Job#: 3052119 Job Description: Lead Android Engineer
Location: Austin, Texas (Onsite)
Role Overview
We are seeking a Lead Android Engineer to contribute to the design, implementation, and support of meaningful production features within an enterprise-scale application. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical leadership skills and extensive experience in native Android development. This role involves working within an Agile environment to deliver high-quality mobile solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, test, release, and support production Android features.
- Collaborate with Agile delivery teams on sprint planning, estimation, and execution.
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design reviews, and mentorship.
- Uphold and contribute to engineering standards and best practices.
- Coordinate dependencies and participate in release planning activities.
- Communicate technical decisions, alternatives, and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Lead delivery of features, potentially across team boundaries.
Required Qualifications
Education:A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience is required.
Experience:- A minimum of 7 years of professional native Android development experience, including shipping complex applications to production.
- Demonstrated experience in designing, implementing, testing, releasing, and supporting production Android features in an enterprise-scale application.
- Proven experience working in Agile delivery teams.
Technical Skills:- Strong, recent hands-on experience with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and the Android SDK.
- Proficiency with Android Jetpack libraries, Gradle, and REST APIs.
- Knowledge of modern Android architecture patterns.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a SAFe or Agile Release Train environment, including PI planning and cross-team coordination.
- Experience in regulated, security-conscious, or high-availability environments such as financial services.
- Production experience with feature flags, staged rollouts, experimentation, kill switches, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and performance monitoring.
- Familiarity with modular Android applications, CI/CD, build optimization, release automation, and automated testing.
- Experience with the responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools for tasks such as code generation, refactoring, and testing, with appropriate human validation.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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