Junior Software Engineer jobs in United Kingdom

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online food delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience.

Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery, and convenience partners across the globe.

About this role

Are you a Senior Android Engineer ready to shape the future of Just Eat Takeaway.com? Since the successful launch of Just Eat+ in November 2024 and are continuing to build and tailor our loyalty proposition to provide our customers with the experience they expect from a brand such as Just Eat and our brands across Europe...

This is a key growth area within Just Eat Takeaway, as such, you will have the opportunity to work across every aspect of the Consumer Application.

The role comes with a focus on expanding the user acquisition touch points in the application, encouraging rapid iterative development with a focus on prototyping and experimentation, balancing time to market to ensure ideas are validated whilst maintaining high standards of code.

• Product Definition: Collaborate with engineering teams and Product Managers in workshops to contribute significantly to defining new product features.
• Technical Ownership: Consistently deliver high-quality software that meets team best practices and expectations.
• Project Management: Take complete ownership of components you develop, managing timelines and transparently communicating progress towards wider team and organizational goals.
• Cross-Functional Communication: Share your progress and ideas with your team, and contribute to the growth of the Android guild by sharing new development practices, patterns, and standards.
• Inner Source Model Support: As a Trusted Committer, you’ll play a vital role in supporting contributing teams to integrate their features into our codebase.

We're looking for a collaborative, proactive, flexible, and detail-oriented individual with a passion for innovation. Your technical toolkit should include:

• Extensive experience with Kotlin, including integration and unit testing.
• Proven experience integrating with server-side APIs within a Microservices architecture.
• Strong understanding and experience with Android architecture (multi-modules, Dependency Injection, MVVM).
• Proficiency in building user interfaces with Jetpack Compose.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• A solid understanding of developing software using isolated and reusable components.
• A keen eye for code design, prioritising efficiency and readability.
• Knowledge and experience with experimentation and A/B testing.
• Comfortable working within an Agile methodology.

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

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