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Posted 06 August, 2026

Android Software Engineer

Burton Recruitment
London, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

Android Software Engineer

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London

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Full time, Hybrid

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The Company:

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There are over 5 billion users using basic applications today such email, notes, tasks that are not AI-native. The mission is to build a proactive smart assistant for everyday users to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organising and workflows with minimal prompting.

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The product focuses on achieving high reliability for long-running workflows, persistent context, and real-world task completion. The system must handle multi-step reasoning, interact with external tools, and remain reliable despite non-deterministic model behaviour. The objective is to help users enjoy completing daily tasks in over 90% reduced time.

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The Role:

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As an Android Software Engineer, you own the Android client experience, how AI feels, behaves, and performs on mobile devices. This is not a thin client role. You will build a production Android application where AI interactions are core to the product, and performance, reliability, and clarity matter.

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  • Build and maintain production Android apps using Kotlin.
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  • Integrate AI-powered features (chat, vision, voice, recommendations) via backend APIs.
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  • Design UX patterns for AI interactions, including streaming responses, retries, and partial results.
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  • Optimize performance, memory usage, and responsiveness for AI-heavy flows.
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  • Implement analytics, logging, and feedback capture to support AI evaluation and iteration.
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  • Collaborate closely with backend and ML engineers on API contracts and system behavior.
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  • Ensure app stability, security, and scalability in production environments.
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Requirements:

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  • 3+ years of Android development experience using Kotlin.
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  • Hands-on experience integrating AI features (e.g. LLM, vision, speech APIs).
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  • Strong understanding of asynchronous programming (Coroutines, Flow).
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  • Familiarity with REST or gRPC APIs and structured data formats.
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  • Strong debugging and performance profiling skills.
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  • Comfort building in environments with latency, partial failure, and non-deterministic behavior.
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  • Experience with MLKit or light on-device inference.
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  • Published production apps on the Google Play Store.
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Outcomes:

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  • Stable, smooth, and reliable real-world use android applications.
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  • Performance is optimized: responsive, low-latency, and efficient on memory and CPU.
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  • Production issues are detected early, monitored effectively, and resolved with clear root-cause analysis.
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Tech Stack:

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  • Kotlin / Java
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  • SQL / noSQL
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  • TensorFlow Lite (on-device inference)
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The Team:

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The best products today in the world were built by small, world class teams. You will be joining a high talent density and hands-on team who make decisions collectively, move at rapid speed, striking a balance between shipping high-quality work and learning. Joining the team requires the ability to bring structure, exercise judgment, and execute independently. The collective goal is to give users a truly magical product.