Junior Android Engineer (f/m/d)

Location: Come and join us in Hamburg!

Are you an aspiring Android developer ready to see your code move millions? We are looking for a talented and ambitious Junior Android Engineer to join our In-trip team within the Rider Domain.

You’ll be diving deep into a modern stack, using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and Coroutines to improve our passenger experience with the ultimate goal of shaping the future of urban mobility. You’ll join a multinational, collaborative team that prioritizes excellence, is championing best practices, provides learning and mentoring, while having a bit of fun.

YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE:

• Crafting Cutting-Edge Android Features: Contribute to the design, development and maintenance of robust features in our versatile Android application.
• End-to-End Mobile Ownership: Take ownership of feature development and technical improvements on the Android platform, from initial ideation and technical design to seamless deployment and ongoing monitoring within our live environment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with fellow engineers, product managers and UI/UX designers to translate complex business needs into intuitive and impactful mobile solutions.
• Embracing Innovation: Explore and integrate new Android technologies, libraries and tools into our mobile development workflows and user experience.
• Driving Technical Excellence: Play an active role in shaping our mobile development best practices, contributing your ideas to evolve our architecture, tools, and processes, helping the team grow and improve together.
• Ensuring Mobile Reliability: Maintain the stability and performance of our Android applications through thoughtful monitoring, robust alerting, and continuous delivery practices, ensuring a smooth experience for our users.
• Championing the Android Ecosystem: Engage with our broader mobile and engineering communities, sharing knowledge, discussing the latest Android tech trends, and fostering continuous learning across Freenow.
• Thriving in a Collaborative Culture: Be part of a dynamic culture that champions transparency, efficiency, mutual respect and continuous learning, recognizing individual contributions and fostering collective growth.
  
  

Our Techstack: Kotlin | Spring | Go | PostgreSQL | AWS | Docker | Git | Kafka & more

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

• You have strong experience with Native Android development
• You are comfortable with - or are confident learning - technologies like Kotlin, Coroutines, Hilt and Compose.
• You take ownership of your work and actively look for ways to improve code quality, architecture and processes.
• You thrive in a collaborative, self-organized team environment where knowledge sharing and open communication are valued.
• You are open-minded, adaptable and enjoy working with both technically deep and product-focused team members.
• You are highly motivated by a purpose-driven environment where your strengths are recognized and nurtured.
• You are excited about contributing to a team that celebrates achievements, fosters growth and continuously evolves.
• You are a creative problem solver who enjoys finding innovative solutions to engineering challenges.
• You communicate clearly and confidently in English, both verbally and in writing.
  
  

BENEFITS & PERKS IN A NUTSHELL:

• Flexible working arrangements
• LinkedIn Learning
• Sabbatical & special leave policies
• WeRoad partnership
• Birthday, 24th + 31st December off
• Short term EU work policy
• Mobility Credit
• Health Insurance
• Employee assistance program
  
  

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:

Freenow is an equal opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age.

We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work.

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ABOUT FREENOW:

We are Freenow, the European taxi app with the broadest multi-mobility offering, available in 9 markets and over 180 cities. Our app gives millions of passengers the freedom to move with a wide choice of services including taxis, private hire vehicles, carsharing, car rental, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds and public transport.Headquartered in Hamburg and led by our CEO Thomas Zimmermann, we are on a mission to make urban mobility more efficient, sustainable and inclusive.Since July 2025 we have been part of Lyft, a global mobility platform connecting riders and drivers for billions of rides across North America and Europe. Together we are building a more caring and connected world, creating new opportunities for innovation, growth and impact.