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JOB TITLE: Android Developer

LOCATION(S): Bristol

HOURS:  Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

A great opportunity is work within the Personalised Experiences and Communications (PEC) platform for a Android Software Engineer. As the Android Software Engineer you'll lead, direct and shape approaches to solving technical challenges and translating business requirements into technical solutions. You will work in a highly collaborative way to drive efforts to create, build, support and improve our software working closely with the product and engineering teams with lots of exciting new challenges! You'll be a core contributor to ensure good quality and engineering practices are followed in accordance with engineering transformation strategy!

About us

If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you'll need
An ideal Android Software Engineer for the Comms Lab will have broad technical experience with a passion for engineering excellence. We are looking for a dynamic and adaptable individual, able to use and learn new skills in varying circumstances. You'll be curious about technology and understanding how things work and influence positively - demonstrating the right values and behaviours and encouraging this in team members.

We would be looking for the following…

• Excellent Native Mobile Development in Android (Kotlin)
• Extensive experience of JavaScript
• Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling, such as Reactjs, Redux, Webpack
• Commanding grasp of HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
• Experience on Front-End test automation
• Familiarity with server-side REST APIs and JSON
• Working with the Strategy and UX/UI Design teams as well as customer organizations to architect, design, and implement solutions.
• You're excited by the changing Android landscape, and care deeply about learning new technologies and patterns

It would be great if you also had…

• Creating and managing frameworks in a modular codebase
• Knowledge of unit testing using Quick/Nimble
• Experience of reviewing other developers’ code
• Experience with scripting languages, e.g. ruby
• PromiseKit, Jenkins, Fastlane

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.