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Senior Software Developer, Android Native

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in native Android development
  • Expert-level Kotlin & Jetpack Compose proficiency
  • Location services expertise
  • Advanced performance tuning experience

Responsibilities

  • Architect and develop high-performance, large-scale native Android applications
  • Evolve and maintain a highly scalable, multi-team modular architecture
  • Engineer and optimize critical location-based services
  • Own and automate the full Android CI/CD and release pipeline

About the company

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Takeaway.com

It’s the year 2000. Broadband internet is the new challenger to dial-up, mobile phones are the hottest accessory in town, and in a corner of the Netherlands, a student named Jitse Groen has an idea… After realizing he’s unable to order the food he loves online, Jitse sets up Thuisbezorgd.nl (our Dutch brand). Fast forward nearly 20 years and we’re serving delicious dishes in 11 countries, from Portugal to Poland! What’s more, we’re also cooking up new innovation in the B2B sector. But like our drivers who deliver those tasty treats, we’re always looking for the next step on our journey. Whether it’s key business insights, a cutting-edge tech idea, delightful design work or a brilliant piece of branding, we’re proud to have people who help us innovate every day. However, we know that our people are far more than just a set of skills. Here at Takeaway.com, we’ve built a sociable, inclusive and friendly environment across all of our international offices. Whatever your role and wherever you’re based, there are no shortage of perks and rewards. Want to join our global journey? Check out our current job openings to see if there’s a role that’s right for you. Open positions: careers.takeaway.com More about us: https://corporate.takeaway.com/

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Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Ready for a challenge? 

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online 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

We are looking for a Senior Software Developer (Android native) to join our Scheduling Hybrid Network team. If you are passionate about building delightful, high performance mobile experiences and thrive in a fast paced, high scale environment, this role is for you. 

As a Senior Android Developer within our Logistics domain, you will play a key role in shaping the native Android experiences that power our courier network. You will design and build features that operate reliably at scale, contribute to the architecture of a modular codebase, and help raise the bar for engineering excellence across the Android platform.

Your mission is to deliver robust, performant, and accessible Android applications, working closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders to ship features that couriers rely on every day. You will champion modern Android practices, mentor peers, and help shape the future of mobile engineering within the organization.

In short, you’ll combine deep Android expertise with a strong engineering mindset to deliver world class native experiences at scale.

Location: Remote - Ontario

Reporting to: Technology Manager

These are some of the key components to the position: 

  • Architect and develop high-performance, large-scale native Android applications utilizing Kotlin and Jetpack Compose for cutting-edge UI development.
  • Evolve and maintain a highly scalable, multi-team modular architecture based on modern patterns like MVVM and MVI.
  • Engineer and optimize critical location-based services, including real-time GPS tracking, background location, geofencing, and advanced map rendering.
  • Own and automate the full Android CI/CD and release pipeline, leveraging Gradle, Fastlane, and Play Store deployment workflows.
  • Maximize application performance by diagnosing and optimizing memory usage, battery consumption, startup times, and APK/AAB sizes across diverse device tiers.
  • Drive quality engineering by championing robust testing strategies across JUnit, Espresso, Compose UI tests, and Robolectric.
  • Collaborate and mentor across cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Backend, QE) while fostering the growth and technical excellence of the mobile discipline.

What will you bring to the team?

  • 5+ years of experience in native Android development, with a proven track record of shipping successful applications to the Google Play Store.
  • Expert-level Kotlin & Jetpack Compose proficiency, with deep experience building production UIs and managing multi-module codebases (MVVM/MVI/Clean Architecture).
  • Location services expertise, specifically with FusedLocationProviderClient, background location tracking, geofencing, and Maps SDK integration.
  • Advanced performance tuning using Android Studio Profiler, Perfetto, Macrobenchmark, Baseline Profiles, and mobile observability tools (Crashlytics, Sentry, Datadog RUM).
  • Deep asynchronous & data mastery including Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, Jetpack Libraries (Room, WorkManager, Hilt/Dagger), and RESTful APIs/GraphQL via Retrofit/OkHttp.
  • Robust infrastructure & testing skills covering advanced Gradle configuration (Kotlin DSL, version catalogs), automated release management, and comprehensive testing frameworks (MockK, snapshot testing).
  • Agile delivery background, possessing extensive experience navigating fast-paced, continuous delivery environments, feature flagging, and staged rollouts.

AI & Modern Engineering Capabilities

  • Tool Proficiency: Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or Gemini in Android Studio.
  • Workflow Integration: Proven capability leveraging AI for code generation, test case creation, flaky test detection, and automated PR reviews.
  • Prompt Engineering: Strong understanding of prompt engineering principles and the ability to evaluate the reliability and quality of AI-generated outputs.
  • Governance & Best Practices: Awareness of AI-driven development standards surrounding privacy, reproducibility, and security within mobile and on-device contexts.

At JET, this is on the menu: 

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.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging 

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. 

What else is cooking? 

Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people's stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET morsels

Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now! 

Compensation range: $108,000 - $135,000

Final compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and internal equity.

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