Android Engineer

The Engine; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Manchester seeks an Android engineer to contribute to their award-winning app and internal tools. You will work in a collaborative environment with a focus on quality, security, and user accessibility. Ideal candidates have experience in Android development, a strong understanding of modern libraries, and thrive in a self-driven, agile context. This role offers a hybrid working model and attractive benefits to enhance work-life balance.

Benefits

33 days holiday

Private Medical Insurance

Generous family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Experience in Android development with a modern Kotlin/Java stack.
• Understanding of architecture components and modern Android libraries.
• Interest in accessibility, security, testing, and high-quality code.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Android app and internal tooling.
• Build new features and products from scratch.
• Collaborate with other Android engineers to improve the app.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Java

Dagger

Realm

Retrofit

Compose

Coroutines

Accessibility

Testing

Job description

Overview

As an Android engineer, you will report to and catch up regularly with a mobile lead engineer who will support you on your journey in Engine. We have a strong collaborative and open culture, and we expect you to understand and prioritise security when implementing new features, fixing bugs or making technical improvements across all layers. We are focused on accessibility and writing clean, maintainable code, and you should be self-driven with ownership of building, shipping, maintaining code, sharing knowledge, and improving processes to deliver the best results for customers. We emphasise testing as a key quality, using Espresso for UI/E2E tests, JUnit for unit tests, and manual testing before production. We work closely with QA engineers to ensure thorough testing for complex features. We are building SDKs and collaborating on multiple banking projects internationally, and we value developers who can adapt to a fast-paced fintech environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to our award-winning Android app and internal tooling
• Build new features and products from scratch in a configurable way
• Share knowledge with colleagues and contribute to a learning culture
• Own projects and work in small teams across the bank to deliver
• Aim for greatness, staying curious and inquisitive
• Be part of a scaling team as we change banking for good
• Make decisions necessary for the project and provide insight to team leads
• Collaborate with other Android engineers to improve the app, CI automations and tooling
• Commit, review and ship code from the first week

Qualifications / Experience

• Experience in Android development with a modern Kotlin/Java stack
• Understanding of architecture components and modern Android libraries
• Familiarity with libraries and technologies such as Dagger, Realm, Retrofit, Coil, Compose, Coroutines; migrating from XML layouts and RxJava2 is a plus
• Experience maintaining libraries or contributing to OSS and knowledge of Internationalisation is beneficial
• Interest in accessibility, security, testing and high-quality code
• Ability to thrive in a self-driven, ownership-focused environment

Interview Process

• First interview: ~45 minutes
• Take home technical test (no time limit)
• Technical face to face: ~1.5 hours
• Final Interview: ~45 minutes

Company & Benefits

• At Engine by Starling, we are on a mission to work with leading banks worldwide and build rapid growth businesses on our technology
• Engine is Starling’s SaaS business; Starling has grown significantly and built its own modern technology from the ground up
• Hybrid working; we prefer candidates located within a commutable distance to our offices
• 33 days holiday (including public holidays); extra birthday holiday; extended leave options; volunteering time
• Salary sacrifice, company pension, life insurance, group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth and partner discounts
• Generous family-friendly policies and employee incentives
• Perkbox membership and access to wellbeing and mobility programs
• Equality: Engine by Starling is an equal opportunity employer; we value diversity and inclusion

About Engine by Starling

Engine by Starling is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business powering Starling and now available to banks and financial institutions worldwide. Our technologists work in a fast-paced environment focused on building, creating, and leveraging disruptive technology. We operate a flat structure to empower decisions, with collaboration at the core. We are committed to helping our teams thrive with open support across the business. We are proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love solving problems.