Android engineer

Starling Bank
Cardiff, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Shift work
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 65K

Job location

Remote
Cardiff, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
.NET
Android
Unit Testing
Software as a Service
JUnit
Model View ViewModel
RxJava
Kotlin

Job description

We are looking for Android engineers who will work in cross-functional feature teams within the broader engineering groups. You are empowered to make the decisions necessary for the platform and to provide insight to team leads on projects. You'll be committing, reviewing and shipping new code right from the first week, and you will work closely with other Android engineers with a variety of experience levels to improve and develop our Android app, CI automations and tooling.Our mobile engineers work in cross-functional feature teams and you will be working on building tooling used by engineers daily. We have built our entire banking platform in house and mostly in Java. You should be interested in building the tooling used by engineers and contributing to the Android app development.Requirements As an Android engineer, you'll report to and catch up regularly with a mobile lead engineer who will support you on your journey at Starling. We have a strong collaborative and open culture, so you'll find support outside your team too.As a fully digital bank, we are looking for engineers who understand and prioritise security when implementing new features, fixing bugs or making technical improvements across all layers. We're designing, building and releasing new screens every day, with particular focus on Accessibility, along with writing clean and maintainable code.Our aim is to deliver stable, resilient and high quality code. We use Espresso to write our UI/E2E tests and JUnit for unit tests across all layers, and we manually test features before production. We also work closely with QA engineers to ensure additional testing for complex feature delivery.The Android stack is primarily Kotlin with MVVM, RxJava, Dagger and Realm. We release updates at least once a week; release steps are standardised with internal tooling for safer rollouts. The majority of code is Kotlin; we use MVVM for the presentation layer and RxJava throughout the application stack.Interview process Interviewing is a two-way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us as much as we are getting to know you. Our interviews are conversational. In general you can expect the following, following a chat with a Talent Team member:Initial interview with an engineerTake home tech testLive codingTech interviewFinal interviewBenefits25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)An extra day's holiday for your birthdayAnnual leave is increased with length of service; option to buy or sell up to five extra days16 hours paid volunteering time a yearSalary sacrifice, company enhanced pension schemeLife insurance at 4x your salary & group income protectionPrivate Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr/Mrs Smith and PelotonGenerous family-friendly policiesRefer a friend incentivesPerkbox membership with retail discounts, wellness platform, and weekly free and boosted perksInitiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and EV leasingAbout Us You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! We're open to discussion on flexible working. We're on a mission to radically reshape banking and bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love solving problems.Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes in accordance with our Privacy Notice.Seniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeIndustriesIT Services and IT ConsultingReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Starling Bank by 2x#J-18808-Ljbffr Similar jobs, Senior Electronics Engineer Cardiff (1 day WFH per week) £55,000 - £65,000 Were looking for an experienced Electronics Engineer to join a fast-moving technical team and support the development of next-generation hardware products. 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About the company

Overview Starling is the UK's first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We are a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.Our technologists are at the very heart of Starling and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that is all about building things, creating new stuff, and disruptive technology that keeps us on the cutting edge of fintech. We operate a flat structure to empower you to make decisions regardless of what your primary responsibilities may be; innovation and collaboration will be at the core of everything you do. Our purpose is underpinned by five Starling values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.Responsibilities, At Engine by Starling, we are on a mission to find and work with leading banks all around the world who have the ambition to build rapid growth businesses, on our technology. Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, the technology that was built to power..., Job Description Product Engineer (Mid-level or Senior) Full-time | Hybrid in-office Cardiff, London, or remote UK Who We Are iAltA Holdings is a next-generation financial services ecosystem purpose-built to power the future of private markets. Our portfolio of companies..., We are working with a leading civil engineering contractor that has recently secured several five-year clean and wastewater framework contracts across South and West Wales. As a result of these significant contract awards, the business is expanding its commercial team and..., Senior Software Engineer Cardiff (Hybrid / Flexible Working) Up to £55,000 + bonus + benefits CPS Group are working with a financial technology company who are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong React experience to join their engineering team. This is an...

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