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At a glance
1. Flexible Working: This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home (in the UK) and London Head Office / Bracknell Head Office. However, there will also be an expectation to visit other locations as the need arises. Our Engineering team currently works from the office roughly twice a week to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings, but again the frequency is dependent on the business needs.
2. Expected Salary: £59,500 - £95,000 (depending upon experience)
3. Contract type: Permanent
What will you be doing?
You will work as a software engineer specialising in Android development within a cross-functional Agile development team. You’ll be working collaboratively with other highly skilled Android Engineers as well as iOS engineers, BAs, Quality Engineers, Designers and User Experience specialists on challenging customer-facing projects.
As a Staff Engineer you will have responsibility for the development approach and provide technical assurance on complex IT projects. You will also use your knowledge of software engineering to support shaping of new projects and support the professional development of less experienced software engineers. You will work with a diverse range of technical and non-technical stakeholders which will require excellent communication skills.
Learning new skills is extremely important to us. You would be expected to constantly improve your engineering skills and keep up to date with the latest technologies and techniques. In return for your commitment you will receive the support and resources needed to achieve your learning goals.
Internally this role is known as Product Engineer (L6).
Essential skills:
* Extensive experience in Native Mobile Development in Android (Kotlin and Java)
* Accessibility best practice
* Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
* Demonstrable experience in TDD, pair programming
* Agile development methods such as Scrum or Kanban
* REST API development and/or consumption
* Deep understanding of MVVM and MVP
* Significant experience leading teams of people or technical decisions
Desirable skills:
* Postman or similar tools
* Charles/Proxyman or similar tools
* Bitrise/Gitlab CI
You will be working closely with the iOS development teams, and will also work with our website and microservice teams, as such any experience in the following areas may also be helpful, but is not required or expected:
* Swift/iOS
* GraphQL
* Microservice Architectures
* Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure
* Understanding of UX principles
* HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
* Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling, such as React, Redux, Webpack
* Any server side development languages such as Java / Kotlin
Additional Information:
The application form consists of an online assessment, CV upload, followed by application questions. Please visit - here to understand more about application and hiring process.
If you are successful following your initial application, the next stages are: a screening telephone call with a recruiter, tech assessment and two rounds of interviews. You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Please let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.
As the UK’s most successful omni-channel retailer, ecommerce is a key part of our business - we run two of the busiest websites in the UK, driving a significant proportion of our sales.
Our engineering practice includes 80+ teams, working on everything from Cloud platforms to mobile apps, from ecommerce functionality to machine learning.
Have a quick glance of our Engineering best practices, see our engineers talk about their experience and opportunities to learn and grow; Check out our Tech stack, reach out to us if you have any questions. Visit - here.
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