Senior Mobile Engineer - Android

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose. Together, we're here to help Britain prosper - putting the ever-evolving needs of our customers at the heart of everything we do, as they move through their financial life with us. Across our Consumer Platforms we've achieved so much in recent years, building our strong brands into thriving ones, the UK's biggest digital bank and the widest branch network. Our multi-service, multi-brand offer is a unique strength, and we will work hard to ensure our brands continue to grow and succeed. The way our customers want to deal with us is continuing to change, and they are telling us they need more from us. They need a seamless digital experience, with personalised products and services at their fingertips. Are you passionate about technology and its application to real-world problems? Can you Build strong relationships and work efficiently with others across a variety of domains, fields and locations. Across our Engineering teams, we're creating new opportunities and products to improve customer experiences for years to come.

• Excellent knowledge of Kotlin / Java
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Professional hands-on experience and working knowledge in designing a mobile experience for variable screen sizes in variable versions of Android phones and tablets
Desirable:
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks and benchmarking and optimisation
• Unit, UI and Snapshot Testing
• Solid understanding of software architecture (MVVM), design patterns (SOLID, DRY) and best practices (specifically Google's Android design principles, interface guidelines)
• In-depth knowledge and experience of interacting with RESTful APIs
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with Product and Design colleagues to drive outcomes for customers
• A good understanding of Git, source code management and managing change.
• Knowledge and experience of agile development practices, continuous integration and test automation (e.g. TDD, BDD).
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
• Experience of technical guidance and mentoring.
Here's how you'll make a difference:
• Collaborating across the Bank to ensure seamless integration of Android applications with other systems
• Having an excellent understanding of Agile software development and supporting continuous improvement of your team
• Contribute to levelling up how we design, build and operate mobile native software as scale within the Bank through the wider engineering community
  
  We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!, At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
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Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies