At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead Android development and mentor engineers to elevate mobile experiences.
- Company: Join a historic brand transforming into a digital-first, engineering-led company.
- Benefits: Enjoy discounts, bonuses, training, and generous holiday entitlements.
- Other info: Diverse teams and excellent career growth opportunities await you.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on millions while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Expertise in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and modern Android practices required.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
As part of the M&S Software Engineering organization, you'll join a well-loved historic brand that serves millions of customers and thousands of colleagues. With ethical values embedded at our core and technology leaders who truly understand engineering, this is an exciting time as we continue our transformation into a digital first, engineering led company. We're looking for a Staff Android Engineer who brings deep technical expertise, thinks strategically, and elevates engineering quality across teams. You will drive architectural vision, influence standards and practices beyond your squad, and ensure that our Android experiences are modern, scalable, and delightful. You will operate as a multiplier: coaching engineers, shaping technical direction, and collaborating widely across product groups to deliver outstanding mobile experiences.
What You'll Do
- Technical Strategy & Leadership: Define and drive the long term technical vision for the Android platform across multiple teams. Influence architectural decisions, ensuring adherence to clean architecture and modern Android principles. Partner with engineering leaders to improve engineering velocity, quality, and ways of working.
- Android Development: Design, build, and maintain high quality Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Develop scalable, maintainable features and guide teams in implementing performance minded mobile solutions.
- Mentorship & Technical Excellence: Mentor and develop Android engineers of all levels, raising the bar for engineering craft. Lead technical reviews, champion TDD, and ensure best in class testing and quality practices.
- Tooling, DevOps & CI/CD: Shape CI/CD strategy for mobile engineering and improve build systems such as Gradle. Identify opportunities to optimise pipelines, automation, and developer workflows.
- Research & Innovation: Explore new technologies, evaluate tooling, and introduce modern capabilities (e.g., GraphQL, offline first strategies, MDM integrations). Contribute to mobile platform roadmaps and strategic engineering initiatives.
Who You Are
- Deep expertise with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and the modern Android ecosystem.
- Strong understanding of clean architecture, offline first patterns, and scalable mobile design.
- Experience integrating RESTful APIs and familiarity with GraphQL.
- Ability to translate Figma designs into polished, high performance UI.
- Proficient with Git, CI/CD, and GitHub Actions.
- Known for raising engineering standards and influencing technical direction.
- Passionate about performance, accessibility, security, and user centric engineering.
Tech stack
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Gradle
- REST
- GraphQL (nice to have)
- GitHub Actions
- Figma
- MDM (nice to have)
- Clean Architecture
- MVVM
- Offline first principles
Works closely with
As a member of M&S Software Engineering, you'll also work with and learn from other engineers and specialists in the organization through Business Platforms, Product Portfolios, Product Groups, other teams and Communities of Practice.
What's in it for you
- 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food.
- A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development.
- Having options to progress is something we're proud of at M&S.
- Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal objectives.
- Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
- Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave - that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes.
- Charity Volunteer Day - A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
- A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
- Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support - this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family as well as many other schemes.
Legal and Inclusion
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.
Staff Mobile Engineer - Android employer: MARKS&SPENCER
Joining M&S as a Staff Mobile Engineer - Android means becoming part of a historic brand that values ethical practices and innovation. With a strong focus on employee development, you will benefit from tailored training schemes, mentorship opportunities, and a supportive work culture that encourages collaboration and diversity. Enjoy competitive perks such as a generous pension scheme, annual bonuses, and discounts across a wide range of products, all while contributing to the transformation of a beloved company into a digital-first leader in the industry.
