Senior Software Engineer I (Android) New London, UK

Location: Soho Square, London Office / Hybrid

Reporting to: Engineering Manager

Overview: We are on a mission to be 'the app you can't move without'. Our Android app serves millions of users every month as they search, dream and plan their next move. We are looking for a product minded Senior Android Engineer to lead the delivery of key journeys in the Rightmove Android app.

As part of a cross disciplinary team with Product Managers, QA, Back end engineers, Product Designers and Analytics, you will design, build and iterate on impactful features. You will own complex technical areas, mentor other engineers, and help define patterns and practices that keep our app fast, stable and enjoyable to work on.

• Product Collaboration: Partner with Product and Design from discovery through delivery, shaping requirements and proposing Android native solutions.
• End to End Ownership: Lead the design and implementation of complex features, ensuring they are well architected, observable and straightforward to evolve.
• Technical Excellence: Apply modern Android development practices using Kotlin, AndroidX and Jetpack Compose, and champion clean, modular architectures.
• User Focused Delivery: Ensure features feel intuitive and polished for Android users, with attention to performance, accessibility and offline behaviour.
• Mentorship: Guide and support other engineers through pairing, reviews and technical coaching, helping to grow the strength of the Android discipline.
• Data Driven Iteration: Instrument features with analytics, collaborate with Data and Product to interpret results, and iterate based on real user behaviour.
• Quality & Reliability: Maintain high standards for testing, crash free sessions and observability, and contribute to incident investigation and prevention.

• Experience: 4+ years of Android engineering experience building and shipping consumer products in Kotlin.
• Architectural Depth: Comfortable designing architectures for complex features, including modularisation, DI and clear separation of concerns.
• Product Mindset: Understands product goals, can challenge and refine requirements, and makes trade offs explicit.
• Cross Functional Skills: Proven experience collaborating closely with Product Managers, Designers, QA, Analytics and Back end teams.
• Operational Awareness: Familiar with monitoring, crash reporting, performance analysis and release management on Android.
• Mentoring Ability: Experience supporting and reviewing the work of other engineers and helping them to grow.
• Communication: Able to explain complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non technical stakeholders.

• Experience running A/B tests and experiments on mobile.
• Contributions to Android communities, talks or open source projects.
• Experience improving build performance, CI pipelines or release tooling.

At Rightmove, we expect everyone to actively explore and use AI tools to improve their productivity, creativity and impact. We believe that software and product are ultimate people problems, and everything we build is aimed at improving the lives of others. Our view is that thoughtful use of AI can free up more time for the human parts of our work, understanding real problems, listening carefully, and making sure we are solving the right things in the right way. If you are not curious about how to use AI to work smarter, this is unlikely to be the right environment for you.

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments.
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan.
• 27 days holiday plus two paid volunteering days a year and holiday buy schemes.
• Contributory stakeholder pension.
• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility.
• Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan.
• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching.
• Access deals and discounts on travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more.
• We offer hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days in the office. For our roles, such as Field or Home based positions, different working arrangements apply - full details will be shared during the recruitment process.

Rightmove will never discriminate based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or sexual orientation. At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity and overall success. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.