Senior Android Developer

Job Description
Senior Android Developer
Location: Manchester Duration: 6 months
*Urgent 6 Month Contract*
This is a *Manchester, UK* based role with an excellent immediate start within a Global T echnology Client that is working on * Building features across the full development life cycle . *
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Android Developer to build and maintain modern Android features used at scale. You'll join an existing project, pick up complex architectures quickly, and ship production-ready features with minimal supervision.
What You'll Do
Build features across the full development life cycle
Write clean, maintainable, testable Kotlin code
Work with Back End engineers, designers, QA, and product teams
Fix production issues and improve performance and stability
Take part in code reviews and technical discussions
Must Have
5+ years of Android development
Strong Kotlin skills
Jetpack Compose
Coroutines and Flow
Android Architecture Components
Unit and UI testing
REST and/or GraphQL APIs
CI/CD pipelines
Debugging production apps
Comfort in existing codebases with a strong ownership mindset
Nice to Have
A/B testing frameworks
Observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, Firebase)
Performance optimization
Backend familiarity
Experience with apps used by millions
Who We Want
Productive within your first few weeks
Comfortable in large, existing codebases
Strong fundamentals and pragmatic decisions
Great debugging and communication skills
Comfortable with Claude/Codex, Agile, and delivering with minimal supervision
Realistic with estimates and quick to flag risks early
Please send your CV or call Toni to discuss further.
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We champion differences in technology recruitment and work with clients who actively wish to diversify their talent force - ALL applicants are welcome to apply.