Android Mobile Engineer

Android Mobile Engineer

Location: London, Bradford, Chatham or Petersfield

Working Pattern: Our working style is hybrid, but we recognise the importance of collaborative working with our colleagues often 1 to 3 days per week in one of our offices

Benefits: Discretionary annual bonus, 25 days holiday up to 30 days (depending on service), pension scheme with matched company contributions up to 10%, 2 paid days to ‘give back’, enhanced maternity pay (once successfully passing probation), 4 weeks paid paternity, LinkedIn Learning for all, Snoop Premium, Private Medical Insurance

Don’t hesitate to apply for a role even if you don’t meet all the criteria; your unique strengths and eagerness to learn can be just as valuable.

You and Your Team:

As an Android Mobile Engineer, you will be reporting to the Android Mobile development Senior Manager. You’ll be responsible for the development of all native Android VBG customer-facing mobile applications (including Snoop) as part of a cross-functional delivery team. You will support the definition of application architecture and continually identify ways to optimize application technology estate, in addition to feature and experience development. You will also own and maintain the code base of all Android VBG mobile applications and ensure compliance with overarching technology guidelines and principles as part of the mobile developer community. Keep VBG Digital at the forefront of mobile development theory, driving efficiency, security, and customer satisfaction in every solution.

In your day-to-day role, as a Mobile Engineer you will:

•  Developing all of VBG’s native Android customer facing mobile applications

• Influencing UX and product design, by using your deep understanding of best practice to assess feasibility and offer alternatives where there may be a better option

• Participating in a cross-functional delivery team based on Agile development methodology

• Driving a continuous improvement culture based on detail knowledge of mobile application development

• Writing and running unit test scripts

• Appropriate documentation of all delivered features and experiences

• Researching new technologies and techniques, running experiments, technical spikes and proof of concepts to keep Snoop at the forefront of modern application development

• Demo-ing your amazing work to your colleagues

• Inputting into mobile application strategy in-line with wider tech and business strategies

What will make you stand out?

• 3+ years experience of Android development (Kotlin / Compose UI)

• Deep knowledge of OOP and SOLID principles

• Experience working with 3rd party APIs and libraries

• Experience evaluating how different technologies and frameworks can be used in order to deliver the best possible solutions

• Experience with unit testing

• Dislike of hacks, preferring to write clean code over quick fixes

• Habit of documenting your code and knowledge

• Strong emphasis on usability best practices and structured code

The interview process:

• Up to 30minute telephone call with a member of the Talent Acquisition team
• Up to 60 mins with the hiring team – Technical interview
• Take home test exercise
• Final interview with the team up to 30 mins – Competency based

Our average process takes up to 4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team throughout the process.

As this role involves working within a regulated environment any offer will be subject to satisfactory background checks including criminal record check, credit check, fraud check and employment references.

Your working life: If you prefer to work part-time, we'll make this happen whenever we can - whether this is to help you meet other commitments or strike a great work-life balance. A fear of losing your current working flexibility shouldn't hinder you from applying for new opportunities, which is why we aim to match your existing flexible working arrangements where possible.

About Vanquis Banking Group and Snoop

Vanquis Banking Group is a leading specialist bank, established in 1880. We lend responsibly, providing tailored products and services to 1.75 million UK customers. Lending responsibly and acting responsibly has always been at the centre of everything we do. Helping to aid financial inclusion and social mobility for our customers and the communities they live in underscores our purpose: to deliver caring banking so our customers can make the most of life’s opportunities.

Driven by an ambition to make everyone better off, Snoop is an award-winning Open Banking platform that aggregates customers’ payment accounts in one place and provides them with highly personalised, timely and actionable insights. Snoop, a unique capability, empowers our customers to manage their finances effectively and targets savings of up to £1,500 per year for customers.

Why work for us?

We’re Vanquis Banking Group plc, an FTSE All Share company and a leading specialist bank, established in 1880. We lend responsibly, providing tailored products and services to 1.75 million UK customers through Vanquis, Moneybarn, and Snoop. Our purpose is simple: to deliver caring banking so our customers can make the most of life’s opportunities.

Leveraging Snoop’s innovative technology and data capabilities will unlock valuable opportunities for the Group and we’re always looking for passionate and talented people to come and help us change the game. We pride ourselves on a flexible approach to working – because what matters to us is who you are and what you do, not where and how you do it. If you’re someone who wants to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

We let our colleagues know we appreciate their hard work by offering competitive salaries, benefits, and a Group wide recognition scheme. All colleagues are eligible to join a pension scheme, and, after six months’ service, you can join our 'Buy as you Earn' schemes.

We offer a range of training and development opportunities to help each of our colleagues maximise their potential, whatever their role. From your first day working with us, we’ll help you settle into your new role and are happy to talk to you about your career aspirations.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Here at Vanquis Banking Group, we embrace everyone’s unique strengths and identities to be themselves at work. Regardless of how you identify yourself, your sexual orientation, martial or civil partner status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national background, faith, disability, or age – your experiences and background help enrich our teams, and most importantly help support our customers in the best way possible. At the end of the day, it's our people that help us to fulfil the reason why we’re here in the first place: to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available to help. You can contact us at Talent.Acquisition@vanquis.com