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# Android Developer

- **Company:** Admiral Group plc
- **Location:** Cardiff, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Android Software Development, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Cursor, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Interaction Design, Mobile Application Software, User Interface Testing, Circleci, Claude Code, Browserstack, Facebook Flow, Caching, Firebase, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Asynchronous Programming, Google Play, New Relic (SaaS)
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.admiraljobs.co.uk/Workflow?workflowId=63d6bd91-9da7-458a-bb96-08d6cca20e4b&vacancyId=3561

## About the Role

* Proven experience as an Android engineer, with a significant portion at senior level in fast paced, consumer focused companies.
 * A track record of delivering and scaling Android applications with a large user base.
 * Strong proficiency in Android, Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, with a deep understanding of Android frameworks and APIs.
 * Experience architecting and implementing complex mobile applications.
 * Strong experience with CI/CD and frequent releases.
 * Experience using AI assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor or similar.
 * Excellent problem solving and debugging skills, with a commitment to clean, efficient and maintainable code.
 * Strong communication skills, with the ability to discuss interaction design, API schemas and architecture decisions across disciplines.
 * A customer focused approach, connecting technical decisions to real customer problems and better experiences.
 * Leadership instincts, with the confidence to challenge assumptions, identify opportunities, mentor others and take projects through to completion.

Our technology

 * Language and UI: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose.

## Description

Most insurance companies build products around policies. We're building ours around people.

You'll help build an Android experience that feels effortless, valuable and useful for young drivers, connecting customers with insights, rewards and services that make insurance helpful every day, not just when something goes wrong.

As Senior Android Engineer, you'll own significant features end to end, influence technical direction to create high quality, scalable mobile products.

Why this role matters

Our Android app is a core part of Veygo's next stage of growth. It needs to be fast, reliable and simple to use, supported by robust architecture and engineering practices that can scale.

You'll be involved from discovery through to delivery, helping shape product direction, make architecture decisions and solve complex technical problems. Working in a cross functional squad alongside Product Managers, Designers, Backend Engineers and QA Engineers, you'll use customer feedback and data to guide decisions, release frequently and improve the experience over time.

You'll also help shape how we adopt AI assisted and agentic engineering practices, coaching others to use modern tools while maintaining high standards for quality, maintainability and customer outcomes.

What you'll be responsible for

 * Lead the architecture and delivery of complex Android features across data modelling, networking, caching, offline behaviour and sync.
 * Build high quality mobile experiences using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and modern Android architecture.
 * Work closely with Product, Design, Backend Engineering and QA from discovery through to delivery, shaping the Android roadmap and the APIs behind it.
 * Make technical decisions that balance performance, scalability, maintainability and customer experience.
 * Mentor engineers, provide thorough code reviews and improve tooling, release cadence and developer experience.
 * Use AI assisted and agentic engineering tools to improve delivery, helping the team adopt them confidently without lowering standards., Most insurance companies build products around policies. We're building ours around people. You'll help build an Android experience that feels effortless, valuable and useful for young drivers, con