Senior Software Engineer (Android)

About Tripadvisor

The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork.

Tripadvisor Experiences Engineering is the team that builds and supports the world's leading marketplace for travel experiences . We believe that making memories is what travel is all about. And with 400,000+ travel experiences to explore—everything from simple tours to extreme adventures (and everything in between) —making memories that will last a lifetime has never been easier.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Android) to join our fast-growing mobile team. This role is open to candidates based within a commutable distance (generally within 1–2 hours) of one of our office hubs in Oxford or London. We embrace flexibility in where and how work gets done and also value meaningful in-person moments to connect and collaborate. You can expect a remote-first working model with periodic in-person gatherings at your closest office for team connection, planning, or other key moments.

At Tripadvisor Experiences, our Engineers are versatile problem-solvers who thrive on a wide range of technical challenges. This is a Android-focused, full-stack role where you'll primarily work on Android systems, with occasional back-end projects. You don’t need to be an expert with everything — if you're eager to learn, we’ll support you on the job and help you grow your skills.

Our tech stack includes Kotlin, Coroutines, Jetpack Compose, Cursor and GraphQL in a modular layout that follows the clean-architecture concept with MVVM.

What You'll Do:

• Code! Our engineers focus on doing what they enjoy most and do best, writing code

• Touch code at every level – while the focus is app development, you’ll also have opportunities to work on backend microservices

• Collaborate closely with Product and design teams to define feature specifications and develop high quality deliverables for our customers

• Take responsibility for all aspects of software engineering, from design to implementation, development experience, QA and maintenance

• Work alongside other engineering groups located around the world.

Skills & Experience:

• Experience of developing an Android app and familiarity with mobile web and back-end technologies would be beneficial

• At least 5 years’ experience of commercial software development, solving different kinds of technical problems

• Experience with reactive programming in native mobile platforms

• Willingness and ability to take on new technologies

• Ability to break down complex problems into simple solutions

• High quality verbal and written communication skills

• Sense of ownership and pride in your work.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation packages , including base salary, annual bonus, and more.

• “Work your way” with flexibility to suit your lifestyle. We take a remote-friendly approach to collaboration, with the option to join on-site as often as you’d like in select locations.

• Flexible schedule . Work-life balance is ingrained in our culture by design. Trust and accountability make it work.

• Donation matching . Give back? Give more! We match qualifying charitable donations annually.

• Tuition assistance . Want to level up your career? We love to hear it! Receive annual support for qualified programs.

• Lifestyle benefit . An annual benefit to spend on yourself. Use it on travel, wellness, or whatever suits you.

• Travel perks . We believe that travel is employee development, so we provide discounts and more.

• Employee assistance program . We’re here for you with resources and programs to help you through life’s challenges.

• Health benefits . We offer great coverage and competitive premiums.

• Generous referral scheme. Help us grow and be rewarded with generous awards for referring successful candidates.

Our Cultural Pillars:

• Traveller first: We exist to create value for our customer, the traveler. We enable our suppliers and partners to unlock this value. Their collective behaviors and insights are what drives us.

• Execution is our edge: We act fast, experiment, learn from failure, iterate, and improve the solutions of tomorrow across every aspect of our business. Our execution is agile, data-driven, prioritised, and built to scale. We assume no problem is someone else’s problem and finish what can be done today, knowing tomorrow will bring fresh challenges.

• We succeed together: The best outcomes are driven by empathic, humble, and diverse subject matter experts working toward shared goals. We collaborate relentlessly, challenge assumptions, give actionable feedback, and set each other up for success through empowered teams with a clear charter. We transparently take ownership of our growth, individually and as a team. We celebrate the quality of our effort, our learnings, and our collective achievements.

Discover more in our Tech Blog , for an inside look into some of our exciting and ground-breaking technical projects here at Tripadvisor Group.…

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