SearchWorks
Android Developer
SearchWorksUnited Kingdom1 day ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology

Salary: Up to £70,000

Location: Remote (UK-based)

Type: Full-time, Permanent


We’re hiring a Senior Android Engineer to join a small, highly skilled mobile team building a data-intensive product used by elite professionals worldwide. This is a hands-on senior role where you’ll act as the most experienced Android engineer on the team, shaping architecture, mentoring others, and having real influence over technical direction.


What you’ll be doing:

  • Architectural leadership: Designing and evolving scalable, maintainable Android architectures using modern best practices.
  • Hands-on development: Building high-quality Android features using Kotlin and the Jetpack ecosystem.
  • Product collaboration: Working closely with product, design, and domain experts to turn ambiguous requirements into clear technical solutions.
  • Performance & quality: Taking ownership of app performance, reliability, testing strategy, and production health.
  • Mentorship: Supporting and guiding mid-level engineers and contractors through code reviews and technical leadership.
  • Innovation: Exploring and piloting new technologies such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Multiplatform where appropriate.


Essential experience:

  • Strong senior-level Android development experience on production apps
  • Deep expertise in Kotlin (coroutines, flows, memory management)
  • Solid understanding of modern Android architectures (MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture)
  • Experience defining and maintaining robust testing strategies
  • Confidence owning technical decisions and explaining trade-offs clearly
  • Comfortable working remotely and independently in a small team

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