Android Developer (on behalf of our partner)

Basic Information

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Android Developer to join its Digital Platform team and contribute to the development, enhancement, and maintenance of secure, reliable, and high-performance mobile applications used by a large customer base.

This role requires strong engineering maturity, a quality-first mindset, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional technology teams in a complex and highly regulated environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering scalable mobile solutions while ensuring high standards of security, performance, and user experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to feature discovery and delivery by participating in analysis, requirements clarification, and solution design together with Business Units and Product teams, ensuring customer-centric features with excellent user experience.
• Deliver end-to-end implementation of new functionality, covering design, development, testing, release support, and post-release follow-up.
• Ensure security and compliance by applying secure-by-design principles and supporting adherence to banking compliance standards and internal IT policies.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, aligned with team engineering standards and best practices.
• Own performance and reliability, continuously improving stability, responsiveness, and overall app quality through proactive improvements and refactoring.
• Contribute to quality practices, participating in code reviews, promoting high engineering standards, and supporting a strong testing culture.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with backend developers, QA Engineers, DevOps, and Product teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Support release and operations, contributing to release processes and troubleshooting production issues, providing timely fixes and clear communication to stakeholders.
• Monitor and improve app health, supporting telemetry and observability practices and driving improvements based on findings.
• Provide senior-level impact, mentoring peers, aligning the team on consistent engineering standards, and driving continuous improvement in delivery, quality, and reliability.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (BSc, MSc)
• At least 3 years proven professional experience in a similar role, with emphasis in Android development
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin (mandatory); Java is desirable
• Deep knowledge of Android Studio and the Android development toolchain (debugging, profiling, build setup, troubleshooting)
• Strong experience with Jetpack Compose for modern UI development
• Solid understanding of modern Android development principles and architecture
• Experience integrating REST APIs and handling JSON, including robust error handling and
• edge cases
• Strong testing background, including unit testing, UI testing, and UI regression/screenshot testing practices
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD pipelines, working effectively with automated validations and release processes
• Use of supported engineering tools, where appropriate, to assist with selected development and testing activities
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps pipelines and workflows
• Strong understanding of mobile security best practices and ability to operate within banking compliance requirements and internal IT policies

Good to Have

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
• Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional IT teams

Benefits

• Monthly employee expense allowance of €100 through a dedicated employee benefits card.
• Company mobile phone with voice and data plan.
• Full provision of professional equipment required for the role.
• Comprehensive private health insurance coverage.
• Employer-funded retirement savings plan, with the option for additional voluntary employee contributions under applicable tax-efficient arrangements.
• Access to employee financial support programs, including the possibility of salary advances of up to five monthly salaries, subject to eligibility criteria.
• Preferential employee pricing and banking terms across a range of financial products, including mortgages, consumer lending, and credit card products.
• Family-focused benefits, including additional support programs for employees with spouses and dependent children.
• Childcare support program, including contributions toward nursery and early childhood education expenses.
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities, including technical training, certifications, and career development programs.
• Performance-based annual bonus scheme.