Software Engineering Professional

Job Description Summary

We re looking for a self-motivated Android Engineer who is proficient in Android mobile development. You ll bring technical know-how from crafting, developing, and producing mobile components and services, alongside stakeholder management experience from working closely with strategy and UX/UI design teams to architect, design, and implement solutions. You ll also enjoy mentoring and educating less experienced developers. Security is at the heart of everything we do at LBG, and our engineers contribute to building a secure culture. It will feature as a key part of your role - having a secure mindset to provide strong and resilient business solutions that safeguard our business and customers from security threats.

Job Description

Android Developer

Employment type: Full-time
Years of experience: 3 to 6 years

About this opportunity Lloyds Banking Group is on a mission to help Britain prosper, and we need your help in achieving our goals. We are revolutionising our technology, empowering our engineers and rapidly transforming our agile working methods. Come. Join us. Be part of building the Bank of the Future! A great opportunity has arisen within the Business Transaction Banking Platform for a Senior Android Engineer to work with an amazing team building propositions for the bank s commercial digital banking channel. As an Android Engineer, you ll have opportunities to build great code, help drive a great engineering culture and be a member of a wider engineering community passionate about sharing knowledge and learning.

Where you ll make a difference

We re looking for a self-motivated Senior Android Engineer who is proficient in Android mobile development. You ll bring technical know-how from crafting, developing, and producing mobile components and services, alongside stakeholder management experience from working closely with strategy and UX/UI design teams to architect, design, and implement solutions. You ll also enjoy mentoring and educating less experienced developers. Security is at the heart of everything we do at LBG, and our engineers contribute to building a secure culture. It will feature as a key part of your role - having a secure mindset to provide strong and resilient business solutions that safeguard our business and customers from security threats.

About role

• Professional working knowledge in designing mobile experiences for variable screen sizes across diferent versions of Android.
• Excellent knowledge of Kotlin and Java.
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with o line storage, threading, and performance tuning.
• Strong knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem, including libraries available for common tasks, benchmarking, and optimisation.
• Proficient in Google s Android design principles, interface guidelines, and code versioning tools such as Git.
• Ability to apply SOLID principles.
• Experience with MVVM/MVI architecture, Android Architecture Components, and other Jetpack libraries.
• Experience with Jetpack Compose.
• Experience working in a modularised codebase.
• Experience with UI testing.

What you ll need

• A capable technical lead who takes ownership of delivery and is willing to help grow and guide junior engineers towards appropriate target architectures.
• Strong programming skills with a good working knowledge of Kotlin and modern toolsets such as Git, Android Studio, JUnit, Espresso, and GitHub.
• Diverse technical experience and a proven ability to deliver high-quality applications at scale. Strong knowledge of security patterns and best practices is advantageous.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across engineering to maximise inner-sourcing opportunities and reduce waste.
• Advocacy for quality, supporting the team by leveraging approaches such as Pair Programming, TDD, Code Reviews, Continuous Integration, and Automated Testing.

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