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Senior Android Engineer

Avangrid

The Role

Overview

Senior Android engineer building Kotlin apps for ScottishPower's digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • risk assessment
  • platform support
  • ui design
  • process improvement

Tasks

-Assessing external and internal factors to maximise benefits and minimise risks where appropriate for the business -Providing support for development activities within the ScottishPower family of Digital platforms -Striving to create visually appealing digital solutions featuring user-friendly design and clean navigation -Working to create processes that capture change improvements across the Digital department by using all your technical and creative skills

Requirements

  • compose
  • retrofit
  • gradle
  • kotlin
  • git
  • ci/cd

What You Bring

-Experience in Compose -Comfortable connecting to RESTful APIs (Retrofit) -Experience in Gradle -Familiarity of Coroutines -Familiar with Google Play/app release process -Knowledge of Android Studio -Knowledge of Agile/Scrum processes -Kotlin or Java knowledge -Familiarity with versioning tools (E.g. Git or SVN) -Experience/familiarity of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery, with test driven development and writing of UI tests would be an advantage -Experience with debugging tools

Benefits

-Life Assurance (4x salary) -Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme -36 days annual leave -Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments -Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving -Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes -Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave -Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support -Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more -Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

The Company

About Avangrid

-Born in 2015 from a merger with UIL Holdings, creating a national powerhouse from regional utilities. -Headquartered in Orange, Connecticut, with operations in 24 U.S. states. -Its utilities arm manages eight electric and natural gas systems. -Projects include onshore wind, solar, biomass, thermal plants, and grid upgrades. -Fully acquired by Iberdrola in late 2024, enhancing investment potential. -Key ventures include the nation's largest offshore wind project and the Maine Power upgrade. -Combines local legacy with large-scale clean energy ambition.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Renewable Energy

Electricity Transmission

Electricity Distribution

Smart Grids

Grid Infrastructure

Power Generation

Natural Gas Utilities

Electric Vehicles

Charging Infrastructure

Energy Storage

Clean Heat

Building Electrification

Integrated System Planning

Distribution Grid Operations

Digital Customer Experience

Sustainable Industrialization

Hydrogen Energy

Smart Meter Deployment

Grid Automation

Visa Sponsorship

-applicants who are not uk citizens must meet immigration requirements. -the company will support the employee with necessary immigration paperwork.