Senior Android Developer

Senior Android Developer

Posted 1 week ago by Adroit People Limited (UK)

Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Summary: The Senior Android Developer role in Leeds, UK, involves working in a hybrid model with two days onsite and three days remote. The position requires a self-motivated individual proficient in Android mobile development, with a focus on security and mentoring less experienced developers. The candidate will collaborate closely with strategy and UX/UI design teams to architect and implement solutions. A strong knowledge of Kotlin/Java and Android SDK is essential for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive a great engineering culture and build high-quality code.
  • Collaborate with strategy and UX/UI design teams to architect and implement mobile solutions.
  • Mentor and educate less experienced developers.
  • Contribute to building a secure engineering culture focused on safeguarding business and customers.
  • Design mobile experiences for various screen sizes and Android versions.
  • Utilize knowledge of Android SDK, UI design principles, and best practices.
  • Implement offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
  • Apply SOLID principles and work with MVVM/MVI architecture and Jetpack libraries.
  • Conduct UI testing and work in a modularized codebase.

Key Skills:

  • Professional working knowledge in mobile experience design for variable screen sizes.
  • Excellent knowledge of Kotlin/Java.
  • Strong knowledge of Android SDK and UI design principles.
  • Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
  • Familiarity with the open-source Android ecosystem and libraries.
  • Proficient in Google's Android design principles and code versioning tools like Git.
  • Experience with SOLID principles, MVVM/MVI architecture, and Jetpack libraries.
  • Knowledge of cloud message APIs, push notifications, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and RESTful APIs.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Leeds

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Greetings We are hiring Senior Android Developer LOCATION(S): Leeds, UK Hybrid Model 2 days onsite 3 days remote work(The team cadence currently 2 days a week in Leeds with Tuesday as anchor day.) Needs 100% match to JD. Available to start within 2 weeks time from submission. HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) As an Android Engineer you’ll have opportunities to help drive a great engineering culture, building great code and be a member of a wider engineering community passionate about sharing knowledge and learning. Here’s where you’ll make a difference: We’re looking for a self- motivated Senior Android Engineer, proficient in Android mobile development. You’ll have technical know-how from crafting, developing, and producing mobile components and services, stakeholder management working closely with strategy and UX/UI Design teams to architect, design and implement solutions and you’ll love mentoring and educating less experienced developers. Security is at the heart of everything we do at LBG, and our Engineers contribute to building a secure culture. It’ll feature as a key part of your role - having a secure mindset to provide strong and resilient business solutions that safeguard our business and customers from security threats. About You: Professional working knowledge in designing a mobile experience for variable screen sizes in variable versions of Android Excellent knowledge of Kotlin/Java Strong knowledge of Android SDK, Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning Awesome knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks and benchmarking and optimisation Proficient in Google's Android design principles, interface guidelines and code versioning tools, such as Git Applying SOLID Principles MVVM/MVI architecture, Android Architecture Components and other Jetpack libraries Jetpack Compose Working in a modularised codebase UI testing About us Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too… What you’ll need – We’re looking for hands-on experience of continuous delivery across areas such as code reviewing; understanding of basic App architectures (i.e. MVP/MVVM/MVI/Clean Architecture) and you’ll be confident with common libraries such as (Dagger2, Retrofit , Coroutines - RxJava). It would also be great if you had experience with : Cloud message APIs and push notifications HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and responsive web design as well as knowledge of RESTful APIs and web services We believe that people don't fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge — it's what makes you amazing!