Android Engineer

Overview

About Nortal: 

We’re Nortal. We think big and create cutting-edge digital solutions with a global reach. And with 25 years of experience, 2,700+ professional experts, and half a billion people worldwide  impacted  by our work, we believe we’ve got the numbers to back up that statement.   

Our global teams have played a significant role in many Fortune 500 companies’ projects and systems and have been the driving force of digital transformation for governments, healthcare institutions, and leading enterprises worldwide. We combine best-in-class strategic consulting with software engineering, data, and design practices to bring our visions to life. 

The client you’ll work with:  

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Their news brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Their national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and they have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Their world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, their multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities they serve.

News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

The team:

You will join an extension team (The Sun) of our client - News UK. The Sun is one of the UK’s strongest brands and, like all media organisations, is having to adapt rapidly to overcome the uncertainties of a fast-moving digital world. The web and mobile applications of The Sun are more than a newspaper. It is an instigator, an entertainer, a cultural reference point, a finger on the pulse, a daily relationship.

The role:

As an Android Engineer, you will work alongside our other engineers, product owners and stakeholders to ensure that what we build is best in class and fit for purpose. You’ll be a key component of a cross-functional team delivering quality software. You’ll interact with product owners and stakeholders, contribute to the technical conversations and ensure that what we build is best in class and fit for purpose. You’ll report to a Principal Engineer and will help him deliver on the technical strategy and tactical implementation.

Responsibilities

• Following best practices to ensure good code quality is maintained
• Supporting existing and developing new features to support business needs across all Sun
• Helping to define requirements and create tickets
• Assisting with the release process to deploy new features/fixes to production
• Leveraging AI to boost productivity

Qualifications

• Native Android application development with both modern and legacy systems
• 4+ years of commercial Android development using Kotlin and Java
• A very good experience with Jetpack Compose for modern UI development
• Experience maintaining and refactoring legacy Android View-based systems
• Experience with Coroutines for reactive programming and asynchronous operations
• Firm grasp of object-oriented software development and tiered design
• An ability to deliver solutions with Android UI/UX principles in mind
• Experience with both modern Android architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI) and legacy patterns (MVP)
• Familiarity with AI tooling options and exploring their capabilities
• Experience with mobile development issues related to performance optimisation, caching, security and native components / SDKs
• TDD using testing frameworks such as Jest or Webdriver and Appium would be considered an advantage, but it is not mandatory
• Experience with NodeJS and AWS cloud platform is beneficial

Why work with us:

• Great work-life balance
• Competitive remuneration package
• Exceptional social package & special discounts
• Supplemental health & dental care
• Psychological counselling & mental health activities
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Team bonding events
• Sport initiatives
• Excellent office location & facilities

How to apply:

If you recognize yourself in this role, please send your CV in English using the button below.

Our team would be excited to get in touch if your skillset and experience match the profile we look for. Of course, all applications will be treated as strictly confidential.