Android Engineer

Harvey Nash; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash are seeking a Senior Android Engineer to shape the technical direction of a high-performing mobile team in Birmingham. You will be hands-on with architecture, feature delivery and engineering best practices, while mentoring others and elevating the mobile function.

You'll work closely with product, design and engineering from discovery through delivery, delivering scalable, well-tested Android solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience building Android applications.
• Experience with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose is essential.
• Solid understanding of modern software architecture, SOLID principles and agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and deliver Android features end-to-end.
• Drive architectural decisions and technical direction.
• Collaborate with Product and Design across the development lifecycle.
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers.
• Champion engineering excellence, quality and continuous improvement.
• Lead technical discussions and solution design sessions.
• Define and track engineering and quality metrics.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable and secure.

Skills

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

MVVM

Architecture

Mentoring

Engineering leadership

Job description

Want to build an Android app at scale whilst helping shape the technical direction of a high-performing mobile team?

We're looking for a Senior Android Engineer to play a key role in the development of a market-leading mobile platform. You'll be hands-on with architecture, feature delivery and engineering best practices, whilst mentoring others and helping raise the bar across the wider mobile function.

Working closely with Product, Design and Engineering, you'll be involved from discovery through to delivery, ensuring high-quality solutions that provide genuine value to customers.

What you'll be doing

• Building and delivering new Android features end-to-end
• Driving architectural decisions and technical direction
• Collaborating with Product and Design teams throughout the development lifecycle
• Mentoring and supporting less experienced engineers
• Championing engineering excellence, quality and continuous improvement
• Leading technical discussions, solution design and workshops
• Helping define and track engineering and quality metrics
• Ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable and secure
• Kotlin
• Jetpack Compose
• MVVM

What we're looking for

You'll have strong commercial experience building Android applications and a passion for creating clean, scalable, well-tested software. We're looking for someone who enjoys technical leadership, can influence engineering decisions, and is comfortable mentoring others whilst remaining hands-on.

Experience with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose is essential, alongside a strong understanding of modern software architecture, SOLID principles and agile delivery practices.

You'll be joining a collaborative engineering environment where quality matters, ideas are valued, and engineers are given the opportunity to influence how products are built. This role offers plenty of scope to contribute to technical strategy whilst continuing to develop your own expertise as a senior individual contributor.