Senior Android Engineer

Emergn; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to join their mobile development team in London. You will be responsible for designing and developing advanced Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring app performance and security. This role offers an excellent opportunity for personal and professional development within a dynamic international team.

Benefits

Ability to work remotely

Huge catalogue of educational programs

Training and certification at the expense of the company

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Android engineer with a strong portfolio.
• Extensive experience in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Experience publishing apps to the Google Play Store.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain advanced Android applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and ship new features.
• Publish and manage Android apps on the Google Play Store.

Skills

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Git

RESTful APIs

Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM)

Mobile app security

Performance optimization

Object-oriented programming

Testing

Debugging

Job description

We are a global digital business services organization with a mission to improve the way people and companies work. Forever. Our Consulting, Technology and Learning teams design and deliver transformational digital products and experiences that add value to our clients’ businesses and to their customers’ lives.

Every day, across the world, our teams are pioneering faster, better ways to bring our client’s most exciting ideas to life.

As a Senior Android Engineer, you will be a key contributor to our mobile development team, working closely with designers and backend engineers to create scalable, secure, and performant applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain advanced Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Publish and manage Android apps on the Google Play Store, ensuring compliance with store policies and best practices.
• Optimize applications for maximum performance, quality, and responsiveness.
• Ensure the security of mobile applications by applying industry best practices.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code using modern Android architecture patterns.
• Use Git for source control and contribute to a streamlined development workflow via pull requests and code reviews.
• Integrate third-party APIs and work with Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) and RESTful APIs for app functionality.

This job might be for you if you have:

• Proven experience as an Android engineer, with a strong portfolio of released applications.
• Extensive experience in Kotlin and experienced with Jetpack Compose and modern Android development tools.
• Experience publishing apps to the Google Play Store, with a solid understanding of its submission process.
• Strong understanding of mobile app security, performance optimization, and quality assurance.
• Hands-on experience with Git and collaborative workflows such as GitFlow or trunk-based development.
• Familiarity with push notifications, RESTful APIs, and Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM).
• Excellent command of English, both verbal and written.
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles including object-oriented programming, testing, and debugging.

What we offer:

• Work within a dynamic international team of experts.
• Excellent opportunity for personal and professional development.
• Ability to work remotely and all the tools you will need for work (Mac or Windows).
• Ability to work with modern technologies.
• Huge catalogue of educational programs, the possibility of training and certification at the expense of the company.

About Emergn

At Emergn, we’re driven to improve the way people and companies work. Forever.
We are enablers of ideas, champions of our client’s vision and recognized experts at using innovation to help you better connect with customers. If we sound like a different type of services firm, that’s because we are. Passionate about bringing ideas to market in the most impactful way, we help our clients place their customers at the heart of their business. Working with some of the world’s most established, successful brands, we know how to turn challenges into opportunities and real-world problems into smart products and solutions.