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Day in the life of a Mobile Engineer at Engine: In conversation with Rhys Partlett

By Team Engine

Firstly, tell us a little bit about you and how you became a Mobile Engineer?

From a young age I was intrigued by how things worked. I would frequently take things apart and subsequently fail to put them back together to my parents’ delight. I feel this was the earliest indication that I would probably become an engineer of some form in the future.

As time passed and my addiction to gaming grew larger, I found myself tinkering with the modification of games and hardware. This led me to want to work with computers in one way or another. When the time came, I enrolled onto a computing course at my local college. Whilst there, a fellow student showed me their latest creation. It was a basic card game they had created for their new Android smartphone. Determined to produce something similar, I set about attempting to learn Java and Android development with no experience. As the months passed and not much progress was made, I eventually gave up. Who would have thought that trying to learn a programming language and mobile technology from scratch would be so difficult?

As part of a university course I was yet again faced with the task of building a mobile application. Given I now had a bit of experience building software, I was better prepared and was even surprised by how much I could remember from my previous failed attempts.

This turned out to be my favourite module and thus a future career was born.

What does a typical day look like as a Mobile Engineer at Engine

As a Mobile Engineer at Engine you can expect your day to be largely centred around the building of software. This is aided by the fact that we attempt to keep meetings and other disturbances to a minimum in order to give our engineers the best opportunity possible to produce greatness.

Tell us the most exciting thing about being a Mobile Engineer at Engine

Given that Engine is producing software for clients across the globe, you have the opportunity to gain an understanding into how other countries operate when it comes to banking. This allows you to expand your knowledge greatly beyond the limits of UK focused applications. Not to mention the amount of potential reach the software you are producing can have!

What would you like to tell anyone looking to join Engine as a Mobile Engineer?

Engine is a company where your views and experiences are greatly valued to not only improve the product but also the way in which it’s built. In a faced paced environment, you will be given the freedom to produce great software surrounded by a team who is always willing to help.

What is the one piece of advice / guidance you’d have given yourself on your first day as an Engineer?

It’s going to be difficult at times. Don’t expect to know everything straight away and be kind to yourself. Things will get easier!