Android Software Engineering Lead

£118420

Lloyds Banking Group, City of Westminster

Full time
U
Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 24 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: cc8cff1443004c2bb631b8d7d4996461

Full Job Description

Primarily, you'll focus on the hands-on implementation of the labs mobile application features. We're looking to be number one in the UK banking market and have a range of exciting developments that you'll be central to implementing.
You'll spend most of your time being a technical hands-on developer and act as an authority developing in Kotlin and Java, utilising the Android SDK and Jetpack Compose.
Act as a technical authority in your area! You'll help mentor and coach upcoming to mid-level engineers, but you won't have formal line management responsibilities.
Work as part of a self-organised engineering team, collaborating with solution architects & UI/UX designers to deliver mobile app features that delight all our customers through their ease and immediacy.
Be a technical specialist and authority in your field, representing both the Digital Card & Ways to Pay Lab and the wider Everyday Banking Platform.
You'll work closely with the product and engineering leads to achieve the vision and customer outcomes for your Lab, through writing well-factored and tested code.
Be curious about technology and understanding how things work. You'll influence and innovate, aiming for engineering excellence at every opportunity.

Significant experience as a Senior Android Engineer and a passion to remain hands on technical.
Excellent programming skills with a deep working knowledge of Kotlin and Java, utilising the Android SDK and Jetpack Compose along with fantastic knowledge of the open-source Android eco-system.
Diverse technical experience and a proven track record to deliver high quality mobile customer experiences across variable screen sizes and Android versions, you can act as an authority on best practice Android app architecture, principles and patterns.
Experience mentoring staff up to senior engineering level. This is not a formal line management role, however as a senior management level technical specialist we would like you to be comfortable guiding and mentoring.
You're an advocate for quality and can support the team using approaches such as CI/CD best practice, pair programming, secure coding, TDD and BDD
Working in the public cloud domain at scale, utilising hosted CI/CD pipeline and integrating the Android app with public cloud APIs.
In terms of personal qualities you'll want to be effective communicator and comfortable working across diverse teams.

Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading digital banking franchise, with over 18 million app active customers across our three main brands - Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland. The Everyday Banking Platform plays a central role in supporting our customers through their savings & current accounts, as well as providing a market leading digital customer experience for servicing their debit and credit cards. We're on a transformation journey to build the bank of the future, and we need your help!, Our focus is to ensure that we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.