Android Engineer

Spencer Rose Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Spencer Rose Ltd in Bristol seeks a Senior Android Engineer to join a security-focused mobile team. You will craft and deliver mobile components, working with strategy teams to architect and implement secure solutions.

Start: ASAP. Location: Bristol – 2 days a week in the office. Duration: 6–12 months with strong extension potential. You’ll be tested on Kotlin/Java, Android SDK, Jetpack, and MVVM/MVI patterns. Competitive market rate inside IR35.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of Kotlin and Java.
• Strong Android SDK, UI design principles and best practices.
• Experience with offline storage, threading and performance tuning.
• Extensive use of open-source Android libraries and benchmarks.
• Proficient with Git and Google's design guidelines.
• Apply SOLID principles in code.
• MVVM/MVI architecture and Jetpack components.
• Jetpack Compose experience.
• Modularised codebase development.
• UI testing experience.

Skills

Kotlin/Java

Android SDK

UI design patterns

Offline storage

Threading

Performance tuning

Open-source Android libraries

Git

SOLID Principles

MVVM/MVI

Jetpack

Jetpack Compose

Modular architecture

UI testing

Tools

Git

Android Studio

Job description

Spencer Rose are urgently seeking an Android Engineer to work for our Tier-1 banking client located in Bristol for the next 6-12months +. You will join the team accountable for security within the mobile channel. Providing a suite of mobile security components, that provides an all-round security posture in mobile apps including associated services (penetration testing, obfuscation, consultancy etc.).

Start: ASAP
Location: Bristol - 2 days a week in the office
Rate: Negotiable - will pay market rate - INSIDE IR35
Duration: 6-12 months (strong possibility for extensions)

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 teams to architect, design and implement solutions.

What we need from you/essential skills & experience:

• 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

Interviews are taking place urgently, if you are available and have the above experience