Android Developer

Job Description

Job Title: Android Developer

Reports to: Principal Developer

Location: UK based remote OR hybrid London

Please note that we are unfortunately unable to to provide visa sponsorship for this role.

About Doddle:

Doddle is the leading first and last mile technology provider, working with the biggest and best logistics businesses in the world to make ecommerce deliveries, returns and consumer sends more efficient, sustainable and customer-focused.

Our client list includes the national postal operators in Australia, Singapore and Belgium, as well as leading carriers and 3PLs in the UK, Japan and the United States. Our technology has powered tens of millions of parcel transactions, and we manage more every day.

We are a team of just under 100 people across the UK, USA, Australia, and Japan, from many different backgrounds and cultures. What unites us is our shared values and our focus on making ecommerce logistics better for businesses, consumers, and the planet.

About Doddle:

As Doddle continues to grow, we are looking to build out our technical expertise within the team by bringing in a brand new Android Developer.

The squad that this role will be sat within is currently working on a number of exciting products including our store and kiosk applications. In this role you will have the opportunity to work with one or more of our android products and contribute to the technical direction within it. If you are looking to join a collaborative organisation that trusts it’s developers as experts in their field, where there’s tonnes of opportunity for growth and development then we would love to hear from you!

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Understand the full lifecycle of mobile applications
• Design and build advanced Android applications
• Work as part of a cross-functional team developing our in-store technologies, such as our pick-up/drop-off (PUDO) application or our self-service returns kiosk
• Work with outside data sources and APIs, and engineer our applications to cope with being offline or mixed network conditions
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximise development efficiency
• Create, document, and implement unit test plans, scripts, and test harnesses.

Job Role Experience, Skills, and Attributes:

• Experience with Agile & Scrum development methodologies
• Experience of native Android development in Java and Kotlin
• Experience writing testable and maintainable code, associated unit and UI tests, including Espresso
• Design and build applications to run in enterprise environments, leveraging tools to ensure we know how apps are behaving “in the wild”
• Familiarity with a cloud native ecosystem.
• Demonstrate awareness of security and data protection considerations.

Here are just a few points of why our team love working at Doddle:

• We support each other and no idea is a bad one!
• We have a flexible working environment and 3pm finish Fridays
• We have a learning culture and are always trying to improve ourselves and one another (You'll get £1000/yr personal training budget and time to learn)
• Our voice is heard and listened to; we are well regarded in the company.
• We have a broad range of experience which we draw on to improve the ways of working in the whole business. And we have fun whilst doing it!

Our Values

We are curious - Curiosity creates ideas. We ask questions. We are always learning and improving. We are always looking forward to how we can do things differently, more creatively, and more efficiently. We are open-minded and celebrate new ideas.

We deliver - We are driven by our commitment to deliver exceptional technology for our partners. We execute well and celebrate excellence. We understand that our words carry weight, and that trust is earned through consistent action. Our customers expect the best and we are proud to deliver – after all, our success is measured by the success of our partners.

We back each other - We treat each other respectfully and fairly. We trust our colleagues. We support and challenge each other by being honest and direct. We speak openly and listen attentively. We know that alternate perspectives improve ideas and create better outcomes for everyone.

We win together - We believe that working collaboratively brings the best outcome. That the power of the collective is stronger than that of the individual. We are ambitious and believe that shared victories (and losses) create a stronger, more resilient company.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Doddle we believe in employing a diverse workforce and recognise that an inclusive workplace is key to our success. Our recruiting decisions are based on the applicant’s experience and skills. We value what each of our unique employees has to offer our business.