This is a (mainly) remote role, with occasional (eg: 3-4 days per month) visits to our Lancaster office. While our software team is largely remote, you are welcome to work more regularly, or even full-time, in office if preferred.
About the Role
As a Senior Android Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality Android applications that delight our users. You will collaborate with our talented science and engineering teams to implement new features, improve performance, and ensure a seamless user experience. This is a unique opportunity to work on projects with a positive impact in an innovative environment, including:
* App development in Kotlin
* Problem solve with our team, bringing new perspectives and experience into our team
* Mentor and guide more junior members of the team
* Implement modern best practices and high quality, testable, readable code
* Identify and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks to enhance application efficiency
* Optimise application performance for scalability and robustness
* Continuously improve the development process by implementing tools and automation
Key experience
* Proven experience as an Android engineer with at least 5+ years of hands-on development experience and a good understanding of Jetpack Compose
* Proficiency in Kotlin, including coroutines
* Excellent software engineering skills with a focus on modern best practices (nice to have examples: TDD, pair programming, refactoring, CI/CD, automation)
* Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in an Agile team
* Ability to quickly learn complex problem spaces
Nice to have experience
* Experience in SDK development; pragmatic approaches to interface design and error handling and recovery
* Knowledge of image processing (OpenCV)
* Knowledge of cameras & optics (Camera2, CameraX)
* Experience with iOS, .Net MAUI, Flutter, React Native, AWS
* Experience with Python scripting, which we use for automation and device calibration
* A background in science or technology
Benefits
We're continually updating and improving our benefits. Some of our benefits include:
* 30 days annual leave (on top of public holidays)
* Relocation package available if you want to move to Lancaster
* Great Tech - A brand new, hi-spec MacBook or MacBook Pro.
* Flexible Working Hours - we are flexible with what hours you work
* Remote Working - we offer part time remote working for all our staff
* Cycle to Work Scheme - Big savings when buying a bicycle through the business.
* Pension
If you are a collaborative and dedicated engineer ready to take your career to the next level, we want to hear from you.
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