Android Core Product Technical Lead

London Source: WhatJobs

£70,000–£110,000

With the growth of our Android app, being the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store, we find the need for a Senior Android Engineer to help us support the new user base as well as work on new and exciting projects to push us forward
This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users
We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount
Owning major features and working closely with our design team - take ownership of features inside the app and become responsible of delivering high quality features
Shape the future of our Android team
Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
Participate in discussions across different teams - Product, Design, Engineering
Review pull requests, and support other teammates
Handle critical issues or cope with unexpected challenges
Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team
Technologies we use:
Kotlin
Kotlin Coroutines
Kotlin Flow
Jetpack Navigation
Dagger 2
Room
Custom Views, Canvas & Paint
Jetpack Compose
JUnit

Excellent communication skills
User oriented problem solving approach
Driven with continuous feedback from leaders
Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app
5+ years of software engineering experience
Product design intuition and user empathy
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what’s outlined in the spec
Understanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing tests
Rock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests
Familiarity with Android components
Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX
Experience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in Android
Experience with iOS, Web or NodeJS