Lead Android Engineer - (Hands-on)

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Lead Android Engineer - (Hands-on)
Senior Android Engineer / Android Technical Lead / Mobile Developer / Mobile Engineer / Android Developer/ Kotlin
Not every Android role is about shipping another consumer app.
This one is for an Android engineer who enjoys owning technical decisions, working close to the platform, and solving problems around reliability, performance and data at scale. The kind of challenges you only really get once apps are live, widely deployed and relied on.
It's a hands-on role with real ownership, despite the title, there's no line management just responsibility for doing Android properly and helping others do the same.
What you'll be working on:
You'll take ownership of Android apps and SDKs used in real-world, data heavy environments. The work is varied and genuinely technical.
Day to day, you will:
Own the Android architecture across apps and SDKs
Build and evolve features in Kotlin (with some Java and C++/NDK)
Deal with networking, performance, stability and edge cases
Stay ahead of Android OS and Google Play changes and guide the response
Support SDK integrations and help solve tricky production issues
Review code, challenge designs and help raise the bar technically
Use modern tooling (including AI-assisted coding tools) to move faster and write better code
Who this suits:
This role suits you if you:
Like being the go-to Android engineer
Enjoy thinking about architecture and long-term maintainability
Want influence without people management
Are comfortable going deep when things break in production
You'll likely have:
Strong experience shipping Android apps in Kotlin
A solid grasp of Android networking (HTTP(S), TLS, sockets, proxies)
Experience with native code (C++ / NDK) or complex SDKs
Good understanding of Android APIs, versioning and Play Store policies
Strong debugging skills (crashes, performance, battery)
Experience mentoring others or acting as a technical sounding board
Nice extras (not deal-breakers):
VPN experience
Accessibility Services
Work in privacy-sensitive or regulated domains
How you'll work
Hybrid role, Manchester-based
2 days a week in the office, the rest flexible
Flexible start and finish times
Full home-working setup provided
Senior Android Engineer / Android Technical Lead / Mobile Developer / Mobile Engineer / Android Developer/ Kotlin
For further details and to apply, please send your CV to jon.brass @ circlerecruitment.com
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Location:
Manchester
Salary:
£65,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
IT;Skilled Trades

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