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Senior Android Engineer

  • Remote, Hybrid
    • Dublin/Remote, Leinster, Ireland
  • Engineering

Job description

What’s the Opportunity

We are looking to recruit a Senior Android Engineer who is at the forefront of developing modern native applications and is fueled by a desire to create outstanding Android experiences! Your role will be instrumental in shaping, innovating, and ensuring stability across our three main apps - DoneDeal, Daft, and Adverts.


Our team is continually pioneering the next evolution in the mobile world. With an eye on the horizon, we're already leveraging Jetpack Compose, Coroutines and Dagger Hilt in production. The ideal candidate should possess an inherent curiosity to explore, learn, and apply emerging frameworks, constantly striving to enhance and innovate in app development.


This role extends beyond technical responsibilities. You will be a key player in our overall product development process. Your extensive experience will guide our engineering decisions, influencing how we construct new features and shape the future of our apps. You'll be an integral part of our mobile apps team, collaborating closely with other Android and iOS engineers, backend engineers, product owners, designers, and quality engineers. Your expertise and input will be crucial in driving our mobile applications forward, ensuring we continue to deliver industry-leading apps.


The successful candidate will have an unwavering passion for crafting top-tier mobile experiences and will flourish in a dynamic, fast-paced, and challenging environment. If you're someone who enjoys pushing boundaries, breaking new ground, and leading by example in the realm of Android development, this is your ideal opportunity.

What will I be doing

  • Building and maintaining features across our apps (DoneDeal, Daft & Adverts)

  • Ensuring the codebase is clean, scalable and tested

  • Working with other Android and iOS Engineers as part of an Agile team

  • Collaborating with our product, quality and design teams

  • Keeping up-to-date with new technologies and techniques within Android development.

  • Fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment for all team members.

  • Releasing and monitoring the health of our latest app releases

Job requirements

What skills and experience do I need

  • Minimum 6 years of Android development experience, demonstrating deep understanding of the platform

  • High proficiency in Kotlin and Java, with a focus on clean, well-documented and testable code

  • Strong knowledge of Android Studio and the latest Android SDK, familiarity with Jetpack Compose UI Toolkit is a plus

  • Extensive experience with modern mobile architectures (MVVM, MVP etc)

  • Extensive experience in writing robust unit tests and maintaining high code quality

  • In-depth knowledge of integrating with RESTful APIs

  • Experience with Source Control (Git)

  • Experience with CI/CD (Bitrise is a plus)

  • Excellent social, teamwork and collaboration skills

  • Experience in Agile methodologies


What’s it like to work here

You will have the opportunity to work with one of Ireland's fastest growing Internet companies. You will get the chance to create a significant contribution to our strategic direction. Projects are exciting and employees are given wide scope for creativity and innovation


Benefits - what you can expect

  • Our goal is to maintain a culture where people look forward to work – whether in our centrally located office in Dublin or working remotely, which is optional for all employees.

  • We do that by making Distilled a place you'll be listened to and trusted to do your job. Where you can have fun, learn and feel appreciated. And where you get focused career development, growth and progression opportunities.

  • We understand that the tools you have to do your job can make a difference too. So while MacBooks are our standard, we’re happy to get you the equipment you need to do your job

  • We want you to feel confident that this is the right place for you, your career, your wellbeing and your future.

  • Above all, your health and wellbeing are at the forefront of how we build the business. That means looking after you while you're here and later in life. So you'll receive life insurance, fully-paid healthcare and a 5% contribution towards your pension.


More about Distilled

We exist to make buying and selling in Ireland simple.


We put our people first, creating an inclusive environment where we can develop products that put our users first. We value people’s work and time, creating a community where they have an opportunity to make an impact and grow.


Our challenge is to enhance our market-leading products using insights and empathy to present our users with the perfect match.

What we build is technology, but what we do is create connections for life’s most meaningful moments. We are Distilled and we bring people together.


Our Values

We have five core values: We have a growth mindset. We like to simplify things and make things happen. We collaborate across teams, business units and brands. We're passionate about what we do.


These values give us a framework for leadership and daily decision making. They embody how we behave and present ourselves — as individuals and as a business — both internally and externally for our colleagues, our users and our customers.



We are a diverse bunch of people here in Distilled, and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our Company. We do not discriminate based on gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community.

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