Senior Android Developer

Contracts IT Recruitment Consulting Ltd; Burnley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Contracts IT Recruitment Consulting Ltd is seeking an experienced Senior Android Developer for a 6-month contract in Manchester, UK, with an urgent start. You will join a global technology client and help build and maintain modern Android features at scale, contributing across the full development lifecycle.

You will write clean Kotlin, work with backend engineers, designers, QA, and product teams, fix production issues, and participate in code reviews to improve performance and stability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Android development experience.
• Strong Kotlin skills.
• Proficient with Jetpack Compose.
• Experience with Coroutines and Flow.
• Familiarity with Android Architecture Components.
• Experience in writing unit and UI tests.
• Experience consuming REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to debug production apps.
• Strong ownership mindset and capable of working in existing codebases.

Responsibilities

• Build features across the full development life cycle.
• Write clean, maintainable Kotlin code.
• Work with Back End engineers, designers, QA, and product teams.
• Fix production issues and improve performance and stability.
• Take part in code reviews and technical discussions.

Skills

Android

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Coroutines & Flow

Architecture Components

Unit testing

UI testing

REST APIs

GraphQL

CI/CD

Debugging

Ownership mindset

Job description

Senior Android Developer

Location: Manchester
Duration: 6 months

*Urgent 6 Month Contract*

This is a *Manchester, UK* based role with an excellent immediate start within a Global Technology Client that is working on *Building features across the full development life cycle.*

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Android Developer to build and maintain modern Android features used at scale. You'll join an existing project, pick up complex architectures quickly, and ship production-ready features with minimal supervision.

What You'll Do

• Build features across the full development life cycle
• Write clean, maintainable, testable Kotlin code
• Work with Back End engineers, designers, QA, and product teams
• Fix production issues and improve performance and stability
• Take part in code reviews and technical discussions

Must Have

• 5+ years of Android development
• Strong Kotlin skills
• Jetpack Compose
• Coroutines and Flow
• Android Architecture Components
• Unit and UI testing
• REST and/or GraphQL APIs
• CI/CD pipelines
• Debugging production apps
• Comfort in existing codebases with a strong ownership mindset

Nice to Have

• A/B testing frameworks
• Observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, Firebase)
• Performance optimization
• Backend familiarity
• Experience with apps used by millions

Who We Want

• Productive within your first few weeks
• Comfortable in large, existing codebases
• Strong fundamentals and pragmatic decisions
• Great debugging and communication skills
• Comfortable with Claude/Codex, Agile, and delivering with minimal supervision
• Realistic with estimates and quick to flag risks early

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.