Staff Mobile Engineer – Android

Company: Jobtailor
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Location: London
Job Description:

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the long-term technical vision for the Android platform across multiple teams.
  • Influence architectural decisions, ensuring adherence to clean architecture and modern Android principles.
  • Partner with engineering leaders to improve engineering velocity, quality, and ways of working.
  • Design, build, and maintain high-quality Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
  • Develop scalable, maintainable features and guide teams in implementing performance-minded mobile solutions.
  • Mentor and develop Android engineers of all levels, raising the bar for engineering craft.
  • Lead technical reviews, champion TDD, and ensure best-in-class testing and quality practices.
  • Shape CI/CD strategy for mobile engineering and improve build systems such as Gradle.
  • Identify opportunities to optimise pipelines, automation, and developer workflows.
  • Explore new technologies, evaluate tooling, and introduce modern capabilities (e.g., GraphQL, offline-first strategies, MDM integrations).
  • Contribute to mobile platform roadmaps and strategic engineering initiatives.

Qualifications

  • Deep expertise with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and the modern Android ecosystem.
  • Strong understanding of clean architecture, offline-first patterns, and scalable mobile design.
  • Experience integrating RESTful APIs and familiarity with GraphQL.
  • Ability to translate Figma designs into polished, high-performance UI.
  • Proficient with Git, CI/CD, and GitHub Actions.
  • Known for raising engineering standards and influencing technical direction.
  • Passionate about performance, accessibility, security, and user-centric engineering.

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Posted: July 11th, 2026