Hybrid Android & Backend Software Engineer

Boxbar; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Boxbar in the United Kingdom is seeking a Mid-Level Software Developer with strong Android and backend capabilities to join our engineering team on a hybrid basis. The role involves commuting to our Wakefield, West Yorkshire HQ when required for team collaboration.

You will develop features for our Android kiosk application, build backend services and REST APIs, and work with cloud infrastructure and payment integrations.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of commercial software-development experience.
• Strong Java and/or Kotlin development skills.
• Commercial Android application development experience.
• Building or consuming REST APIs.
• Working with SQL databases.
• Git and collaborative source-control workflows.

Responsibilities

• Developing new features for Android kiosk application.
• Building and maintaining backend services and REST APIs.
• Integrating third-party payment providers and external platforms.
• Working with cloud infrastructure and serverless technologies.
• Supporting integrations between software, payment devices and hardware.
• Investigating and resolving issues across applications, devices, hardware and networks.
• Improving application performance, stability and reliability.
• Contributing to architecture and technical design discussions.
• Writing clean, testable and maintainable code.
• Reviewing code and helping maintain high engineering standards.
• Supporting deployment, monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Working closely with Product and Operations teams to deliver new functionality.
• Taking ownership of features from initial concept through to production.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Android development

REST APIs

SQL databases

Git

Object-oriented programming

Debugging

Maintainable code

Technical ownership

Tools

AWS

Docker

PostgreSQL

Firebase

Linux

GitHub Actions

Remote device integrations

Job description

Boxbar in the United Kingdom is seeking a Mid-Level Software Developer with strong Android and backend capabilities to join our engineering team on a hybrid basis. The role involves commuting to our Wakefield, West Yorkshire HQ when required for team collaboration.

You will develop features for our Android kiosk application, build backend services and REST APIs, and work with cloud infrastructure and payment integrations.