Android Engineer

• Work across our mobile apps including realestate.com.au and Ignite getting your hands dirty with Kotlin on Android and Swift on iOS
• Join an organisation with a thriving culture centred around high performance and care

We're REA

With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group is changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step – whether that's finding or financing your next home.

Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we're proud to have been named in Australia's "Top 5" Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.

Where the team fits in

This Android Engineer role sits within the Residential Mobile team in Advertising & Value. When you join the Residential Mobile team, you join a cross-functional group of amazing people. We work closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, BAs, QAs, UXs, Engineers from feature teams, and other Mobile Engineers from Advertising & Value. You will work on Ignite and realestate.com.au, across iOS, Android and BFF.

What the role is all about

As an Android Engineer you'll support the Residential Mobile team in the following ways:

• Working across our mobile apps including realestate.com.au and Ignite getting your hands dirty with Kotlin on Android and Swift on iOS
• Contributing to the overall technical solution design and product direction
• Working in agile teams, where we rapidly adapt to the market and work widely with different feature teams
• Learning and teaching – we are constantly learning together, mentoring each other and striving to do things better. We have Continuous Improvement Fridays to make the apps better.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to understand business priorities and communicate technical options, plan your work, report on progress, and express ideas
• Work with other teams including Feature and Platform teams in the business to deliver shared goals and outcomes
• Work with reactive programming paradigm

Who we're looking for

• Solid experience in software engineering using Kotlin with experience in Jetpack Compose.
• Strong understanding and experience with Android APIs and Reactive Programming paradigm.
• An appetite to work on both Android and iOS apps (Swift and Kotlin)
• Experience on BFF will be great
• Knowledge of software design patterns and best practices for software development
• Demonstrated experience using common testing practices
• Demonstrated understanding of common mobile application architectures like MVVM, MVI patterns
• Active contribution and helping technical decision-making process
• Looks at tricky situations through a solutions-focused lens
• Work productively in a fast paced and agile environment – #gsd (urban dictionary will help on this one)

The REA experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we'll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow.

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working
• Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave
• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity
• Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.

Like a lot of companies, we have perps out there who like to 'phish' and have had a few recent instances of people pretending to be from REA and making offers of employment, on the condition that they transfer money for security checks.

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