Lead Android Engineer - Hybrid, High-Impact

Enfint; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 73,800 - 90,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office days and remote work balance

Private healthcare

Pension contributions

Volunteer days

Cycle to work

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

The Guardian is seeking an experienced Android developer to build and test major features for its Android apps, while improving existing functionality. You will collaborate with iOS, server-side, web engineering, design, product, editorial, and commercial teams, and take a leadership role in some projects.

You will guide other developers, contribute to product and technical decisions, and explore innovative solutions during hack days.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in Android development.
• Strong competence in modern Android development tools including Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flow, MVVM, Webviews, and modular architectures.
• Ability to test code and promote a culture of testing.
• Experience with JVM unit testing, instrumented testing, and UI regression testing.
• Comfortable with cutting-edge technologies and legacy code.
• Willingness to take on leadership in team projects.
• Rough understanding of iOS development and interest in learning more.
• Nice to have: familiarity with Swift and Objective-C for iOS, Scala and Typescript for server-side development.

Responsibilities

• Build and test major new features for The Guardian’s Android apps.
• Improve and maintain existing app functionality.
• Collaborate through pair programming and with stakeholders across iOS, server-side, web engineering, design, product, editorial, and commercial teams.
• Take a leadership role in some team projects.
• Guide and support other developers in their growth.
• Contribute to product and technical decisions.
• Explore innovative solutions and participate in regular hack days.

Skills

Android development

Testing culture

Leadership

Team collaboration

iOS familiarity

Swift

Objective-C

Scala

Typescript

Tools

Jetpack Compose

Coroutines/Flow

MVVM

Webviews

Jetpack libraries

Modular architectures

Swift

Objective-C

Scala

Typescript

Job description

The Guardian is seeking an experienced Android developer to build and test major features for its Android apps, while improving existing functionality. You will collaborate with iOS, server-side, web engineering, design, product, editorial, and commercial teams, and take a leadership role in some projects.

You will guide other developers, contribute to product and technical decisions, and explore innovative solutions during hack days.