Jacob King
Lead Mobile Developer at Sakurasoft Ltd
Test Valley, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJacob King is a seasoned mobile engineering leader with 9 years of experience building and guiding native iOS and Android teams across fintech and product studios. Currently leading mobile development at Sopra Banking Software, he oversees native implementations of specialised finance products while maintaining hands-on expertise from previous lead roles at The Floow, AKQA, and digi.me. Known for pragmatic, deadline-driven delivery and strong interpersonal skills, he balances technical leadership with mentoring and cross-functional collaboration. He also runs IT systems and network infrastructure as a system administrator at Sakurasoft, reflecting a rare combination of mobile architecture and ops experience. Quick to learn under pressure and comfortable working independently or in teams, he brings a reliable, duty-driven approach to complex projects. Outside of work he jokes that he “turns coffee into code,” hinting at a practical, down-to-earth engineering style.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Frogmore Community CollegeComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at QA Apprenticeships
English, French, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (65)
uitableview10
swift9
swiftui9
sourcekit9
ios9
rxjava9
java9
iphone9
utm8
pinterest8
menu8
reactive-streams8
asynchronous8
tvos8
jellyfin8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
SakurasoftLtd/tachiyomi-ios
Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
SakurasoftLtd/Simulator-Impactor
Mar 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 3 branches, 1 tag in 1 year 4 months
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