Senior Android Engineer

Who are Benefex? 💚💜

We are a fast-moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the UK. We believe no one comes to work to do a bad job or be actively disengaged, and that technology is instrumental in providing an exceptional employee experience. We are striving to create seamless but tangible interactions between employers and employees, making work a rewarding place for every single one of us. To help us on our quest to be the best, we need brilliant people on board and that’s where you come in. 🚀

Why should you apply? 🌟

• Impact: Help scale our Android across multiple products and millions of users
• Challenge: Delivering a world class mobile-first experience to our Android users
• Team: Work in a talented and supportive team who will help you grow and learn
• Top 10 Employer, Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards
• Work for a profitable, fast-growing market leader in the online reward and benefits space
  
  

**Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship and require to people to be based in the UK or Ireland for this position**

Great Benefits

💰 £70,000-75,000

💻 Tech setup of your choice (MacBook Pro or equivalent, monitors, etc.)

📚 £/€800 annual learning budget, plus two hours per week as ‘Focus Fridays’.

🤸 Flexible work – choose a working setup that works for you, our only ask is to see you once a quarter in our UK HQ and you need to be based in UK or Ireland

✈️ 25 days holiday plus your local bank holidays

🎂 Your birthday off

❤️ Two half day wellbeing days

🩺 Healthcare cash plan to cover the costs of day to day healthcare

🧠 Employee Assistance Plan 24/7 365 support

🤒 Income Protection (75%) and life assurance (4x salary)

🤑 Pension scheme

🌟 Enhanced parental leave package - 26 weeks fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave

💳 £50 monthly allowance to spend on whatever takes your fancy, your very own Benefex card will be topped up at the start of each month!

Role Overview 🤩

Our Product Engineering department is going through an exciting growth phase, and we’re looking for a Senior Android Engineer to join our Mobile squad. Last year our mobile strategy changed from having multiple mobile apps to one "super app" where mobile users can access all of our products in one place via iOS or Android. This approach has been well received by our customers and the Mobile squad are working quickly to build new features and replicate the functionality of our web products.

You will work closely with our Product Manager and Android Engineers to deliver on our quarterly roadmap and continue to enhance the experience / value we provide to our users.

Android tech stack: Kotlin, Compose, Coroutines, Android Studio, Android SDK

Responsibilities 🤘

• Design, develop, and maintain native Android app in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
• Create clean, documented, reusable code on diverse Android devices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on defining, designing, and shipping new features.
• Integrate and ensure familiarity with RESTful APIs and JSON.
• Conduct unit and integration testing for code quality and stability.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues efficiently.
• Stay up-to-date with Android developments, trends, and libraries.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with other engineers.
• Contribute to technical discussions and solve complex problems.
• Proactively identify and propose improvements to the development process.
  
  

What are we looking for? 🔎

• You have proven experience developing Android apps in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Expert-level knowledge of Android SDK, architecture, and design patterns.
• Extensive experience with Android Studio and its tooling.
• Proven experience with Kotlin coroutines & Jetpack libraries.
• Understanding of Android software development principles and best practices.
• Experience with testing frameworks (e.g. JUnit).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g. GitHub).
• You demonstrate excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• You're passionate about learning and staying current with new technologies.
• Have proficiency working with Integration testing frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Passion for Product - You care about WHY you are building product and the value it brings to users and HOW you build product in terms of quality and standards.
  
  

Bonus Experience

• Experience with payment providers/flows
• Experience with ecommerce / in-app purchasing
  
  

Even if you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply! We are looking for talented and passionate individuals who are eager to learn and grow. We also offer a variety of other roles, so please check out our careers page to see if there is something else that might be a good fit for you.

Our interview process

Benefex understand the need to have a fast and efficient process, the below will all be completed in the shortest time possible.

📞 Initial informal call with the Talent team - 30 min

⏳ Interview with the Mobile Engineering Manager - 30 min

🧪 Technical Task

🤩 Technical interview with the Senior Android Engineer - 45 min

💚 Final Interview with VP of Engineering - 30 min

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to our success, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during the recruitment process, please let us know with your application.