Staff Android Engineer

Location: Hybrid working primarily from home in the UK and the London or Bracknell Head Office, with office attendance roughly once a week and additional visits as required.

Salary: £62,900–£115,000 annual.

Company

hirify.global is the UK’s largest employee-owned business, operating the John Lewis and Waitrose retail brands with a strong ecommerce and technology operation.

What you will do

• Develop native Android applications within cross-functional Agile teams.
• Collaborate with Android and iOS engineers, business analysts, quality engineers, designers, and UX specialists on customer-facing projects.
• Define development approaches and provide technical assurance for complex IT projects.
• Help shape new projects and support the professional development of less experienced software engineers.
• Work with technical and non-technical stakeholders and contribute to continuous engineering improvement.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in native Android mobile development using Kotlin and Java.
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery.
• Experience with generative AI tools and techniques for development and productivity.
• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform, TDD, pair programming, and Agile methods such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience developing and/or consuming REST APIs, with a deep understanding of MVVM and MVP.
• Significant experience leading teams or making technical decisions.

Nice to have

• Postman or similar tools; Charles, Proxyman, or similar tools.
• Bitrise or GitLab CI.
• Experience with Swift/iOS, GraphQL, microservice architectures, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Understanding of UX principles, HTML, CSS, related web technologies, and modern JavaScript tooling such as React, Redux, or Webpack.
• Experience with server-side development languages such as Java or Kotlin.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment with 35 working hours per week.
• Hybrid and flexible working, including possible compressed hours, job sharing, or shorter-hour contracts where available.
• Support and resources for continuous learning and professional development.
• Employee ownership with shared responsibility for the Partnership and participation in its rewards.
• Pre-employment vetting may include DBS and financial probity checks for some roles.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV followed by application questions.
• Successful applicants complete a recruiter screening call, a technical assessment, and two interview rounds.
• Recruitment adjustments can be requested, and any required vetting documentation should be completed promptly.