Senior Android Engineer (m/f/d)
On-siteBerlin, State of Berlin, Germany
Job Summary
Own the end-to-end development of top-rated Android apps using Kotlin, Coroutines/Flow, Jetpack Compose, Dagger/Hilt, Retrofit, and Espresso. Design and evolve a modular architecture that remains maintainable over years and performs reliably under high traffic. Advance automation by building, testing, releasing, and rolling out pipelines as a first-class part of the product. Act as a technical multiplier by raising quality standards in reviews, coaching teammates, and sharing knowledge across Android teams. Shape features from idea to release with product, design, and editorial stakeholders while exploring AI-assisted development tooling. This Staff Android Engineer role requires 8+ years of hands-on experience and reports to Axel Springer Tech in Berlin, where you will collaborate with product, design, and editorial teams to ship features for high-traffic news brands like BILD and WELT.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of hands-on Android engineering experience, including multiple shipped apps at scale
- strong Kotlin (and solid Java) skills
- deep knowledge of Jetpack libraries
- practical experience with MVVM/Clean Architecture
- expertise in Coroutines/Flow
- dependency injection
- disciplined unit/integration testing
- experience with multi-module codebases and patterns that enable parallel development and long-term maintainability
- drive performance and build system maturity by applying Baseline Profiles, Gradle convention plugins, or equivalent practices
- a strong CI and CD mindset with a focus on automation, testing, and release engineering as integral parts of product development
- clear communication in cross-functional teams (PM, design, backend)
- own the end-to-end development of top-rated Android apps using Kotlin, Coroutines/Flow, Jetpack Compose, Dagger/Hilt, Retrofit, and Espresso
- design and evolve a modular architecture that remains maintainable over years and performs reliably under high traffic
- advance automation: build, test, release, and rollout pipelines as a first-class part of the product (CI/CD)
- act as a technical multiplier by raising quality standards in reviews, coaching teammates, and sharing knowledge across Android teams
- shape features from idea to release with product, design, and editorial stakeholders — optimizing for user value, reliability, and speed
- explore and apply AI-assisted development tooling to improve developer productivity and quality, with a clear engineering rationale
- permanent full- or part-time position in a modern office in the heart of Berlin
- collaboration thrives on direct exchange - we rely on 80% office presence and 20% mobile working
Desired Qualifications
- a budget for workshops and much more to expand your knowledge and your skills
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