Software Engineer - Android

Bjss; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech consultancy in Edinburgh seeks an Android Developer to help build an enterprise mobile platform across diverse sectors. The ideal candidate has proven experience in Android development, particularly in Kotlin, and is familiar with Agile practices. Offering a flexible benefits package, including health and well-being initiatives, flexible working arrangements, and numerous training opportunities, this role promises a collaborative and innovative work environment.

Benefits

Flexible benefits allowance

Industry leading health and wellbeing plan

Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Hybrid working arrangements

Discounts from retail and lifestyle brands

Referrals programme

Flexible holiday buy/sell option

Electric vehicle scheme

Professional certification training

Qualifications

• Proven Android development experience in a production context (Kotlin).
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and offline storage.
• Strong appreciation of OO Design Patterns and Unit Testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Help build an enterprise mobile platform across various sectors.
• Experiment with the latest tools and technologies to enhance delivery.
• Work within a tight-knit community at local offices, attending training and social events.

Skills

Android development (Kotlin)

Understanding different screen sizes

Familiarity with RESTful APIs

Offline storage and threading

Open-source Android ecosystem knowledge

Version control systems (Git)

OO Design Patterns

Unit Testing and TDD practices

Google's Android design principles

Continuous integration experience

Agile environment experience

Azure cloud knowledge

Job description

About Us

We’re an award-winning innovative tech consultancy - a team of creative problem solvers. Since 1993 we’ve been finding better, more sustainable ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world’s leading organisations and delivered solutions that millions of people use every day.

In the last 30 years we won several awards, including a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for our Enterprise Agile delivery approach.

Operating from 26 locations across the world, we bring together teams of creative experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who enjoy working and learning in our collaborative and open culture and are committed to world-class delivery.

We want to continue to grow our team with people just like you!

About the Role

We love to experiment with the latest tools, technologies and techniques to improve how we deliver our solutions, and we want you to help us build an enterprise mobile platform within a variety of sectors.

About You

• Proven Android development in a production context (Kotlin)
• Understanding how to deal with different screen sizes
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Experience with offline storage, threading and performance tuning
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Confident working with version control systems (Git)
• Strong appreciation of OO Design Patterns, Unit Testing and TDD practices
• Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Experience with continuous integration
• Experience working within an Agile environment
• Azure cloud knowledge

Some of the Perks

• Flexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and other
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working - Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight knit communities we have created at our local offices. But we offer plenty of flexibility and you can split your time between the office, client site and WFH
• Discounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands
• An industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
• Flexible holiday buy/sell option
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Training opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles, including unlimited access to O’Reilly
• Giving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech
• You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS
• We have a busy social calendar that you can choose to join– quarterly town halls/squad nights out/weekends away with families included/office get togethers
• GymFlex gym membership programme