Android Engineer (Kotlin) – Remote-Ready, Build Apps

theeconomistgroup; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Pension plan

Work From Anywhere

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

The Economist Group is seeking an Android Software Engineer to build and improve mobile applications. You will contribute to delivering reliable, high-quality features while growing your expertise in native Android development.

You will work in a collaborative, remote-first environment alongside experienced engineers, contributing to both new features and ongoing improvements to the app. The majority of roles are hybrid, requiring 3+ days in the office.

Qualifications

• Experience in Android development.
• Proficiency in Kotlin and familiar with Android frameworks (Jetpack Compose, Android SDK).
• Experience building and shipping mobile applications.
• Understanding of mobile development fundamentals, including UI patterns and performance considerations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Android applications using Kotlin and modern frameworks.
• Build user interfaces and features in collaboration with Product and Design.
• Contribute to application architecture and code quality within the team.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Debug issues and help improve application performance and stability.
• Participate in code reviews and team engineering practices.
• Work with backend services and APIs to deliver end-to-end functionality.
• Support testing, release, and CI/CD processes.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

UI patterns

REST APIs

CI/CD

Tools

Android Studio

Git

Job description

The Economist Group is seeking an Android Software Engineer to build and improve mobile applications. You will contribute to delivering reliable, high-quality features while growing your expertise in native Android development.

You will work in a collaborative, remote-first environment alongside experienced engineers, contributing to both new features and ongoing improvements to the app. The majority of roles are hybrid, requiring 3+ days in the office.