Job title: Mobile Android Senior Developer
Salary: £74-82k dependant upon skills and experience
Location: Pier Walk, North Greenwich
Contract Type: Permanent TFL Band 3
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Non-profit Organizations
Overview
You’ll influence the lives of millions. Join us, and you could soon be using best practices such as TDD, CI & CD to deliver software that’s used by millions of Londoners every day. You’ll be developing TfL’s public mobile apps, an android-based app that’s efficient, elegant, easy to use and maintainable. We’ll look to you to ensure that we’re using the right technologies and to ensure that our systems are responsive, fast to load, easy to use and are responsive. You’ll work as part of a Scrum team. That means you’ll be involved in activities such as Refinement, Sprint Planning, Estimates, Retrospectives, Demos and daily Scrums. You’ll work with other Scrum teams using Large Scale Scrum to produce coordinated and integrated high-quality working software.
Skills & Experience
* Android development with Kotlin and Compose
* Rest APIs
* JSON
Additional Desired Skills
* Custom drawing in Android
* Maps in Android
* XML Layouts
* Build tools and CI/CD (Gradle)
* Integrating with APIs
* Azure DevOps
* Version control system such as GIT
Excellent communication skills and a flair for analysing complex systems and coming up with effective solutions to problems are highly desirable.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.
Application Process
Please apply using your CV. Word format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. TfL is currently unable to provide sponsorship to candidates for this role as the Home Office’s eligibility criteria for sponsorship will not be met. TfL keeps its approach under review in line with changes to UK immigration rules. We are also unable to provide advice or guidance on individual immigration queries and advise candidates to check the Government’s website for further information.
The closing date for applications is 1/1/2026 @ 23:59
Benefits
* Final salary pension scheme
* Free travel for you on the TfL network
* 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan
* 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
* Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
* Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
* Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
* Discounted Eurostar travel
* EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
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