Senior Android Engineer — Hybrid, Build Impactful Apps

Talentedge; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Central London

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Talentedge seeks a Senior Android Engineer to build and enhance a customer-facing Android app in Kotlin, leveraging Jetpack Compose. You will lead feature development, make architectural decisions, and collaborate with Product, Design and commercial teams to deliver user-focused improvements.

The role involves improving performance, publishing to Google Play, and guiding testing, with a strong emphasis on scalable architecture and customer insights. Hybrid in Central London with 3 days in office.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and modern Android development practices.
• Significant commercial Android development experience, including working at a senior level
• Hands-on experience with Jetpack Compose and Android Jetpack components
• A good understanding of Android architecture, including MVVM, dependency injection and Kotlin Coroutines
• Experience developing, maintaining and publishing applications to the Google Play Store
• Confidence working with APIs, backend integrations and third-party services
• Knowledge of automated testing, CI/CD pipelines and mobile performance optimisation
• Experience delivering features independently and working through technical challenges
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both engineers and business stakeholders
• An interest in customer behaviour, digital products and creating intuitive mobile experiences

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance a customer-facing Android application using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Lead the development of new mobile features, from initial concept through to deployment.
• Make key architectural decisions to ensure the app remains maintainable, scalable and reliable.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers and wider commercial teams to deliver improvements that align with customer needs.
• Explore opportunities to introduce greater personalisation and more engaging app functionality.
• Develop and maintain integrations with REST APIs and backend services.
• Improve application speed, stability and overall performance across Android devices.
• Manage testing, debugging and release activities, ensuring a smooth experience for users.
• Work with analytics and customer insights to understand how features are performing and identify improvements.
• Help establish engineering standards and contribute to technical planning for future development

Skills

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Android architecture (MVVM, DI, Coro

API integration

Testing & CI/CD

Publish on Google Play

Communication skills

Tools

Google Play Console

Firebase

Datadog

Job description

Talentedge seeks a Senior Android Engineer to build and enhance a customer-facing Android app in Kotlin, leveraging Jetpack Compose. You will lead feature development, make architectural decisions, and collaborate with Product, Design and commercial teams to deliver user-focused improvements.

The role involves improving performance, publishing to Google Play, and guiding testing, with a strong emphasis on scalable architecture and customer insights. Hybrid in Central London with 3 days in office.