Android Software Engineer

Job description
Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X

In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.

So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.

Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Job Description

Join us as a Android Software Engineer
• This is an opportunity for a driven Software Engineer to take on an exciting new career challenge
• Day-to-day, you'll build a wide network of stakeholders of varying levels of seniority
• It’s a chance to hone your existing technical skills and advance your career

What you'll do

In your new role, you’ll engineer and maintain innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions.

You’ll be working within a feature team and using your extensive experience to engineer software, scripts and tools that're often complex, as well as liaising with other engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform.

You’ll also be:
• Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business
• Working in permanent teams who are responsible for the full life cycle, from initial development, through enhancement and maintenance to replacement or decommissioning
• Collaborating to optimise our software engineering capability
• Designing, producing, testing and implementing our working code
• Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations

The skills you'll need

You’ll need a background in software engineering, with solid Android native app development using tools such as Android SDK, Junit, Android Studio and various Android libraries such as OK, Http, Retrofit, Dagger, Hilt and Coroutines. You'll have expert level knowledge and proficiency working with Jetpack Compose which is essential for this role.

You’ll also need:
• Experience of working with Kotlin programming language
• A strong working knowledge of coding patterns including MVVM, Clean Architecture, Repository and Builder
• A background in various types of testing TDD, unit testing, Espresso, and Robolectric
• Expert level knowledge with RESTful web services development
• Experience working with Agile methodologies