Senior Android Developer

Job Title: Senior Android Developer

Duration: Permanent

Salary: £72,000 - £84,000 (inclusive of a 20% non-consolidated allowance) Plus Excellent Benefits

Location: North Greenwich, London, Pier Walk

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

You’ll influence the lives of millions

Join us, and you could soon be using best practices such as TDD, CI & CD to deliver software that’s used by millions of Londoners every day.

You’ll be developing TfL’s public mobile apps. We’ll rely on you to develop android-based app that’s efficient, elegant, easy to use and maintainable.

We’ll look to you to ensure that we’re using the right technologies and to ensure that our systems are responsive, fast to load, easy to use and are responsive.

You’ll work as part of a Scrum team. That means you’ll be involved in activities such as Refinement, Sprint Planning, Estimates, Retrospectives, Demos and daily Scrums.

You’ll work with other Scrum teams using Large Scale Scrum to produce coordinated and integrated high-quality working software.

You’ll get to use every bit of your expertise

Constantly looking for better ways to develop software and experience in developing Android applications, you’ll be an expert in the following: -

Android development with Kotlin and Compose

Rest APIs

JSON

It would be highly desirable if you’ve also worked with or have knowledge the following:

• Custom drawing in Android
• Maps in Android
• XML Layouts
• Build tools and CI/CD (Gradle)
• Integrating with APIs
• Azure DevOps
• A version control system such as GIT
  
  

If you can bring excellent communication skills and a flair for analysing complex systems and coming up with effective solutions to problems, you're definitely someone we'd like to talk to.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 29th January 2025 @ 23:59

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We'll see what we can do.

We understand a confidence gap can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. So please don’t hesitate to apply if you think you have what it takes even if you feel you don’t meet all the criteria. We’d love to hear from you.

Inclusivity statement

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to have a workforce that is truly representative, at all levels, of the city we serve. We welcome applications from all people to ensure we have diversity in background, thought and experience. This will enable us to become a more innovative and efficient organisation and help us meet the needs of our customers.

Our goal is to make our recruitment practices as bias-free and inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.

We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information pertaining to your protected characteristics such as your name, gender, faith, ethnicity, disability status, age, sexual orientation, from CVs and cover letters to make the shortlisting process fair. When applying for this role, please make sure your application clearly outlines your relevant skills, knowledge and experience, detailing in each previous job what you were responsible for, what you delivered and what your achievements are.

Additional Information

Please note that you must apply by using your CV and a covering letter. Please think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience outlined in the job description and ensure your CV reflects the requirements of the role.

We will endeavour to give candidates as much notice as possible however some interviews/assessments will be organised at short notice and will require a degree of flexibility.

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• A 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure, and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel
  
  

Organisation

Customers, Communication and Technology

Job

Technology Development

Position Type

Full Time