If you are an experienced Android engineer who can own the technical work related to maintaining and further evolving the Secret Escapes Android members-only app, then this journey may be a good fit for you. You will be doing hands-on engineering work. You will also be responsible for driving and managing the technical collaboration, application architecture and tech debt for our Android app. You will be part of a creative and collaborative process where we work together to experiment and innovate which helps our members on their journey of booking their next dream holiday!
Who we are
Secret Escapes is the world’s leading, members-only travel and experiences company. We inspire the world to escape by bringing hand-picked offers at unbeatable prices to millions of members worldwide across our Secret Escapes, Travelist, Slevomat, TravelBird and Pigsback brands.
Since our launch in 2011 we have welcomed over 60 million members globally. We’re backed by some of the smartest and most successful investors out there, including Google Ventures, and are a resilient, forward looking scale-up with big ambitions.
We transformed our business during the pandemic, pivoting our customer and supplier value proposition and are emerging stronger, more profitable and more ambitious than ever. To support that ambition we are growing our Product, User Experience and Software Engineering teams by ~50% over the next 12 months. Come and grow with us.
The Role / What you’ll do
You will be working in No Doubt - the squad owning the Secret Escapes members’ iOS and Android applications. As an Android Software Engineer your will
- Take ownership of the technical work, tools, and process relevant to our Android app
- Manage and drive app releases, thus minimising the risk for degrading user experience
- Build up outstanding user experience through Jetpack Compose
- Become the guardian of our Kotlin code base, enforce and maintain best practices
- Make technical decisions based on production, performance and user experience metrics and data
- Enable experimentation through A/B testing
- Support Designer with defining and implementing a brand new Design Language System
- Support Product Managers, Designers and fellow engineers in discovery activities
- Negotiate and align API contracts with backend engineers
- Evolve the current MVI application architecture in line with our technical vision
- Vigorously manage tech debt and constantly improve the maintainability of the Android app
- Champion regression prevention, code coverage and automated testing
- Enable business, product and technical decision making based on data
- Assist in app discovery activities
This way, you will help the squad achieve its short-term goals, some of which are related to
- Improving discoverability of deals in the app by delivering Search and Filter enhancements.
- Implementing and adopting a Design Language System for the Android and iOS apps.
- Delivering Post Book experience MVP Phase 2 on time and promise.
- Improving homepage to show fresh deals and offers.
- Modernising the technology stack by working on and contributing to our plan for eliminating massive tech debt in the Android app.
We have a team culture that puts people at the centre. We enjoy the flexibility of working core hours, either fully remote or in a hybrid home/office pattern, but we take every opportunity to get together and collaborate. As part of our team culture we promote continual learning and growth and have a training and development budget which can be used for conferences or attending development courses.
You will bring…
- Obsession towards improving user experience based on production data and user feedback
- Passion for software engineering and technical excellence
- The culture of experimentation, e.g. A/B testing
- Ability to groom (split, break down, and size) complex work
- Knowledge and experience with Clean Architecture and MVI
- Expertise with Android application programming in Kotlin
- Concurrent programming with Kotlin and coroutines
- Experience with consuming GraphQL API
- Adept at picking up and implementing the necessary automated tests to maximise coverage and reduce risk
- Experience with Jetpack Compose for building engaging user experiences
- Good grasp of Material Design and the Android design guidelines
- Understanding of Android app life cycle, performance and optimization
- LEAN and Agile culture
And you are…
- Obsessed with providing the best user experience
- Delivering high quality work on time and commitment
- Always seeking for ways to learn and grow
- Able to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences
- A great team player with proven track record within cross functional product teams
You may also have noticed we have offices in both London and Berlin, but also Poland and Ireland and we are happy to talk about any of these locations with you!
We are an equal opportunity employer
Diversity and Inclusion are important to us at Secret Escapes and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We value and actively seek out a richly diverse range of talent and our policies ensure that every job application and employee is treated fairly, with equal opportunity to succeed. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
