Android Engineer

Popsa; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic tech startup based in Greater London is looking for a mid-level Android engineer to join its collaborative team. In this role, you will work on user-facing features, utilizing your strong expertise in Kotlin, Android app lifecycle, and testing frameworks. The position offers the opportunity to influence product growth through innovative designs and explore creative solutions. Experience with Jetpack Compose, Dependency Injection, and version control are valuable assets. Join us to build a meaningful product supporting millions of users!

Qualifications

• Experience in building UIs with Jetpack Compose.
• Familiarity with Compose Animation APIs.
• Knowledge of testing frameworks like MockK or Mockito.

Skills

Strong experience developing with Kotlin

Deep understanding of Android app lifecycle

Proficiency in handling resources and responsive UI

Strong knowledge of Kotlin including coroutines

Experience with MVVM or MVI principles

Unit testing with JUnit

Tools

Dagger

Realm

Git

Job description

Who we are :

Joining Popsa right now is pretty exciting. According to Deloitte we are one of the UKs fastest-growing tech startups and previously ranked by the Financial Times in the Top 5 fastest growing software companies in the whole of Europe.

We have the backing of some of the best investors in the world. Our native iOS and Android apps are available in 12 languages attracting more than 4 million users to dateand we ship to over 50 countries around the world.

People have never taken more photos than we do today. Our phones are crammed with memories. But although were good at capturing moments were not as good at doing anything with them. Theyll often sit forgotten on our devices or in the cloud shrouded in screenshots receipts and pictures of where we parked the car.

Founded in 2016 weve already built an award-winning app thats made printing your memories so easy and accessible anyone can do it. No more barriers. No more fact everything we do as a business is designed with this ethos. We help people turn their best moments into something beautiful and lasting in no time at all. But this is just the start…

Read more about our journey so far Check out our Soho office in London

Today were best known for photobooks but our vision of the future goes far beyond is building a new generation of services that combine artificial intelligence and thoughtful design to support a healthy processing of the meaningful events and relationships in your life.

Read more about our vision for the future of Popsa

Role overview

Our apps are at the front and centre of our users experience; used by millions of people in several languages across the globe. We are looking for a mid-level engineer to join our diverse and collaborative team. You will get the opportunity to work with people from across the company on a wide range of user-facing features with rewarding technical challenges and the potential to directly influence the companys growth through innovative technical design and freedom to explore novel approaches.

What you bring to the team

Core Android

• Strong experience developing with Kotlin
• Deep understanding of the Android app lifecycle activities fragments
• Proficiency in handling resources permissions and responsive UI across devices
• A problem-solving constructive mindset
• Good communicators and keen to work collaboratively

Kotlin

• Strong knowledge of Kotlin including coroutines and flows

Jetpack Compose

• Significant hands-on experience building UIs in Compose
• Deep knowledge of Composable functions state management
• Familiarity with Compose Animation APIs

Persistence

• Realm or Room

Concurrency & Async

• Strong understanding of coroutines flows
• Nice to have : RxJava

Dependency Injection

• Experience with Dagger

Architecture & Patterns

• Experience with MVVM or MVI SOLID principles and clean architecture

Testing

• Unit testing with JUnit and MockK / Mockito
• Compose UI testing

Version control & Collaboration

• Git proficiency code reviews collaborative mindset

Nice to have

• Custom drawing and advanced Compose UI / animations
• Performance optimisation and profiling experience
• Accessibility best practices
• Familiarity with machine learning models or real-time collaboration features

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Key Skills

APIs,REST,Eclipse,Android,Application Development,SDKs,SQLITE,IOS,Java,JSON,Gradle,Mobile Applications

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1