Senior Engineer I (Android) London, UK

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.

Location: Square, London Office / Hybrid

Reporting to: Engineering Manager

Role Overview

You will be a Senior Android Engineer on our mobile team, creating high-impact, user-centric experiences for millions of home-movers. You will work closely with Product, Design, Backend Engineering, and Analytics to bring ideas to life and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product managers and designers from discovery to launch, shaping solutions with user needs and strategy in mind.
• Own the delivery lifecycle for key features, ensuring a seamless experience for Android users.
• Architect, design, and implement modern, high-performance Android applications using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and Clean Architecture principles.
• Advocate for users across the mobile journey, ensuring new features are intuitive, accessible, and delightful.
• Provide technical guidance, pair programming, and thoughtful code reviews to upskill mid-level and junior engineers.
• Partner with analytics to understand user behaviour, experiment with improvements, and iterate on features after launch.
• Maintain a scalable, maintainable, and efficient codebase through TDD, CI/CD, and automated UI/testing frameworks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping high-quality Android applications using Kotlin.
• Strong product mindset: translate business goals into technical solutions that resonate with users.
• Proficiency in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, ViewModel, Hilt, Coroutines (including Flows), Room, and modern Android patterns.
• Experience with mobile analytics, A/B testing, and data-driven iteration.
• Strong performance optimisation skills across diverse Android devices.
• Confidence in mentoring and supporting others to raise engineering standards.
• Experience with Firebase (Crashlytics, Remote Config, A/B Testing), networking (Retrofit), and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices and mobile release processes.
• Experience with modularisation, micro-frontends, or multi-module Android architectures.
• Familiar with UI libraries such as Coil, Picasso, and Compose.

Benefits

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments.
• Private Medical, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance.
• 27 days holiday plus two paid volunteering days a year.
• Hybrid working with 2 days in the office.
• Contributory stakeholder pension.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility.
• Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan.
• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching.
• Access on travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Rightmove is an equal opportunity employer that will never discriminate based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or sexual orientation. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of background.