Senior Android Engineer

The Role:

You will join an extension team (Sun Mobile) of our client - News UK.

News UK is a company full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are an ambitious and ever-growing organisation with a passion for storytelling, capturing moments, meaning and magic to make sense of the world. Our newspapers reach more than 30 million people each week and include The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times. News UK is also home to Unruly, a global ad tech company, and Wireless, a leading UK and Irish media company boasting independent local and national radio stations.

The Sun Mobile ​​is part of a thriving engineering community in Technology who design, develop and operate all of News UK's customer-facing products and platforms. Our team creates and supports the digital platform for The Sun’s mobile application which delivers The Sun experience via iOS and Android to complement the web.

Our agile team is highly collaborative, working closely with our product and business partners to deliver value to our customers. We are cross-functional, autonomous engineers that are empowered to design, write, test, deploy and support their code.

What you'll do:

•  As a Senior Android Engineer, you’ll be an integral component of a 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’ll report into a Principal Engineer and will help him/her deliver on the technical strategy and tactical implementation
• You’ll interact, communicate and collaborate with the engineers based in London
• You’ll be involved with the technical direction as well as day to day coding standards and best practices.
• You’ll be a mentor to your peers and team members, a source of technical expertise and will participate in strategic conversations with the rest of engineering and the business
• You’ll feel comfortable presenting to internal teams as well as external Meetups and the like, representing the engineering work at News UK

What we're looking for:

You love engineering and constantly want to learn more. 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 TDD/BDD and DevOps as part of development. You are an expert in Android software development but are adept in other languages and frameworks.

• Native Android application development with both modern and legacy systems
• Solid commercial Android development using Kotlin and Java
• Strong experience with Jetpack Compose for modern UI development
• Experience maintaining and refactoring legacy Android View-based systems
• Experience with RxJava for reactive programming and asynchronous operations
• Firm grasp of object-oriented software development and tiered design
• An ability to deliver solutions with Android UI/UX principles in mind
• Experience with both modern Android architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI) and legacy patterns (MVP)
• Quality-led approach to development (UI/Unit Testing)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices
• Experience with mobile development issues related to performance optimisation, caching, security and native components / SDKs
• Excellent communication skills contextually tailored to various levels of the organisation, including external parties

Why work with us:

• Great work-life balance
• Competitive remuneration package
• Exceptional social package & special discounts
• Supplemental health & dental care
• Team bonding events
• Excellent office location & facilities
• Relaxing & gaming areas
• Free bike parking & showers

More 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.
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