Android Developer (Kotlin/ Java)
Remuneration: Competitive
Location: London/Newcastle
Role Type: Permanent
Key Work Benefits
We take the health and happiness of our employees seriously and we’re consistently searching for new ways to make mkodo the best place to work. From retirement planning to a wellness offering supporting mental & physical wellbeing.
Remote/Flexible working
Generous Holidays
Tech Scheme
Employee Assist Program
Bonus and Profit Share
Birthday Off
Team Socials
Pension Contribution
The Role - Android Developer (Kotlin/ Java)
If this is the opportunity you have been waiting for, to work in a fast-paced company with cutting-edge technology, please send your CV to jobs@mkodo.com
Apply HereKey Skills and Attributes
We are looking for a passionate software engineer who keeps up to date with latest development changes. You should endeavor to write clean code and constantly improve the apps you work on.
- Experience in Android development.
- Experience working with RESTful APIs
- Experience with multi-threaded programming
- Experience building adaptive UIs for mobile devices
- Understanding of core computer science principles and concepts i.e. MVC, OOP, memory management.
TDD is an advantage but don’t worry we can train you if you haven’t practiced it before.
About the Role
Here at mkodo we focus on building great software engineers and code! SOLID principles, Clean Code/Architecture, TDD and CI/CD are the way we work to deliver high quality and maintainable code. Writing maintainable code in this way enables our engineers to make changes more easily, safely and faster, enabling us to grow longstanding relationships with our clients.
Join us for the opportunity to work on highly scalable, performant, maintainable and secure Web and Mobile Applications for clients in the heavily regulated online gaming sector. Our portfolio includes sports betting, casino, bingo and, more predominantly of late, lottery applications. Our websites get millions of users; our mobile apps are downloaded millions of times.
Main Responsibilities
Following the best dev practices:
- We build our own modules for reusable code across our apps.
- All new code is written in Kotlin
- TDD so we know when our code breaks.
- We are constantly striving to improve our security processes.
- We follow the SOLID principles and are always trying to leave the code cleaner than we found it.
- We have a great CI setup, with Jenkins validating our commits and running automated code quality checks through SonarQube.
Tech interesting to us:
- Jetpack Compose
- Clean Architecture
- Widgets
- Kotlin Multiplatform
- Android Architecture Components
More benefits
mkodo is a great place to work, with excellent benefits comprising:
- Remote/Flexible Working
- Quarterly team events
- Birthday Holiday
- Generous Holiday Allowance
- Tech Loan Scheme
- Performance bonus & profit share scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Travel Loan scheme
- Supplies of fresh fruits, cereals, biscuits, nibbles, etc. in the offices
- Friday-evening beers
- Relevant training and training budget
Graduate development journey
Day 1
Grads onboarded as a cohort and focus on specific roles
First 2 weeks
Onboarding sessions and initial training
2 weeks
Grad team project with mentoring support
3 months
Grads present project to execs/senior leadership team. Start more compex project.
6 months
Present second project to the execs/senior leadership team. Grads join a client project team. Tech debt and support issues.
9 months
Start contributing to client deliverables.
12 months
Graduate from Grad scheme and become billable resource.
or send your CV to jobs@mkodo.com
Recruitment Process
For our web, Android and iOS engineering roles, we follow the below process:
For our roles, we follow the below process:
For our graduate roles, we follow the below process:
Review
We review applications and screen against our requirement criteria
Intro call
Successful applicants are invited to a 30-minute chat with a member of our team to get to know you a little, and tell you more about the role
Technical Exercise
You will be invited to a partake in a Pair Programming session with two of our Engineers, to assess your level of technical and coding abilities
Final Interview
A final meet with our HR team, and a Head of Engineering - also the chance to ask any questions about the role, and what it's like to work at mkodo
Offer
We make an offer to the person we feel most suitable for the role and business
Review
We review applications and screen against our requirement criteria
Intro call
Successful applicants are invited to a 30-minute chat with a member of our team to get to know you a little, and tell you more about the role
Skills Assessment
You will be invited to a second stage in the process to meet with more members of the team, and to show off your skills in your area of expertise. There will be the opportunity to ask any questions, and find out more about the role, and also to discuss your experience in more detail.
Final Interview
A final meet with our HR team, and a Head of Engineering - also the chance to ask any questions about the role, and what it's like to work at mkodo
Offer
We make an offer to the person we feel most suitable for the role and business
Review
We review applications and screen against our requirement criteria
Intro call
Successful applicants are invited to a 30-minute chat with a member of our team to get to know you a little, and tell you more about the role
1-hour interview
You're invited to a second interview with developers you'll work with. It's a no-code whiteboard session to evaluate your problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills. Show us how you tackle challenges!
Offer
We’ll make offers to the successful graduates to join the cohort in early September
or send your CV to jobs@mkodo.com
Graduate Developer Scheme
mkodo operates its own 4-time, award-nominated graduate developer scheme across London and the Northeast. Check out our grad scheme page to learn more.
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