Senior Android Developer

Brandwidth is a digital customer experience agency, established for 21 years and part of the Next 15 Communications group, a UK PLC with a global footprint across 50 offices in 15 countries. We help brands grow by redefining and accelerating the digital customer experience, creating rapid value and enabling future digital business.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Senior Android developer who will form part of a versatile team of designers, strategists, and engineers to assist on multiple projects. You’ll work on native Android apps for world-class brands, contributing to projects that combine user-centred design, creative storytelling, and engineering excellence.

Hybrid working – Although with an expectation that, on average, a couple of days in the office per week may be needed.

Skills/Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality native Android applications using Kotlin and modern Android frameworks.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers, product strategists, and backend engineers to create seamless and intuitive user experiences.
• Be accountable for the quality of the work produced and the accuracy of the provided time estimates.
• Contribute to technical architecture discussions and participate in the full product lifecycle from discovery to deployment.
• Test, debug, and ensure elevated code quality within engineering pipelines.
• Participate in sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives in an Agile environment.
• Take an active role in investigating issues.
• Provide technical feedback.
• Communicate with the different teams of the company and client representatives, understand and respond to the development briefs.
• Take part in defining the solution architecture, choice of technology stack and development approach, deployment tasks, and regular R&D activities.

You will bring:

• Some robust experience in native Kotlin-based Android development.
• Working knowledge of version control using Git.
• Experience working both as a solo developer and in a team environment.
• A commitment to learning new skills and approaches to writing code through skills sharing and self-learning.
• Experience using RESTful web services.

Desired skills:

• Experience working with Jetpack Compose.
• Experience working in an agency or consultancy environment.
• Experience with real-time features, mapping interfaces, transport or automotive projects.

And in return, Brandwidth offers:

• Unlimited Holiday
• Flexible, hybrid working
• EAP Service
• Matched contribution Pension Plan to 8%
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity
• Season Ticket Loans and Cycle Scheme
• Perks Programme (inc. well-known energy, retail, and health)

Why Us?

Brandwidth recognises that managing diversity is a continuous process of improvement and not a one-off initiative. Therefore, we develop and review our diversity strategy on an annual basis to support the achievement of business goals, including ways of addressing the diverse needs of our clients. As a growing, global company, we focus on fairness and inclusion, ensuring that merit, competence and potential are the basis for all decisions about recruitment, development and appraisals. Brandwidth takes pride in keeping up to date with employment law and best practices when promoting equal opportunities and ensuring a diverse workforce.