Lead Android Engineer — Hybrid (Nottingham), Scale & Mentor

Capital One; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension

Performance-based bonus

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Funding for external qualifications

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Lead Android Engineer in Nottingham to drive multiple mobile engineering teams and own fully native Android applications. You will guide architecture decisions, champion best practices, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating across product, design and engineering.

The role emphasizes leadership, code quality, performance, security, and scalable product iterations, with a hybrid work arrangement and ongoing professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Kotlin and Java.
• Fluent with Android Studio.
• Experience mentoring and coaching junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team of Android engineers, coaches and product stakeholders.
• Own the complete Android app development cycle: architecture, code quality, performance and security.
• Architect and evolve product iterations with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
• Advocate for testing and quality: TDD, BDD, pair programming; use JUnit and Espresso to deliver automated test suites.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes.
• Leverage AWS for cloud integration and optimisation.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Android Studio

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Lead Android Engineer in Nottingham to drive multiple mobile engineering teams and own fully native Android applications. You will guide architecture decisions, champion best practices, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating across product, design and engineering.

The role emphasizes leadership, code quality, performance, security, and scalable product iterations, with a hybrid work arrangement and ongoing professional development opportunities.