Senior Android Engineer

BBC; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization is seeking a Senior Android Software Engineer to join the News and Sport App Foundation team. This role involves driving technical foundations for apps delivering trusted journalism. Candidates should have strong Android development experience, proficiency in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, and a commitment to engineering best practices. The position offers a hybrid work environment, competitive salary ranging from £65,000 to £73,000, and opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Experience with mobile application architecture.
• Strong understanding of OOP and decoupled design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues on technical deliverables.
• Advocate for engineering best practices.
• Ensure high-quality, thoroughly tested outputs.

Skills

Strong Android development experience

Proficiency in Kotlin

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Version control systems like Git

APIs

REST

Java

Tools

Android Studio

Eclipse

Gradle

Job description

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND : D

CONTRACT TYPE : Permanent

DEPARTMENT : News Sport Weather Apps

LOCATION : Salford Dock House hybrid (1 day per week in the office)

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE : 65000 - 73000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We are looking for a Senior Android Software Engineer to join the News and Sport App Foundation team.

We exist to drive forward the technical foundations for the apps that provide our audience with trusted BBC journalism including BBC News Sport and World Service. As a Senior Engineer youll play a key role to ensure our apps apply the latest standards and are fit to scale with the BBCs ambitious plans.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The role will be rewarding if you are energised by continuous technical improvement. You will listen to the needs of other engineering teams and cross-discipline colleagues to identify scope and execute high-impact improvements. Your innovation will unlock performance in other teams by simplifying the ways they deliver features to our BBC audience. You will increase development efficiency by converging historically fragmented infrastructure and building the means to deliver frequent change without compromising operational excellence.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary colleagues to breakdown product requirements into technical deliverables.
• Work with engineers and architects to scope and execute technical change to simplify and improve our codebase.
• Advocate for and follow engineering best practises within the team.
• Ensure engineering output is high quality fit for purpose and thoroughly tested.
• Drive continuous team improvement through fast feedback loops. Share knowledge within the team and across BBC Apps.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Strong Android development experience with a solid understanding of architecture and design principles.
• Proficiency in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose with working knowledge of Java and legacy Android UI patterns.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and decoupled design.
• Demonstrated experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) to produce high-quality reliable software.
• Proficiency in version control systems like Git and working in collaborative coding environments.
• Proven ability to write maintainable code in team-based projects.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to evolving software requirements.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Experience in building distributing and documenting mobile libraries
• Experience with Continuous Integration / Deployment in mobile apps
• Web services integration (REST JSON) in a mobile environment Knowledge of Amazon Web Services
• Experience of building accessible applications
• Experience of mentoring and coaching more junior team members

If you can bring some of these skills and experience along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

• APIs
• REST
• Eclipse
• Android
• Application Development
• SDKs
• SQLITE
• IOS
• Java
• JSON
• Gradle
• Mobile Applications

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 65000 - 73000