About Motorway

Motorway is the UK’s fastest-growing used car marketplace - our online-only platform connects private car sellers with thousands of verified dealers nationwide, ensuring everyone gets the best deal. Founded in 2017, our award-winning, technology-led approach has redefined the experience of selling a car. Motorway is backed by some of the world’s leading technology investors, having raised £143 million in Series C funding.

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing scale-up at a crucial phase of growth and help change an industry for the better.

👋 Hi, I'm Manuele Maggi, Engineering Manager at Motorway. I'm looking for a seasoned Senior Android Engineer to join our Mobile engineering group and help harness the latest tools, techniques, and technologies to build a best-in-class experience for our Sellers. It's an opportunity to join a talented team pushing the boundaries, working alongside bright minds in engineering, product, and design - with AI deeply embedded in how we build and how we work. Join us in this exciting mission to fundamentally change the way people sell their car.

About the role
As a Senior Android Engineer, you'll be responsible for leading the design and implementation of some of our most cutting-edge Android features. Day-to-day, you'll be:

• Collaborating with designers, product managers, and engineers.

• Architecting and implementing complex and interesting app features.

• Developing and evolving our in-house Server-Driven UI framework, enabling rapid feature delivery and dynamic experiences without app releases.

• Building and maintaining our mobile infrastructure - CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, App Store deployment workflows, and our automated UI testing platform.

• Championing best practices and the highest standards for mobile engineering.

• Closely analysing the details of the UI and overall app experience.

• Building an understanding of the backend systems that power the app.

About you
We're looking for someone with:

• Strong experience with Android development and proficiency with the latest mobile platform frameworks and features, including:

  • Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, etc…

• 0 to 1 experience building and delivering successful products from scratch.

• A proven ability to ship impactful, high-scale mobile applications.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

• Driven, with a bias to action and taking the initiative.

You could be a great fit if

• You have experience building complex reusable modules.

• You have integrated modern ML/AI technology into app journeys.

• You thrive when given ownership and autonomy.

• You’re passionate about building the best products possible with the latest technologies available.

Bonus:

• You have practical experience with Server Driven UI

• You have practical experience with A/B testing.

• You have practical experience with full-stack development.
  

Location

• Hybrid 2 days a week in the office (WFH/London)

Our interview process

• Qualifying Screen - 30 minutes

• Technical Interview - 60 minutes

• Soft Skills Interview (onsite depending on team) - 60 minutes

You can expect to hear back from us within a week of each interview stage. You'll have the opportunity to speak with a talent partner throughout the interview process should you have any questions or need any type of accommodations.

Benefits

• A competitive salary

• BUPA health insurance

• Discounted gym membership through BUPA

• OnHand volunteering membership and one paid volunteering day per year

• Hybrid working

• Pension scheme

• Motorway car leasing scheme - lease a zero-emissions electric vehicle at a significant discount

• Enhanced parental leave - We offer enhanced maternity pay (26 weeks of full pay) and enhanced paternity pay (4 weeks of full pay) to eligible employees.

• Workplace nursery scheme

• Regular social events

• Cycle to work scheme

Equal opportunities statement

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all employees. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where people can maximise their full potential. We believe our workforce should reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.