Senior Mobile Developer (Android)

TL;DR

Senior Mobile Developer (Android) (Sports Tracking): Developing and modernising an in-house Android app for live sports tracking and testing with an accent on camera pipelines, real-time video capture, and on-device machine learning. Focus on optimising performance for ball and player tracking, integrating ML models, and supporting hands-on testing at live venues.

Location: Hybrid – minimum 2 days per week in the office (Basingstoke, London, or Bristol)

Salary: £59,990 – £81,800 per annum (depending on experience and level)

Company

hirify.global building tracking technology for live sports like Cricket, expanding to other sports.

What you will do

• Enhance and modernise existing Android application for tracking and development teams
• Improve performance, stability, and user experience
• Work with Android Camera 2 API for mobile camera pipelines
• Integrate and run on-device ML models for ball and player tracking
• Optimise threading, lifecycle, and performance for real-time workloads
• Support on-site testing at live sports venues and collaborate with Tracking and Computer Vision teams

Requirements

• Hybrid working: minimum 2 days per week in Basingstoke, London, or Bristol office
• Strong hands-on Android development experience using Kotlin
• Deep understanding of Android architecture, lifecycle, and threading
• Proven experience with Camera 2 API in production
• Experience building high-performance, real-time mobile applications
• Solid software design principles and clean code practices
• Comfortable working independently and owning features

Nice to have

• Experience running/integrating ML models on mobile devices
• On-device performance optimisation for video or ML workloads
• Mobile video capture/processing pipelines
• FFmpeg, OpenCV, Networking, AWS, iOS development

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (UK)
• Enhanced pension with 5% matching (UK)
• Hybrid model, onsite gym (Basingstoke), Unmind wellbeing app
• Access to sporting events and tickets, Sony discounts
• Hungary: Local leave, SZÉP Card, private medical, life insurance