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About the Role
The Guardian is seeking a Senior Android Developer to join the Apps Experience team. This role involves building, maintaining, and improving the award-winning Android app, taking a leadership role on projects, and fostering a collaborative, inclusive environment while contributing to both technical and product decisions.
Responsibilities
- Build and test major new features for Android applications
- Improve and maintain existing app functionality
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including iOS, server-side, and web engineers, designers, and product managers
- Engage in pair programming and collaborative development
- Provide leadership on team projects
- Mentor and guide other developers to support their professional growth
- Participate in product and technical decision-making
- Contribute to innovation through daily tasks and regular hack days
Requirements
- Demonstrated expertise in Android development
- Experience with JVM unit testing, instrumented testing, and UI regression testing
- Comfortable working with both cutting-edge technologies and legacy code
- Willingness to take on a leadership role in team projects
- Interest in understanding iOS development
- Strong interest in continuous skill development
Skills
- Kotlin
- Java
- Jetpack Compose
- Coroutines/Flow
- MVVM
- Webviews
- Modular app architectures
- Swift
- Objective-C
- Scala
- TypeScript
Location
- Kings Cross, London, UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- £82,000 per year
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase 5 additional days of leave
- Generous pension scheme with 8-12% employer contribution
- 2 volunteering days annually
- Payroll giving
- Season ticket loans
- Private healthcare
- Life cover
- Income protection
- Eye tests
- Optional dental insurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- Support policies for IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality
- Employee benefits platform for health and wellbeing
- Free yoga and pilates classes
- Corporate gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Support for professional qualifications and apprenticeships
About the Company
- Global media organization delivering investigative journalism
- B Corp certified
- Diverse and inclusive workplace culture
Equal Opportunity
- The Guardian is a diverse and inclusive organization that values and respects all differences
- Actively encourages applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in UK media
- Committed to providing accessible recruitment processes and flexible working arrangements