapest office in 2022 to support scaling; consistently wins industry awards for value and innovation. ## Competitive Advantages - **Direct Market Plumbing**: Freetrade built its own brokerage platform connecting directly to capital markets, bypassing the intermediaries that competitors rely on – enabling lower fees. - **Commission‑Free Model**: First to offer zero‑commission trading in the UK, a strong differentiator. - **Regulatory Trust**: Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA); client deposits and investments are protected by the FSCS (up to £85,000). - **Tech‑First Approach**: The platform is cloud‑native, built to handle high volatility and scale rapidly. ## Strategic Focus - Continue expanding product features (pensions, wider asset classes) and deepening the UK user base. - Maintain cost‑leadership through proprietary technology and direct market access. - Strengthen the employer brand and engineering hub in Budapest while growing the London HQ. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Open, transparent, and collaborative environment with values of Honesty, Focus, and Grit. - **Hybrid Model**: Teams typically spend three days per week in the office (London or Budapest) and two days working from home. - **Global Flexibility**: Four weeks per year working from anywhere globally. - **Benefits (UK)**: - 25 days annual leave (increasing with tenure) + your birthday off - Comprehensive private medical insurance (Vitality) - Enhanced pension contributions - Life assurance (5x salary) - Enhanced parental leave - Cycle to Work scheme - Free Freetrade Plus membership - Company social events - **Benefits (Budapest)**: - 25 days annual leave + birthday off - Private health insurance (Medicover) with dental and diagnostics - Enhanced paternity leave - Flexible cafeteria allowance - Reimbursement for prescription glasses - **Growth**: A place to build a career, not just take a role – real ownership and exposure to a growing fintech with a clear mission. - **Engineering Focus**: Tech‑first problem solving; the platform is built entirely in‑house, offering opportunities to work on cutting‑edge brokerage infrastructure. ## Sources 1. [freetrade.io](https://freetrade.io/) – Company homepage 2. [freetrade.io/about](https://freetrade.io/about) – About page 3. [freetrade.io/careers](https://freetrade.io/careers) – Careers page (London & Budapest offices, hybrid policy, benefits) 4. [freetrade.io/careers (job posting)](https://freetrade.io/careers?ashby_jid=90d5d5fc-1b7c-4483-9bff-b24d2caca97a) – Detailed benefits and hiring process 5. 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