Android Developer

Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited

Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

Predominantly focused on the public-sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.

Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022.

We are looking for talented
Android Developers
to join a digital delivery team working on services that make a real difference to people across the UK.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team of developers, designers, product managers, delivery professionals and technical specialists to build, improve and maintain high-quality digital services used by millions of people.

You will be responsible for developing robust, accessible and user-centred Android applications, contributing to technical decisions and helping to maintain high standards of software engineering across the team.

This is an opportunity to work on meaningful public-facing technology while contributing to the continued development of modern government digital services.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality Android applications using
  Kotlin
  .
• Translate user and business requirements into reliable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Write clean, well-tested and maintainable code following modern Android development practices.
• Work collaboratively with designers, product managers, QA professionals and other developers within an agile multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in technical discussions, code reviews and architectural decision-making.
• Develop automated tests and contribute to continuous integration and delivery processes.
• Investigate and resolve technical issues, defects and performance problems.
• Consider security, accessibility, privacy, resilience and performance throughout the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Help establish and maintain development standards, patterns and best practices.
• Keep up to date with developments across the Android and wider mobile technology ecosystem.
• Contribute to an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture and support colleagues through mentoring and knowledge sharing where appropriate.

Essential technical skills

Candidates should have demonstrable professional experience with:

• Strong commercial experience developing applications for
  Android
  .
• Strong proficiency in
  Kotlin
  .
• Good understanding of the Android SDK and Android development ecosystem.
• Experience developing applications using modern Android development patterns and practices.
• Experience working with APIs and integrating mobile applications with backend services.
• Experience with automated testing, including unit and UI testing.
• Experience using Git and modern software development workflows.
• Understanding of software engineering principles including clean code, modularity, maintainability and version control.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving application defects and performance issues.

• Experience with
  Java
  and maintaining or modernising existing Java codebases.
• Experience with
  Jetpack Compose
  and/or traditional Android Views.
• Experience with Android Jetpack libraries and modern Android architecture components.
• Experience with asynchronous programming and Kotlin Coroutines.
• Knowledge…