Job Description Summary
Job Description
Android Developer
Permanent
Location: Edinburgh (typically 2 days in the office per week, 3 from home)
Salary: A competitive salary from £46,000 - £69,000 depending on the experience you can bring
Closing date: 14th November 2024
At Aegon, we are united through a single, clear purpose: Helping people live their best lives. We see longevity, aging, and changing life patterns as an opportunity for our customers, our employees, and society as a whole. And we want to support everyone in building the financial means to explore the possibilities and challenges of a long and varied life. Delivered through our diverse businesses, Aegon’s products and services enable people to proactively improve their financial wellbeing and remain flexible and focused during times of change.
We are now looking for an Android engineer to join us where you will be helping us build a market leading Android app. Working with others to build, test and run the application and associated pipelines, you will have experience of building Android applications and be ready to use your experience to rapidly develop and iterate our app.
Working closely with our Lead Engineer and broader product team, you will contribute with assessment of viability, and feasibility of product features and own the development of specific product features in the Android environment. You will be responsible for the testing of the application as we build automated test pipelines into the technology stack.
In addition to the day-to-day feature development requirements, you will:
* Follow industry standard mobile architecture patterns in all development activities.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, design solutions, and ensure timely delivery of projects.
* Implement and maintain a strong testing framework to ensure the reliability and quality of developed mobile applications.
* Own the end-to-end development lifecycle of the mobile application which includes build, test, package and deploy.
* Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, collaborating with team members to find optimal solutions.
* Participate in the agile development process, including sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
* Experience in Android development.
* Extensive knowledge and experience in Kotlin with best practices. Experience in Java is beneficial, however primary skill should be Kotlin.
* Proficiency in integrating third-party APIs and understanding networking concepts, including RESTful services and handling JSON/XML.
* Knowledge and experience of different testing phases in Android applications which includes unit testing, end-to-end testing and visual regression testing.
* Ability to find performance bottlenecks and implement optimisations.
* Deep understanding and experience working with Android SDK. This includes knowledge on fundamentals of Android development such App Components and Lifecycle, Permissions System and usage of Jetpack libraries.
* Experience in implementing UI for different Android screen sizes, having knowledge implementing components to adhere to a design system is beneficial.
What’s in it for you?
* A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%
* A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
* 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)
We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.
This is a big job. It’s a challenging job. It’s crucial to our future success. If you’re up for the challenge, hit the “Apply” button.
The legal bits
We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.
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