Android Engineer

DEPOP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online marketplace in Greater London seeks an Android Engineer to enhance the buying and selling experience on its platform. The role involves designing user features, collaborating with team members across functions, and ensuring code quality through testing. The ideal candidate will have solid experience with Android development using Java/Kotlin and a desire to innovate. This position offers numerous benefits and a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Health + Mental Wellbeing PMI

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible Working

Paid parental leave

Life Insurance

Qualifications

• At least one well-regarded Android application shipped.
• Experience producing fast, consistent, non-blocking user experiences.
• Ability to craft frameworks and use community APIs effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new user-facing features in the app.
• Collaborate with design, product management, and backend teams.
• Write unit and instrumentation tests to ensure code quality.

Skills

Android programming with Java/Kotlin

Mobile application development

Dependency injection

Multi-threading

Debugging using Crashlytics

Working with libraries and SDKs

Tools

Android support and design libraries

Retrofit

Bitrise

Espresso

JUnit

ProGuard

Gradle

Job description

Android Engineer

We're searching for an Android Engineer eager to produce the most evocative buying and selling experience possible. You will work as part of an Android-focused Product team, developing new user facing features and transforming the way Depop connects with creative minds, by constantly delivering great user experiences on their Android devices.

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Responsibilities

• Design and implement new user‑facing features in the Depop app
• Work closely with the design, product management and backend teams to ensure that new features are implemented efficiently and effectively
• Educate the Depop family on the engineering challenges faced when supporting a wide range of devices with varying screen sizes, orientations and densities
• Take ownership of the quality of the code by writing unit tests, instrumentation tests and working alongside QA to ensure that we can have confidence in every release that we put out
• Refactor existing code to leverage the latest developments in the Android framework
• Optimize the performance of the app to ensure that we have a minimum memory, CPU and data footprint
• Maintain a healthy curiosity towards other Android apps and champion ideas on what we can do to make the Depop Android app better
• Integration of new SDKs when required within the app

Requirements

• Android and programming with Java/Kotlin and have shipped (or helped to ship) at least one well regarded Android application
• Solid technical knowledge of mobile application development in Android with experience producing apps that feature a fast, consistent and non‑blocking user experience
• Previous experience of using dependency injection, Kotlin Coroutines/Flows and Android support and design libraries
• Solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and multi‑threading
• Experience with debugging issues occurring on user's devices using tools such as Crashlytics
• Able to exercise good judgement on when to craft your own frameworks, and when to use those provided by Android / by the community
• We have over 100 libraries and SDKs used in the app. While we won't list them all here, you should be able to learn and work with new libraries, SDKs and design patterns quickly thanks to your experience and strong engineering fundamentals

Desirable

• Previous experience of working with a large and mature Android codebase
• Has created complex and rich UI experiences, preferably using MVVM or MVI architecture
• Understanding of Retrofit for ease of integration with Http requests
• Experience of Continuous Integration preferably using Bitrise, and automated UI testing preferably using Espresso and JUnit
• Understanding of ProGuard and Gradle to ensure that our build is fast and stable
• You are someone who thrives in a highly collaborative environment; you enjoy taking ownership of your work, collaborating with designers, stakeholders and other engineers to develop a deep understanding of the work, breaking it down into deliverable chunks and keeping everyone up to date with your progress

Additional information

Health + Mental Wellbeing PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa Subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space Cycle to Work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute Initiative Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential support Mental Health First Aiders across the business for support and signposting Work/Life Balance: 25 days annual leave with option to carry over up to 5 days 1 company‑wide day off per quarter Impact hours: Up to 2 days additional paid leave per year for volunteering Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after completion of 5 years of consecutive service with Depop, to give you a chance to recharge or do something you love Flexible Working: MyMode hybrid‑working model with Flex, Office Based, and Remote options *role dependant All offices are dog‑friendly Ability to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countries Family Life: 18 weeks of paid parental leave for full‑time regular employees IVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leave Learn + Grow: Budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions, and more Mentorship and programmes to upskill employees Your Future: Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your salary) Pension matching up to 6% of qualifying earnings Depop Extras: Employees enjoy free shipping on their Depop sales within the UK. Special milestones are celebrated with gifts and rewards!