Senior Android Engineer

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Android Engineer to play a key role in shaping and scaling our Android platform. This is a high-impact, hands-on position where you will drive technical direction, own critical parts of the architecture, and deliver high-quality mobile experiences for a large and growing user base.

You’ll work within a cross-functional product team, collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Backend Engineering to build performant, scalable, and maintainable Android applications.

This role requires a strong combination of technical depth, ownership, and leadership, with the ability to influence engineering standards and mentor others.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Ownership & Architecture

• Own and evolve the Android application architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Lead the design and delivery of complex features and system improvements.
• Make informed technical decisions, balancing user experience, speed, and engineering complexity.
• Ensure best practices across architecture, design patterns, and code quality.

Engineering Excellence

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code using modern Android development practices.
• Drive improvements in code quality, testing, and developer experience.
• Lead and contribute to code reviews, setting a high bar for engineering standards.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new tools, libraries, and frameworks where appropriate.

Delivery & Collaboration

• Partner with Product and Design to shape requirements, user journeys, and technical solutions.
• Collaborate with Backend teams to define and optimise APIs and data flows.
• Contribute to a fast, iterative release cadence supported by CI/CD.
• Actively participate in Agile processes, ensuring predictable and high-quality delivery.

Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor and support other engineers, driving technical growth and best practices.
• Lead by example in both delivery and behaviour, fostering a strong engineering culture.
• Provide technical guidance and contribute to team-level decision making.
• Act as a key point of contact for Android within the wider engineering organisation.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and address technical debt and performance bottlenecks.
• Improve development workflows, tooling, and processes.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends in Android and mobile development.
• Contribute to longer-term technical strategy and roadmap planning.

Required Experience

• Proven experience building and scaling Android applications in production environments.
• Strong experience working in fast-paced, product-focused teams.
• Track record of delivering complex features and architectural improvements.
• Experience influencing technical direction and mentoring engineers.
• Hands-on experience working with CI/CD pipelines and release processes.

Technical Skills

Essential

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and modern Android development.
• Deep understanding of Android SDK, frameworks, and APIs.
• Experience with app architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture).
• Knowledge of networking, data persistence, caching, and synchronization.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Strong debugging and performance optimisation skills.

Desirable

• Experience with Jetpack Compose and modern UI frameworks.
• Knowledge of modularisation and multi-module architectures.
• Familiarity with automated testing (unit, integration, UI).
• Experience with CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI).
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS or Azure).
• Understanding of cross-platform or shared architecture approaches.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong ownership mindset with a focus on outcomes and impact.
• Ability to operate effectively in a hands-on, fast-moving environment.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• A passion for building high-quality products and improving engineering practices.
• A pragmatic approach to problem-solving and decision-making.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

Disability Confident Leader

As a Disability Confident Leader, for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition, that opt into the Disability Confident scheme, we’ll invite a fair and proportionate number of applicants that meet the essential requirements of the role to the first stage of our selection process.

If you need any adjustments or support with your application or during the recruitment process, just let us know. Please do email us. This is dedicated to supporting candidates that require reasonable adjustments or support during the application process.

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