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Android Engineer
📍 Location: London, London, United Kingdom
🏢 Industry: Software and development
💼 Work Setting: Hybrid
Are you a passionate Android developer with strong Kotlin expertise and experience building scalable mobile applications used by millions of customers? We are seeking an Android Engineer to join the Grocery & Retail domain, helping deliver seamless digital experiences that connect customers and retail partners. Working within a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment across multiple international locations, you will contribute to the design, development, delivery, and ongoing optimization of mobile features that support large-scale retail and catalog enablement platforms.
The ideal candidate combines expertise in Android development, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, modern Android architecture, microservices integration, CI/CD, and mobile product development with strong ownership and collaboration skills.
Key Responsibilities
Android Application Development
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Android applications.
- Build scalable, secure, and reliable mobile features.
- Deliver customer-facing functionality that supports Grocery & Retail experiences.
- Maintain high standards for performance, usability, and maintainability.
- Contribute throughout the complete software development lifecycle.
Product Feature Development
- Partner with Product Managers and engineering teams to define and build new features.
- Participate in product discovery workshops and technical discussions.
- Translate business requirements into effective mobile solutions.
- Improve and extend existing features based on user needs and feedback.
- Contribute to product innovation initiatives.
Technical Ownership
- Take end-to-end ownership of assigned features and components.
- Manage delivery timelines and technical execution.
- Ensure solutions meet quality, scalability, and performance expectations.
- Drive features from design through deployment and production support.
- Monitor post-release performance and stability.
Android Architecture & Engineering Excellence
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- Design and develop solutions using modern Android development principles, including:
- Multi-Module Architecture
- MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel)
- Dependency Injection
- Reusable Components
- Clean Architecture Principles
- Modular Application Design
- Ensure applications are scalable, testable, and easy to maintain.
User Interface Development
- Build modern mobile user experiences using Jetpack Compose.
- Develop responsive and intuitive interfaces.
- Implement reusable UI components.
- Enhance user experience through thoughtful design and performance optimization.
- Collaborate with product and design teams to improve customer satisfaction.
API & Backend Integration
- Integrate Android applications with backend services within a microservices environment.
- Develop reliable communication with server-side APIs.
- Handle data synchronization and state management effectively.
- Ensure efficient and secure API consumption.
- Collaborate closely with backend engineering teams.
Testing & Quality Assurance
- Develop and maintain:
- Unit Tests
- Integration Tests
- Automated Testing Solutions
- Ensure high code quality and application reliability.
- Support continuous testing practices.
- Participate in code reviews and quality improvements.
- Validate functionality before release.
CI/CD & Release Management
- Contribute to continuous integration and deployment processes.
- Support automated build and release pipelines.
- Improve deployment efficiency and reliability.
- Participate in release planning and production readiness activities.
- Ensure smooth software delivery cycles.
Experimentation & A/B Testing
- Support experimentation frameworks and feature testing initiatives.
- Implement and monitor A/B tests.
- Analyze outcomes to improve product performance and user engagement.
- Contribute to data-driven product decision making.
- Help validate new product ideas and enhancements.
Production Support & Monitoring
- Support applications after deployment.
- Investigate and resolve production issues.
- Monitor application stability and performance.
- Ensure features continue to perform effectively in production environments.
- Participate in incident resolution activities when needed.
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Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing
- Collaborate with:
- Android Engineers
- Product Managers
- Backend Engineers
- Web Engineers
- Cross-Functional Teams
- Share best practices and technical knowledge.
- Contribute to Android engineering communities and guilds.
- Promote continuous learning and engineering excellence.
- Support inner-source and collaborative development initiatives.
Qualifications
Required Technical Skills
- Android Development
- Kotlin
- Android SDK
- Android Application Development
- Mobile Architecture Patterns
- Android Architecture
- MVVM
- Dependency Injection
- Multi-Module Development
- Reusable Component Design
- Clean Code Practices
- UI Development
- Jetpack Compose
- Modern Android UI Design
- Responsive User Interfaces
- Testing
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- Automated Testing
- API Integration
- REST APIs
- Server-Side Integrations
- Microservices-Based Architectures
- DevOps
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Automated Deployments
- Build Automation
Preferred Skills
- Product Engineering
- A/B Testing
- Experimentation Frameworks
- Product Analytics
- Feature Rollouts
- Software Engineering
- Scalable Architecture Design
- Modular Development
- Performance Optimization
- Code Review Practices
Professional Competencies
- Technical Ownership
- Problem Solving
- Collaboration
- Communication Skills
- Product Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Continuous Improvement
- Independent Decision-Making
- Agile Development
Core Competencies
- Android Development
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- MVVM
- Dependency Injection
- Mobile Architecture
- API Integration
- Microservices
- CI/CD
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- A/B Testing
- Mobile Performance Optimization
- Agile Development
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
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