Android Engineer (Berlin)

THE BEST WORK OF YOUR CAREER 

Trade Republic is the largest savings platform in Europe - we operate in 18 countries, serving +10 million customers who trusted us with over 150B in assets. But we’re striving for more.

 

We have a bold mission to empower everyone to build wealth with easy, safe, and free access to financial systems. You will have the opportunity to grow your career by collaborating with a team of outstanding talents and state-of-the-art technology to build a lasting, positive future for millions. 

 

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Own Android platform primitives: modular architecture, core libraries (networking, analytics, storage, feature flags), and shared UI components.
• Drive app performance and reliability: startup, rendering, memory, battery; establish budgets and guardrails.
• Advance CI/CD: Gradle build speed, caching, dependency management, test infra (unit/instrumentation), release automation.
• Improve observability: logging, metrics, tracing, crash reporting, ANR detection, real-user monitoring.
• Champion code quality: static analysis, lint rules, coding standards, API guidelines, documentation, migration playbooks.
• Partner with security & privacy: data handling, permissions, SAFE storage, Play integrity, supply-chain hardening.
• Mentor and unblock: guide feature teams, run discovery reviews, lead migration & platform rollouts

 

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR 

• 5+ years building Android apps/libraries with Kotlin (and some Java interop).
• Deep Gradle/AGP expertise: build optimization, multi-module setups, version catalogs.
• Strong grasp of Android architecture (Clean/MVI/MVVM), DI (Hilt/Dagger), coroutines/Flows.
• Experience shipping and operating large-scale apps: crash-free goals, ANR reduction, perf tooling (Systrace/Perfetto).
• CI/CD fluency: test pyramids, emulator/device farms, release tracks, feature flags.
• Solid debugging skills across layers: rendering, network, storage, threading.
• Excellent communication and cross-team influence.

 

ANDROID TECH STACK

• Native Android application development with Kotlin
• Reactive programming: RxJava2, Kotlin Flow
• Architecture: MVVM
• Jetpack Compose
• Dependency Injection: Anvil

 

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY NOW

Our culture rewards ownership, excellence, and high energy. We care deeply about outcomes and hold each other accountable - we’re here to win and fix one of the largest challenges Europeans face - closing the pension gap and democratizing wealth. If this gets you fired up, reach out! 

We believe it’s our team’s varied identities and backgrounds that make us sharper and stronger. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected and has equal opportunity to thrive in their careers. For any questions on DEI during the interview process, reach out to your recruitment partner.