Senior Android Engineer Mobile Banking

Purpose of the Job

To design, build and continuously improve Ikano Bank's native Android mobile applications, creating secure, simple and reliable banking experiences for customers across our markets. The role will help drive our Mobile First ambition by combining strong engineering craft, modern Android development practices, DevSecOps, automation and close collaboration with product, design and technology teams.

Responsibilities of the Job

• Design, develop, test and maintain native Android applications for Ikano Bank's mobile banking products.

• Build secure, reliable and scalable mobile features using modern Android engineering practices.

• Collaborate closely with product owners, designers, backend engineers, architects, security and operations teams.

• Contribute to technical design, solution architecture and implementation decisions for mobile capabilities.

• Ensure high quality through automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines and strong release discipline.

• Support Google Play releases, monitoring, incident analysis and continuous improvement of the mobile app.

• Apply DevSecOps principles, including secure coding, privacy-by-design and early identification of risks.

• Improve developer productivity through automation, modern tooling and responsible use of AI-assisted engineering.

• Translate business and customer needs into clear technical tasks and deliverable solutions.

• Mentor colleagues, share knowledge and help raise the engineering standards of the mobile team.

• Challenge existing ways of working and contribute to Ikano Bank's broader technology transformation.

Experience/Demonstrated Competencies

• Several years of professional experience developing native Android applications, preferably for customer-facing digital products.

• Demonstrated experience building, releasing and maintaining high-quality mobile apps in production.

• Proven ability to work with Kotlin, modern Android frameworks and mobile architecture patterns.

• Experience working in cross-functional product teams with designers, product owners, backend engineers, architects and security specialists.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver secure, reliable and maintainable software in a regulated or high-quality engineering environment.

• Experience with automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines and Google Play release processes.

• Proven ability to translate business and customer needs into clear technical solutions.

• Experience improving engineering practices, development workflows and team productivity.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical topics clearly and work constructively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience mentoring other developers or contributing to stronger engineering standards within a team.

• Demonstrated curiosity and openness to modern tools, automation and responsible use of AI-assisted engineering.

• Experience from banking, fintech, insurance or another high-security environment is considered an advantage.

Language Competencies

Tech Stacks: Kotlin (required). Python is a bonus, as the mobile team also contributes to the Python BFF (backend-for-frontend)

Language: Professional in written and spoken English

Knowledge required

• Strong knowledge of native Android development using Kotlin.

• Good understanding of Jetpack Compose, Android Jetpack libraries and modern Android application architecture.

• Experience with Kotlin Coroutines, Flow and responsive mobile application design.

• Knowledge of mobile architecture patterns such as MVVM, MVI, modular architecture or clean architecture, and dependency injection with Hilt/Dagger or Koin.

• Experience integrating mobile apps with REST APIs, WebSockets and backend services.

• Understanding of secure mobile development, authentication, secure storage, privacy-by-design and app hardening.

• Experience with automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines and mobile release processes.

• Knowledge of Google Play Console submission, app signing, keystores, Gradle build configuration and release management.

• Familiarity with tools such as GitHub, Jira, Figma, Jenkins, Gradle, Fastlane, Bitrise, GitHub Actions or similar.

• Understanding of agile and DevSecOps ways of working.

• Fluent English, both spoken and written.

• Experience from banking, fintech or another regulated/high-security environment is an advantage.

• Knowledge of AWS, Kafka, feature flags, observability or AI-assisted engineering tools is also valuable.

Capabilities for this job

• Ability to take ownership of mobile features from idea and design through development, release and continuous improvement.

• Ability to write clean, maintainable and secure code in a banking environment.

• Ability to understand customer and business needs and translate them into robust technical solutions.

• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team with product, design, backend, architecture, security and operations.

• Ability to challenge assumptions, ask good questions and improve solutions without creating unnecessary friction.

• Ability to balance speed, quality, security and long-term maintainability.

• Ability to analyse technical problems, make pragmatic decisions and communicate trade-offs clearly.

• Ability to work with modern engineering practices, including automation, testing, CI/CD and DevSecOps.

• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies, tools and ways of working.

• Ability to mentor others, share knowledge and contribute to a stronger engineering culture.

• Ability to use AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to improve productivity while maintaining quality and control.

What motivates you?

You are motivated by building mobile products that customers rely on every day. You care about creating simple, secure and high-quality digital experiences, and you take pride in strong engineering craft, clean code and reliable delivery.

You enjoy working in a team where ideas are challenged, decisions are made, and technology is used to solve real customer and business problems. You are curious about modern Android development, automation, AI-assisted engineering and better ways of working, and you want to help shape the future of mobile banking at Ikano Bank.

Internal title: Engineer Lead