Lead Android Engineer

Job Description

Lead Android Engineer

Location: Manchester Spinningfields | Hybrid: 2 days in the office per week
Level: Lead

Why Join Us?

At MONY Group, we help millions of people save money when it matters most. Through MoneySuperMarket, MoneySavingExpert, Quidco, and our B2B partnerships, we reach over 24 million unique monthly visitors, saving UK households billions of pounds every year. It’s something we’re immensely proud of—and you could be part of it.

We’re creative, collaborative, and ambitious. It’s hard work, but it’s worth it: you’ll leave each day knowing you’ve made a meaningful difference to our customers and helped raise the bar for your team.

What makes us different

• A workplace full of personality; open-minded, diverse, and inclusive
• Teams that go beyond comparison, working together to deliver world-class digital experiences
• A culture where everyone belongs and every voice matters

About the role

We’re looking for a Lead Android Engineer to join our Mobile Collective, playing a key role in shaping and scaling Android apps across MoneySavingExpert, Quidco, and MoneySuperMarket.

As a lead, you’ll set technical direction, provide strong engineering leadership, and remain hands-on in delivery. You’ll work closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Designers, and other Tech Leads to align technology decisions with customer outcomes and business strategy.

You’ll help define how Android engineering is done at MONY Group; driving consistency, quality, and long-term maintainability across teams.

We’re an AI-enabled engineering organisation, using tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex and ChatGPT to accelerate delivery and improve code quality. We expect our technical leaders to champion thoughtful, responsible use of AI within software development.

What you’ll do

• Lead and own technical direction for Android within your domain, influencing architecture and long-term design decisions
• Act as a technical role model, delivering high-quality, production-ready Kotlin code using Jetpack Compose
• Guide teams through complex technical problems, making pragmatic trade-offs and ensuring solutions scale
• Partner with Product and Design to shape solutions early, ensuring strong technical feasibility and customer outcomes
• Drive engineering standards and best practices across Android (architecture, testing, performance, security)
• Embed quality at pace, championing TDD, CI/CD, pairing, and continuous improvement
• Mentor and coach Android engineers, supporting career progression and building a strong engineering culture
• Influence cross-team decisions, collaborating with other mobile and platform leads to ensure consistency and alignment
• Identify and proactively manage technical risk, legacy concerns, and platform health
• Keep the Android platform modern, bringing new ideas, tooling, and approaches into the organisation

What we’re looking for

• Significant experience building and shipping complex Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
• Proven experience acting in a technical leadership or lead engineer role, with ownership beyond a single team
• Strong knowledge of mobile architecture, scalability, and modern Android development patterns
• Confidence influencing technical decisions and communicating trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences
• A passion for coaching, mentoring, and raising engineering capability across teams
• Experience with Espresso, automated testing strategies, and modern CI/CD pipelines
• Comfortable and curious about using AI-assisted development tools to improve quality and productivity
• A collaborative, pragmatic mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability

Why MONY Group?

• Hybrid working: 2 days in the office, the rest where you work best
• A strong learning culture: Dedicated development time, LinkedIn Learning, conferences, and internal communities of practice
• Community and connection: Hack days, regular socials, and annual Product & Tech meetups
• Career progression: Clear frameworks and opportunities to influence across teams and domains

Rewards & benefits

• 27 days holiday (rising to 30) + bank holidays
• Bonus scheme
• Pension up to 6% employer contribution
• Enhanced shared parental leave (6 months paid for both parents)
• Work-from-anywhere scheme (2 weeks per year)
• Mental health support, financial coaching, and more

Interview process

• A call with one of our Talent Acquisition Team
• An interview split into three parts:
  • Technical leadership & system design
  • A collaborative paired programming exercise
  • Behavioural and values-based discussion

Our commitment

We will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. We’re an inclusive, anti-racist, equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups—particularly women and Black, Asian, and ethnic minority candidates.

Our appointments are made on merit, following a robust and objective assessment process.

Ready to go beyond comparison?

We know job adverts only say so much. If you’d like to know more (about salary, working patterns, or benefits) please get in touch.

Recruiter: Tom Wood, tom.wood@monygroup.com