Senior Android Developer

Senior Mobile Developer (Android)
Hawk-Eye Innovations

Salary: £58,810 – £80,190

Location:

Hybrid – 2 days per week in the office (Basingstoke, London, or Bristol – whichever is nearest)

When Hawk-Eye was first used in 2001, it employed state-of-the-art camera and computer technologies for the time. Cameras ran at just 480x120 resolution, and the PCs processing that data were significantly slower than today’s mobile phones.

Since then, Hawk-Eye has continuously evolved alongside technology, always pushing to deliver the very best solutions for elite sport. Today, Hawk-Eye systems are trusted at Wimbledon, Lord’s, and across the Premier League.

Now, with the full support of Sony, Hawk-Eye is making a major push to bring this level of insight and innovation to the lower tiers of sport — and mobile devices are a key part of making that happen.

While Hawk-Eye has deep expertise in computer vision, tracking, and sports technology, we have limited experience building on mobile platforms. This role exists to bring that expertise in-house, blending mobile development knowledge with Hawk-Eye’s core engineering strengths to create new, scalable solutions that can be used far beyond elite venues.

This is a permanent opportunity offering long-term growth, learning, and the chance to help shape the future of sport.

You’ll be working on a production in-house Android application used by Hawk-Eye’s tracking and development teams.

Key areas include:

• Enhancing and modernising an existing Android application
• Improving performance, stability, and user experience
• Working directly with mobile camera pipelines using the Android Camera 2 API
• Integrating and running machine learning models on-device to support:
  • Ball tracking
  • Player tracking
• Optimising threading models, lifecycle management, and performance for real-time workloads
• Supporting hands‑on testing in live sports environments
• Collaborating closely with Tracking and Computer Vision teams to ensure clean system integration

• Lead best practices for Android mobile development
• Design, develop, and maintain high‑quality Kotlin‑based Android applications
• Own complex features from design through to delivery
• Work closely with developers across Tracking, Tooling, and Computer Vision
• Support testing, debugging, and deployment of new features
• Participate in technical discussions and code reviews
• Contribute pragmatically in an agile, sprint‑based environment

Essential:

• Strong, hands‑on experience in Android development using Kotlin
• Deep understanding of Android application architecture, lifecycle, and threading
• Proven experience working with the Camera 2 API in production
• Experience building high‑performance, real‑time mobile applications primarily using Kotlin
• Solid understanding of software design principles and clean code practices
• Comfortable taking ownership and influencing technical direction

Highly desirable:

• Experience running or integrating machine learning models on mobile devices
• Understanding of on‑device performance optimisation for video or ML workloads
• Experience with mobile video capture or processing pipelines

Bonus skills:

• FFmpeg
• OpenCV
• Networking
• AWS
• iOS development

• Annual leave: 25 days plus 8 public holidays
• Enhanced pension scheme with 5% employer matching
• Hybrid and flexible working model
• Wellbeing support, including complimentary access to the Unmind app
• Onsite gym (Basingstoke office)
• Access to sporting events and tickets
• Sony Group Company employee discounts

Hawk‑Eye Innovations, part of Sony Sports Businesses, is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment.

We employ, retain, promote, and treat all employees fairly based on skills, experience, and potential, and aim to provide a respectful environment where everyone can contribute, develop, and succeed.