Senior Android Engineer

Job Title

You will join an extension team of The Times of our client - News UK.

Company Overview

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our news brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve.

Responsibilities

You will contribute to the development of best-in-class mobile apps as a member of a cross-functional team delivering quality software. You'll interact with product owners and stakeholders, contribute to the technical conversations and ensure that what we build is best in class and fit for purpose. You will report to a Principal Engineer, supporting the delivery of technical strategies and tactical implementations, while also mentoring other engineers to maintain high standards of engineering excellence.

You will also:

• Develop new features and optimise existing ones for mobile applications, ensuring they meet business and user needs
• Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to deliver quality mobile apps
• Participate in technical discussions to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and fit for purpose
• Mentor and guide other engineers to uphold high coding standards and best practices
• Support the Principal Engineer in delivering on technical strategies and ensuring alignment with business goals
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure code quality, security, and performance
• Lead by example, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration
• Present technical concepts and solutions to internal teams, contributing to strategic discussions

Qualifications

You're a true engineer with a passion for well crafted and tested code, considering everything from architecture and security to performance. You understand agile methodologies and enjoy collaboration. You lead by example, encouraging your peers to improve continually. You have a continuous improvement mindset and are proactive in driving positive change, inspiring those around you to do the same. You do thorough code reviews to be sure what we produce is of a very high standard. You understand the value of and are a practitioner of testing and DevOps. You have experience with:

• Solid commercial app development experience using Kotlin
• Jetpack Compose
• Android architecture patterns (e.g. MVVM)
• SOLID design principles
• Unit testing with JUnit and Mockito
• UI automation testing with Espresso
• Reactive programming, experience with RxJava and Kotlin Coroutines/flow advantageous
• Continuous Integration - previous experience with CircleCI would be a bonus
• Gradle

About Pwrteams

Join our fast-growing and diverse team at Pwrteams, where we provide premium IT and engineering nearshore solutions to our global customers. Since 2007, we pursue to become the market leader in assembling cross-border IT and engineering teams for customers. Our operations are strategically positioned within Eastern Europe's dynamic tech ecosystems, from where we cater the global business landscape.

We're at the forefront of travel, media and fintech innovation, healthcare efficiency enhancements, and others. Our goal? To connect interesting customer projects and skilled talent alike. Become a part of our team and take the next step on your personal career journey.

How to Apply

If you recognize yourself in this role, please send your CV in English.

Our team would be excited to get in touch if your skillset and experience match the profile we look for.

Of course, all applications will be treated as strictly confidential.