Lead Android Engineer

About the role

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Lead Android Engineer

Job Title: Lead Android Engineer

Location: Nottingham - Hybrid

Working Pattern: 3 days in-office (Tuesday-Thursday) and 2 days remote.

Our Mission

We’re on a mission to be a force for good in lending. Throughout our almost 30-year history, we’ve consistently been recognised as a great place to work; in 2026, Capital One was officially ranked 9th in the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list. Hear from our team about what it’s like working at Capital One UK.

You and the Role

Working in and across tech teams is a natural part of our outcome-based culture, so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to talk, coach and learn with many great and diverse individuals. As part of our mobile platform engineering team, you will set the pace for multiple mobile engineering teams and take ownership of the fully native mobile apps that our customers love.

Please apply if you are keen to work with the following technology stack. You do not need to be an expert in all of these areas; we are primarily looking for excellent problem solvers with a strong willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.

- Kotlin and Java, for writing well-factored, well-tested code in both the Android app and backend orchestration services

- Android Toolset, including Android Studio, to leverage the Android platform on a large enterprise scale

- Testing Frameworks, using JUnit, Espresso, and advocating for approaches like Pair Programming, TDD, and BDD

- AWS, utilizing cloud opportunities to maximize inner-sourcing and continuous improvement

And meet most of the following:

- You are passionate about creating products that produce good customer outcomes

- You enjoy leading a team of technologists, alongside product, design and other disciplines

- You want to design new product iterations, thinking strategically about architectural decisions and can communicate to stakeholders

- You act as a technical evangelist, evaluating technical risks while coaching and mentoring more junior engineers

- You appreciate the sensitivity of our customer data and the resiliency, performance and security that demands

- You enjoy automation (unified deployment pipelines, automated testing) and aspire to ‘automate all but the creative problem solving’

- You want to develop yourself, with access to various support systems (learning, mentorship, conferences, progression)

- You enjoy hybrid working, with Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in our bright offices

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham office. We embrace a hybrid approach to work. You'll spend three days a week in the office (Tuesday - Thursday), with Monday and Friday being dedicated work-from-home days. Our offices are designed to inspire and support you.