Senior Android Engineer - Kotlin, Jetpack Compose | Hybrid

Admiral; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share scheme

33 days holiday

Flexible hybrid working

Learning & development

Job summary

Admiral-backed Veygo is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to own significant features end to end, influence technical direction and deliver scalable mobile experiences for young drivers. You’ll work in a cross‑functional squad, collaborating with product managers, designers, backend engineers and QA to shape roadmaps and APIs from discovery through delivery.

You will mentor peers, champion modern Android architectures, and apply CI/CD practices while exploring AI-assisted development tools to

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Android engineer, with a significant portion at senior level in fast paced, consumer focused companies.
• A track record of delivering and scaling Android applications with a large user base.
• Strong proficiency in Android, Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, with a deep understanding of Android frameworks and APIs.
• Experience architecting and implementing complex mobile applications.
• Strong experience with CI/CD and frequent releases.
• Experience using AI assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor or similar.
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills, with a commitment to clean, efficient and maintainable code.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to discuss interaction design, API schemas and architecture decisions across disciplines.
• A customer focused approach, connecting technical decisions to real customer problems and better experiences.
• Leadership instincts, with the confidence to challenge assumptions, identify opportunities, mentor others and take projects through to completion.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and delivery of complex Android features across data modelling, networking, caching, offline behaviour and sync.
• Build high quality mobile experiences using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and modern Android architecture.
• Work closely with Product, Design, Backend Engineering and QA from discovery through to delivery, shaping the Android roadmap and the APIs behind it.
• Make technical decisions that balance performance, scalability, maintainability and customer experience.
• Mentor engineers, provide thorough code reviews and improve tooling, release cadence and developer experience.
• Use AI assisted and agentic engineering tools to improve delivery, helping the team adopt them confidently without lowering standards.

Skills

Android

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Android Architecture

CI/CD

AI Tools

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Performance

Tools

CircleCI

Firebase

New Relic

BrowserStack

Job description

Admiral-backed Veygo is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to own significant features end to end, influence technical direction and deliver scalable mobile experiences for young drivers. You’ll work in a cross‑functional squad, collaborating with product managers, designers, backend engineers and QA to shape roadmaps and APIs from discovery through delivery.

You will mentor peers, champion modern Android architectures, and apply CI/CD practices while exploring AI-assisted development tools to