AJ Bell is hiring a
Android Lead Developer

Summary

Join AJ Bell as an Android development lead to help make investing easier for all by creating award-winning apps. You will lead a strong Android development team, improve CI/CD pipelines, and design high-performance Kotlin code.

Requirements

• Strong commercial experience in native mobile development
• Experience in developing consumer facing, high-performance Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK and all of its components
• Understanding of design patterns & SOLID principles
• Strong knowledge with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• 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
• Understanding of Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

Responsibilities

• Lead and engage a strong Android development team to push our mobile platform forward to the next level
• Support on improving our modularised/frameworks between our internal Android development projects
• Understand and improve our CI/CD pipelines from development through to release
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code and beautiful products
• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Kotlin code
• Ensure and strive for the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organisation, and automation
• Help build improved collaboration between our iOS and Android development teams
• Work collaboratively alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of infrastructure

Benefits

• Starting salary £80,000 - £95,000
• Starting holiday entitlement of 26 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7%
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual free share awards scheme
• Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
• Health Cash Plan – provided by Medicash
• Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
• Free gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike loan scheme
• Sick pay+ pledge
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Loans for travel season tickets
• Death in service scheme
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
• Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
• Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
• Ongoing technical training
• Professional qualification support
• Talent management programmes
• Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
• Casual dress code