Your new company
Our client has a reputation for innovation, customer obsession and building world-class digital experiences. Headquartered in the West Midlands, the organisation has grown rapidly from a challenger brand into an international business serving millions of customers worldwide.
Technology sits at the heart of its growth strategy, with significant investment being made across digital products, eCommerce platforms, mobile applications and engineering capability. The environment is fast-paced, highly collaborative and product-led, giving engineers the opportunity to work on large-scale applications that have a direct impact on customer experience and business performance.
With modern offices, a strong engineering culture and a commitment to continuous improvement, this is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges while working alongside talented product, design and engineering teams.
You'll be part of an ambitious engineering environment where innovation, quality and collaboration are central to success. The team values autonomy, continuous learning and technical excellence, giving engineers the opportunity to make a genuine impact while advancing their careers.

Your new role
We're looking for a Senior Android Engineer to play a key role in shaping and evolving high-quality mobile applications within a fast-paced digital engineering environment. This is an opportunity to help drive technical excellence, influence architecture decisions, mentor fellow engineers, and deliver exceptional mobile experiences that create real value for customers.
Working within a collaborative Mobile Engineering team, you'll combine hands-on development with technical leadership, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned to business objectives.
As a Senior Android Engineer, you'll take ownership of complex mobile initiatives from discovery through to delivery. You'll work closely with Product, Design and Engineering teams to define solutions, guide technical direction, and champion best practices across Android development.
This role offers the chance to influence both the technology and the people around you, helping to raise engineering standards whilst delivering impactful features at pace.

What you'll need to succeed

Essential

Significant experience building and delivering native Android applications.
Expert-level knowledge of Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
Experience leading the technical delivery of features or projects from concept through to release.
Strong understanding of mobile architecture and modern engineering principles.
Experience translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Passion for delivering products that solve genuine customer problems.
Strong testing practices with a focus on quality and reliability.
Experience identifying and managing technical dependencies, risks and constraints.
Ability to define, measure and improve engineering quality metrics.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Desirable

Exposure to or experience with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP).
Experience working within large-scale Agile product teams.
Previous involvement in evolving mobile engineering standards and best practices.

What you'll get in return
£competitive salary with excellent benefits

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)