Senior Android Engineer

John Lewis Partnership•New London, CT

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

ABOUT THE ROLE As the UK’s most successful omni-channel retailer, ecommerce is a key part of our business - we run two of the busiest websites in the UK, driving a significant proportion of our sales. Our engineering practice includes 80+ teams, working on everything from Cloud platforms to mobile apps, from ecommerce functionality to machine learning. In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £5.00 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements. Have a quick glance of our Engineering best practices, see our engineers talk about their experience and opportunities to learn and grow; Check out our Tech stack, reach out to us if you have any questions. Visit - https://www.jlpjobs.com/engineering-jobs/ Flexible Working: This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home (in the UK) and London Head Office / Bracknell Head Office. However, there will also be an expectation to visit other locations as the need arises. Salary: £48,500 - £74,000 Our Engineering team currently works from the office roughly twice a week to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings, but again the frequency is dependent on the business needs. Contract type: Permanent

Requirements

Extensive experience in Native Mobile Development in Android (Kotlin and Java)
Accessibility best practice
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
Demonstrable experience in TDD, pair programming
Agile development methods such as Scrum or Kanban
REST API development and/or consumption
Deep understanding of MVVM and MVP.

Nice To Haves

Postman or similar tools
Charles/Proxyman or similar tools
Bitrise/Gitlab CI
Swift/iOS
GraphQL
Microservice Architectures
Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure
Understanding of UX principles
HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling, such as React, Redux, Webpack
Any server side development languages such as Java / Kotlin.

Responsibilities

You will work as a senior software engineer specialising in Android development within a cross-functional Agile development team.
You’ll be working collaboratively with other highly skilled Android Engineers as well as iOS engineers, Business Analysts, Quality Engineers, Designers and User Experience specialists on challenging customer-facing projects.
As a Senior Android Engineer you will have responsibility for the development approach and provide technical assurance on complex IT projects.
You will also use your knowledge of software engineering to support shaping of new projects and support the professional development of less experienced software engineers.
You will work with a diverse range of technical and non-technical stakeholders which will require excellent communication skills.
Learning new skills is extremely important to us. You would be expected to constantly improve your engineering skills and keep up to date with the latest technologies and techniques.
In return for your commitment you will receive the support and resources needed to achieve your learning goals.

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