Staff Android Engineer

La Fosse; Greater London; Ibrido; GBP 88.000 - 108.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

La Fosse in London is seeking a Staff Android Engineer to shape the mobile platform. You will stay hands-on with Kotlin and modern Android tech while setting technical direction across multiple teams.

This role offers ownership over architecture, modularisation, testing strategies, and improved developer experience, with collaboration across product, design, backend, and iOS teams. You will mentor engineers, influence standards, and help deliver features used by millions of users.

Competenze

• Extensive commercial Android development experience with Kotlin.
• Deep experience with Jetpack Compose and Jetpack libraries, and modern Android tooling.
• Experience influencing architectural decisions beyond a single team.
• Strong understanding of modular Android architecture and scalable apps.

Mansioni

• Shape Android architecture, technical strategy and engineering best practices.
• Stay hands-on with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and modern Android technologies.
• Improve application performance, reliability, accessibility and maintainability.
• Lead modularisation, testing strategies and developer experience.
• Collaborate with Android, iOS, backend, product and design teams to deliver features.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical standards across mobile.
• Own initiatives from discovery to delivery, balancing new features with platform improvements.

Conoscenze

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Coroutines

Flow

MVVM

Jetpack libraries

Android architecture

WebViews

CI/CD

Mentoring engineers

Descrizione del lavoro

Staff Android Engineer | London Hybrid (1-day per week) | £98,000

I'm working with a well-established, globally recognised digital business that is looking to bring in an experienced Staff Android Engineer to help shape the future of its mobile platform.

With millions of users relying on its Android application, mobile is a hugely important part of the business, and they're continuing to invest in the technology, architecture and engineering teams behind it.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys remaining hands-on technically, but also wants to have a wider influence on engineering direction, standards and how Android is developed across multiple teams.

The Role:

• Take a leading role in shaping Android architecture, technical strategy and engineering best practices.


• Remain hands‑on with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and modern Android technologies.


• Drive improvements across application performance, reliability, accessibility and maintainability.


• Lead architectural improvements, including modularisation, testing strategies and developer experience.


• Work closely with Android, iOS, backend, product and design teams to deliver new features.


• Mentor engineers and help raise technical standards across the wider mobile engineering function.


• Own technical initiatives from initial discovery through to delivery, balancing new features with long-term platform improvements.

What We're Looking For:

• Extensive commercial Android development experience, with deep expertise in Kotlin.


• Strong experience with Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Flow, MVVM and Jetpack libraries.


• A solid understanding of modular Android architecture and building scalable, maintainable applications.


• Experience working with WebViews and integrating web-based functionality into native applications.


• Strong knowledge of automated testing, CI/CD and modern engineering practices.


• Previous experience operating at Staff, Principal or Lead Engineer level, influencing technical decisions beyond your immediate team.


• Someone who enjoys mentoring others, solving complex technical challenges and improving the overall engineering environment.

Experience working on large-scale consumer‑facing applications would be particularly interesting, especially within media, publishing or other high‑traffic digital platforms.

Why Consider It?

This isn't a role where you'll simply be delivering features against a backlog.

You'll have genuine ownership over technical decisions, the opportunity to influence the longer‑term Android roadmap and the chance to make improvements to a product used by millions of people.

It's a interesting opportunity for an experienced Android engineer who wants to combine hands‑on development with meaningful technical leadership.