Android Engineer

Starling Bank

Android Engineer building features, tooling, and SDKs for Engine by Starling’s SaaS banking platform. Collaborating on secure, accessible mobile apps for banks worldwide.

Posted 9/10/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in Android Development, focusing on building and maintaining applications with a strong emphasis on security, accessibility, and clean code practices. Collaborates effectively across teams to enhance product features and contribute to a learning culture.

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Android DevelopmentDaggerRealmRetrofitEspresso

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Hard Skills

Clean CodeMaintainable CodeUI/E2E TestingUnit TestingInternationalisation

Soft Skills

Self-DrivenOwnershipCollaborationKnowledge Sharing

Tools & Technologies

CoilComposeCoroutinesXML LayoutsRxJava2

Industry Keywords

SecurityAccessibilityOpen-Source SoftwareFeature ParityCI Automations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggeriOSJUnitRealm

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contribute to the award-winning Android app and internal tooling
Build new features and products from scratch in a configurable way
Share knowledge and contribute to the learning culture
Own projects and collaborate in small teams across the bank
Provide project insight to team leads and make necessary project decisions
Commit, review, and ship new code from the first week
Improve and develop the Android app, CI automations, and tooling
Build SDKs for international banking clients
Work with designers on the Android component library and themed app
Collaborate with iOS engineers to maintain feature parity
Attend weekly team meetings to discuss pain points and project improvements
Attend conferences and meet-ups with the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Ability to understand and prioritise security across all application layers
Focus on accessibility
Ability to write clean and maintainable code
Self-driven approach and ownership of code, shipping, maintenance, and processes
Experience or understanding of Android libraries and technologies including Dagger, Realm, Retrofit, Coil, Compose, Coroutines, XML layouts, and RxJava2
Experience with Espresso for UI/E2E testing
Experience with JUnit for unit testing
Ability to manually test features before production
Ability to work closely with QA engineers on complex feature delivery
Understanding of a wide range of Android libraries and technologies
Experience maintaining a library, contributing to open-source software, or working with internationalisation is desirable but not required
Willingness to collaborate across teams and share knowledge

Benefits

Comp & perks

33 days holiday (including public holidays, which you can take when it works best for you)
An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
Annual leave increased with length of service
Option to buy or sell up to five extra days off
16 hours paid volunteering time a year
Salary sacrifice
Company enhanced pension scheme
Life insurance at 4x your salary
Group income protection
Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth, including mental health support and cancer care
Partner discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
Generous family-friendly policies
Incentives refer a friend scheme
Perkbox membership with retail discounts, wellness platform, and weekly free and boosted perks
Cycle to Work initiative
Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships
Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing