Junior Android Engineer (f/m/d)

About this role

Responsibilities

• Crafting Cutting-Edge Android Features: Contribute to the design, development and maintenance of robust features in our versatile Android application.
• End-to-End Mobile Ownership: Take ownership of feature development and technical improvements on the Android platform, from initial ideation and technical design to seamless deployment and ongoing monitoring within our live environment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with fellow engineers, product managers and UI/UX designers to translate complex business needs into intuitive and impactful mobile solutions.
• Embracing Innovation: Explore and integrate new Android technologies, libraries and tools into our mobile development workflows and user experience.
• Driving Technical Excellence: Play an supporting role in applying our mobile development best practices, contributing your ideas to evolve our architecture, tools, and processes, helping the team grow and improve together.
• Ensuring Mobile Reliability: Maintain the stability and performance of our Android applications through thoughtful monitoring, robust alerting, and continuous delivery practices, ensuring a smooth experience for our users.
• Support the Android Ecosystem: Engage with our broader mobile and engineering communities, sharing knowledge, discussing the latest Android tech trends, and fostering continuous learning across FREENOW.
• Thriving in a Collaborative Culture: Be part of a dynamic culture that practises transparency, efficiency, mutual respect and continuous learning, recognizing individual contributions and fostering collective growth.
• You have strong experience with Native Android development
• You are comfortable with - or are committed to learning - technologies like Kotlin, Coroutines, Hilt and Compose.
• You take ownership of your work and proactively look for ways to improve code quality, architecture and processes.
• You thrive in a collaborative, self-organized team environment where knowledge sharing and open communication are valued.
• You are open-minded, adaptable and enjoy working with both technically deep and product-focused team members.

Requirements

• You are highly motivated by a purpose-driven environment where your strengths are recognized and nurtured.
• You are excited about contributing to a team that celebrates achievements, fosters growth and continuously evolves.
• You are a creative problem solver who enjoys finding innovative solutions to engineering challenges.
• You communicate clearly in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Flexible working arrangements
• LinkedIn Learning
• Sabbatical & special leave policies
• WeRoad partnership
• Birthday, 24th + 31st December off
• Short term EU work policy
• Mobility Credit
• Health Insurance
• Employee assistance program

About FREENOW

We are Freenow, the European taxi app with the broadest multi-mobility offering, available in 9 markets and over 180 cities. Our app gives millions of passengers the freedom to move with a wide choice of services including taxis, private hire vehicles, carsharing, car rental, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds and public transport.Headquartered in Hamburg and led by our CEO Thomas Zimmermann, we are on a mission to make urban mobility more efficient, sustainable and inclusive.Since July 2025 we have been part of Lyft, a global mobility platform connecting riders and drivers for billions of rides across North America and Europe. Together we are building a more caring and connected world, creating new opportunities for innovation, growth and impact.