Principal Android Engineer

About us

Since we launched our first connected product in 2014, the MyDyson™ app has become integral to many of our machines. It's allowing owners to interact with our machines in ways they have never done before. Our new technology is advancing at speed. Network-based robotics and intelligent sensing technologies, all enabled by advanced software and app platforms, are all cementing Dyson's place as a pioneering global technology enterprise.

We're proud of what we've accomplished so far, and we'll continue to develop and improve. The MyDyson™ app has 4 million active users and is at the forefront of Dyson's IoT experience. We have the ambition to grow our app as we connect more machines, working globally across iOS development, Android development and mobile testing/automation.

About the role

We are on the lookout for a Principal Android Engineer to join our mobile app team at Dyson. Communication, collaboration and a desire to improve are second nature to you, and you live and breathe good engineering practices. Your experience gives you a deep understanding of the delivery of robust and testable code, balanced against the need to deliver efficiently.

Whatyou’llbe doing

• As part of a global team ofAppPrincipal Engineers, own and communicatethe architectural vision for theMyDysonapp.

• Contribute to the definition and design of systemsinwhich theMyDysonapp is a part, in collaboration with cloud, embeddedsoftwareand IT architects.

• Support app development teams on complex features andinitiatives,andrepresent theappteam from a technical perspective in conversations with business stakeholders.

• Shareyour knowledge and experience with thejunior members of theapp team,to develop the skills and competencies within the team, including mentoringjuniorengineers.

• Proactivelyidentifytechnical risks within projects and influencing teams in their resolution.

• Identifyand drive the deployment ofnew technologiesandtools to help continually improve standards and qualityacrossthe wider team

About you

• 10+ years of experience working on and scaling global Android mobile applications

• You thrive on solving tough technical challenges and setting the technical direction for product teams.You’rehands-on-a coder at heart-but you also see the bigger picture and shape the roadmap.

• You’recomfortable working across disciplines. Whetherit’smentoring engineers, aligning with product managers, or presenting ideas to leadership, you bring people together to move projects forward.

• You have strong knowledge of modern app architectures (MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture) and design patterns and have extensive experience with modern Android development with Kotlin, Compose and Jetpack libraries.

• You’rea collaborative person that understands and believes in the Agile principles, and how they can enable empoweredappteams to deliver robustandscalable software solutions

• You’vecontributed quality code tohighly ratedmobile apps that have positivelyimpacteda large community of users

• You are motivated by the challenge of solving real-world problems

Our technology - Android app

TheMyDysonappusesa modulararchitecturebuiltusingthe MVVM pattern.Over75%of our codebase is written inKotlin, with an ongoing effort to migratetheremaining Java code.

Core technologies:

• Jetpack libraries: IncludingComposeforour UI and design system, Roomforhandlingpersistence, andWorkManagerformanagingbackground tasks.

• Cloud& Product Communication: Retrofitfor cloudAPI calls.AWS IoT SDKfor MQTT commswithourconnected products.GsonforJSON parsing.

• Dependency Injection: Dagger is used throughout the app.

• Async & Reactive: RxJava, Kotlin coroutines, and Flowfor managing event streamsandasynchronous operations.

• Testing: We rely onJUnit,Robolectric,and Mockitofor unit tests.EspressoandKakaocover UI automation.

Benefits

Dyson Singapore monitors the market to ensure competitive salaries and bonuses. Beyond that, you’ll enjoy a transport allowance and comprehensive medical care and insurance. But financial benefits are just the start of a Dyson career. Professional growth, leadership development and new opportunities abound, driven by regular reviews and dynamic workshops. And with a vibrant culture, the latest devices and a relaxed dress code reflecting our engineering spirit, it’s an exciting team environment geared to fueling and realising ambition.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.