Android Engineer
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Own end-to-end Android features from concept through release and iteration in live grocery stores. Connect edge AI capabilities to the shopper experience by translating machine-learning outputs into useful interactions. Improve latency, stability, and resilience on a controlled device operating in a demanding physical retail environment. Establish architecture, patterns, and engineering standards to support the product as it grows. Monitor released features, investigate problems, and improve the experience using technical evidence and real shopper behavior. Work closely with product and design to turn complex AI capabilities into fast, intuitive, and personal interactions.
Required Qualifications
- Strong native Android and Kotlin experience
- You understand Kotlin, coroutines, concurrency, memory management and the Android lifecycle
- You can apply that knowledge in a demanding production environment
- Jetpack Compose in production
- You have built and shipped meaningful Compose features
- You understand how to create polished, performant interfaces
- End-to-end ownership
- You have taken features from a product problem through to launch
- You are comfortable being accountable for their performance
- AI-enabled development
- You have used tools such as Cursor, Claude Code or similar in meaningful development work
- You are keen to keep improving how you use them
- Relevant experience
- You will have around three plus years of Android engineering experience
- The quality and ownership of what you have built matters more than the number of years
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs
Desired Qualifications
- Experience integrating on-device machine learning using ML Kit, TensorFlow Lite or custom models
- Experience with reactive, event-driven or highly stateful Android applications
- Experience working with device peripherals or hardware-adjacent Android products
- Knowledge of Android build automation, release management or CI/CD
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