Android Developer

Vallum Associates; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallum Associates is seeking an experienced Android Engineer to join a global engineering team building mobile applications used by millions of users worldwide.

You will design, develop, maintain and optimise Android applications, working closely with product, design, QA and back end teams, and modernising existing codebases.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Android Jetpack.
• Strong understanding of MVI or other modern Android architectural patterns.
• Strong experience with Gradle, Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with GitHub Actions and/or CircleCI.
• Experience integrating REST APIs, ideally using OkHttp.
• Strong knowledge of Kotlin Coroutines, Flow and/or RxJava.
• Experience with application debugging, performance analysis and optimisation.
• Experience maintaining, refactoring and modernising Legacy Android applications.
• Strong knowledge of JUnit and Espresso.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working within distributed or global engineering teams.
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain and optimise Android applications.
• Collaborate with product, design, QA and backend teams.
• Work with modern Android technologies and modernise existing codebases.
• Ensure code quality with testing and CI/CD processes.

Skills

Android Jetpack

MVI architecture patterns

Kotlin Coroutines

Flow/RxJava

Debugging & performance

Communication & collaboration

Distributed/global teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Gradle

Git

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

OkHttp

JUnit

Espresso

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Android Engineer to join a global engineering team developing mobile applications used by millions of users worldwide.

You will be responsible for designing, developing, maintaining and optimising Android applications, working closely with product, design, QA, Back End and engineering teams. The role offers the opportunity to work on modern Android technologies while also improving and modernising existing codebases.

• Hands-on experience with Android Jetpack
• Strong understanding of MVI or other modern Android architectural patterns
• Strong experience with Gradle, Git and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with GitHub Actions and/or CircleCI
• Experience integrating REST APIs, ideally using OkHttp
• Strong knowledge of Kotlin Coroutines, Flow and/or RxJava
• Experience with application debugging, performance analysis and optimisation
• Experience maintaining, refactoring and modernising Legacy Android applications
• Strong knowledge of JUnit and Espresso
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience working within distributed or global engineering teams
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience