# Senior Android Developer – Kotlin / Jetpack Compose (Specialist I - Software Engineering)

Senior Android Developer - Kotlin / Jetpack Compose Location: Leicester, UK | Hybrid Start: ASAP Contract: Fixed-Term Employment Contract until 31 January 2027, with potential extension We’re looking for an experienced Senior Android Developer to join our eCommerce technology team working on a newly rebuilt, customer-facing Android application, onsite with one of our prestigious Clients based in Leicester. The app has been completely re-engineered using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, creating a modern, accessible and seamless mobile experience. You’ll play a key role in shaping the technical foundations, delivering new functionality and ensuring the platform remains performant, scalable and maintainable. This is a hands-on development role with the opportunity to provide technical leadership and mentoring within the wider Android team. What You’ll Be Doing: Shape Android architecture - Influence architectural decisions and establish best practices for modern, scalable and high-performing Android applications.Build modern mobile experiences - Design and develop feature-rich, white-label Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.Create adaptive UI experiences - Build intuiti

- **Id**: 3807729
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ust-senior-android-developer-kotlin-jetpack-compose-specialist-i-software-engineering>
- **Role**: Mobile
- **Role family**: Mobile
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Leicester, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T08:53:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3353
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams

## Company

- **Id**: 1774626
- **Name**: UST
- **Domain**: ust.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ust-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: RippleHire

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 76
- **Open postings**: 101
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.97
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 34
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Technologies

- **Adaptive UI** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Azure DevOps** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Jetpack Compose** — Optional: no
- **Kotlin** — Optional: no
- **Scrum** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T13:57:35Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 34
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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