Position: Lead Android Engineer
Company: N-iX
Experience required: 5y
English level: intermediate

Our customer is the leading UK Digital challenger to banks who believe banking services shouldn’t get in the way of life - they should enrich it.
They spent the past 12 years building banking services that are fast, smart, and simple to challenge with the High Street banks. Services that strive to ensure our business and personal customers aren’t slowed down but propelled forward. From introducing the first UK prepaid card in 2005 to becoming the first non-bank to offer a current account, they have been ahead of the curve for as long as they’ve been around.
Their 1.3 million customers and nearly £8 billion in payments processed to date are proof that it’s possible to be both profitable as well as pioneering.

Main responsibilities:
Lead a team of mobile engineers responsible for maintaining and developing new features
Collaborate with the Team, Stakeholders in order to develop roadmaps and features to delight our product
Sharing your expertise and the value they can bring to the business
Be able to deal with issues and feel a deep need to share the experience with others
Building technology to the right direction: for us, this means simple, organized, well-tested systems that gradually grow over time, and that provides plenty of insight into production performance
Develop web applications using Android, Kotlin
Work as part of the development team to resolve issues
Work as part of the development team to improve practices and quality
Assist business staff in requirements, timescales, and acceptance criteria
Essential Skills:
5+ years of relevant working experience
Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes that handle phone and tablet resolutions
Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
Experience with MV* frameworks and patterns in Android
Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
A knack for benchmarking and optimization
Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Familiarity with continuous integration
Upper-intermediate English
Strong leadership skills
Desirable skills:
Hands-on experience with Kotlin, Jenkins, SVN/Git, Jira
Knowledge of TDD and unit-testing for mobile functions
Be well informed of technology trends
Consult with stakeholders
Document and report application specifics
Customize application
Evaluate system performance
Work with teams and managers
Execute bug and performance tests
Be an evangelist for best practice and Agile methodologies
We offer:
Flexible working hours
A competitive salary and good compensation package
Best hardware
A masseur and a corporate doctor
Healthcare & sport benefits
An inspiring, comfy, clean, and safe office
Professional growth:
Challenging tasks and innovative projects
Meet-ups and events for professional development
An individual development plan
Mentorship program
Fun:
Corporate events and outstanding parties
Exciting team buildings
Memorable anniversary presents
A fun zone where you can play video games, football, ping pong, and more