Senior Software Engineer II (Android)

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.

We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market. 

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Role: Senior Android Engineer 2 
Location: Soho Square, London Office / Hybrid 
Reporting to: Engineering Manager 

The Role 
We are on a mission to be "the app you can’t move without". Our Android platform is central to how millions of people discover and engage with property in the UK. 

We are seeking a Senior Android Engineer 2 to provide technical leadership across the Android app. In this role you will set the architectural direction, define standards for quality and performance, and lead cross-team initiatives that elevate our Android capabilities. You will work closely with Product Management, QA, Back-end engineering, Product Design and Analytics to ensure the platform enables rapid experimentation while remaining robust and maintainable.  

Responsibilities will include: 

• Platform Strategy: Define and drive Android architectural strategy, including modularisation, navigation and deep link approaches, shared libraries and design system implementation. 

• Cross-Team Leadership: Partner with multiple teams to ensure consistent approaches, high code quality and effective reuse of components and tooling. 

• Complex Delivery: Lead the design and delivery of high impact, cross cutting projects, unblocking teams and making pragmatic technical decisions. 

• Developer Experience: Improve build, CI/CD and local developer workflows, focusing on reliability, feedback speed and ease of contributing. 

• Performance and Reliability: Set expectations for performance, startup time, memory usage and crash-free rates, and lead initiatives to meet them. 

• Coaching and Mentorship: Support Senior and Mid-level Android engineers through technical guidance, career development conversations and involvement in hiring and progression frameworks. 

• Community Leadership: Represent Android within the wider Native Apps and Engineering communities, sharing best practices, running guilds or forums and contributing to broader technical direction. 

We are looking for someone who: 

• Experience: Has deep experience building and evolving large scale Android applications, ideally supporting millions of users. 

• Architectural Leadership: Has led architectural evolution and platform initiatives and is comfortable balancing ideal designs with practical constraints. 

• Strategic Influence: Can work with Product and Technology leaders to align on long term plans and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly. 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Builds strong relationships with Product, Design, QA, Data and Backend, and is skilled at facilitation and alignment. 

• Operational Excellence: Experienced in observability, incident response, SLOs and continuous improvement of reliability and performance. 

• People Leadership: Enjoys growing others, influencing hiring standards and helping shape an inclusive, high performing engineering culture. 

• Communication: Can clearly articulate complex issues and proposals to a variety of audiences, from engineers to senior stakeholders. 

Bonus points for: 
- Experience in multi-module, multi-app or white-label Android architectures. 
- Prior involvement in setting technical career frameworks or promotion criteria. 
- Public engagement in the Android ecosystem through talks, writing or open source. 

Our approach to AI: 
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 ultimately 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. 

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About Rightmove

Our vision is to give everyone the belief that they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.

We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.

Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here!  We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:

• We create value…by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers.
• We think bigger…by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations.
• We care deeply…by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity.
• We move together…by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive.
• We make a difference…by focusing on delivering measurable impact.

We believe in careers that open doors and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work, we’re clearly doing something right! 

If all of this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making......

People are the foundation of Rightmove - We’ll help you build a career on it.

What we offer 

• 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 to give back, and holiday buy schemes.
• Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in the office.
• 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 things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more.

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As an Equal Opportunity Employer, 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. 

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