Remote Lead Android Engineer — Jetpack Compose & Banking App

Hedgehog Lab; Ledston; Remote; GBP 111,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote first

6-month contract

Job summary

Hedgehog Lab, a digital product consultancy, seeks a Principal Android Engineer to lead the technical side of a team delivering a UK bank's Android app. The role moves the app to Jetpack Compose, while maintaining Kotlin/Compose development in a remote-first environment.

You'll mentor engineers, set standards, and collaborate with client engineers to shape the approach and priorities of the migration. This 6-month contract offers impactful banking work and exposure to regulated apps.

Qualifications

• Senior or lead Android experience with Kotlin and Coroutines/Flow.
• Experience directing the technical direction of an Android app.
• Mentoring engineers and setting coding standards.
• Experience with Jetpack Compose and migrating from XML/Data Binding.
• Proficiency in MVVM and DI with Hilt/Dagger.
• Strong unit testing discipline and secure data handling.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical decisions, including architecture and Compose migration.
• Set coding, testing and code review standards for the team.
• Mentor senior engineers and align with client engineers on priorities.
• Collaborate with client engineers on approach and priorities.
• Build features in Kotlin/Compose within MVVM using Hilt/Dagger.
• Ensure data security and secure network calls; investigate defects.

Skills

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

MVVM

Dependency Injection

Unit testing

Mobile security

Tools

Hilt

Dagger

JUnit/MockK

Job description

Hedgehog Lab, a digital product consultancy, seeks a Principal Android Engineer to lead the technical side of a team delivering a UK bank's Android app. The role moves the app to Jetpack Compose, while maintaining Kotlin/Compose development in a remote-first environment.

You'll mentor engineers, set standards, and collaborate with client engineers to shape the approach and priorities of the migration. This 6-month contract offers impactful banking work and exposure to regulated apps.