Android Engineer, Core Experience

Spotify; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading music streaming service is seeking an Android Engineer to work on enhancing user experiences within their platform. You will develop new features, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and write maintainable code in Kotlin for millions of users. This role emphasizes quality and teamwork, offering flexibility in location within the EMEA region excluding France. Join us to make connections through music and innovate user interactions.

Qualifications

• Experience in writing idiomatic and maintainable Kotlin.
• Deep understanding of Android development design patterns.
• Willingness to follow coding guidelines and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Work on a cutting edge Android app for millions of users.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers.
• Write maintainable code across multiple projects.
• Take ownership of feature development throughout the lifecycle.
• Contribute as a valued member of a cross-functional team.

Skills

Kotlin

Android frameworks

API design

Code quality

Job description

We're looking for an Android Engineer Core Experience, responsible for delivering mobile experiences for all things Music pages. Our mission is to create a winning core user experience for listeners and fans to evaluate and engage with music, deepening our users’ connections to music.

As an Android you will work on development for a new way for users to really go deep into the connections that songs, artists and producers have with some novel UI experiences.

In this team, you will help us design scalable, extensible, and content-agnostic features that can potentially be used for other content types in the future. You will work in a cross functional team with Design and Product, as well as participate in architecture discussions across other disciplines, collaborate, and work with teams across the organisation.

What You'll Do

• Work on a cutting edge Android app that brings the joy of music to millions of users.
• Collaborate closely with other engineers, designers and product managers.
• Write clear, maintainable code that will scale across a number of projects and distributed development teams.
• Take ownership of feature development across the whole development lifecycle.
• Become a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional team.

Who You Are

• You know how to write readable, idiomatic and maintainable Kotlin and are willing to follow already defined coding guidelines and workflows.
• You are experienced with a variety of Android frameworks.
• You have a deep understanding of design patterns for Android development and API design.
• You care about quality and you know what it means to ship high quality code.
• Values team success over personal success.

Where You'll Be

• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the EMEA region as long as we have a work location (excluding France due to on-call restrictions).
• This team operates within the Central European and GMT time zone for collaboration.