Senior Android Developer

Company Description

Bright is building the super app for health, a unified operating system designed to empower individuals through comprehensive, personalised health tracking and insights.

Bright bridges food and health in a way no other app does. Our launch product supports tracking across more than 750 health data points, spanning nutrition, sleep, activity, recovery, vitals, and more. Users can log meals, monitor micro and macronutrients, track heart patterns, understand stress and strain, manage body recomposition, and receive personalised insights, all in one place.

We believe health should function as a dynamic feedback loop, where your data does not sit in silos but actively informs your next best decision.

Today’s health apps are fragmented. Users juggle multiple tools that do not communicate with each other, leaving important insights on the table. Bright solves this by integrating lifestyle, biometric, and clinical inputs into one seamless system that delivers clarity and actionable guidance.

Our mission is to become the last health app anyone needs, one that grows with you and supports every step of your health journey, from everyday wellness to advanced care.

If you are passionate about building products that improve lives and want to help shape the future of health through technology, we would love to hear from you.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Senior Android Developer located in Sydney, NSW. We are looking for an experienced Senior Android Developer to lead Bright’s Android engineering efforts. You will drive the technical vision for our Android app, architecting robust, scalable solutions and optimising performance for a seamless health-tracking experience. As a senior team member, you will mentor others and ensure code quality and best practices across the Android development team.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design decisions for the Android codebase.
• Mentor junior team members and promote engineering best practices.
• Drive performance, security, and reliability improvements.
• Collaborate on cross-platform strategies and technical roadmapping.

Skills/Requirements

• 5+ years of professional Android development experience, with a strong portfolio of published apps (preferably in health/wellness).
• Expert proficiency in Kotlin (and Java) and deep knowledge of the Android SDK, AndroidX libraries, and modern development tools.
• Advanced experience with Jetpack Compose, Material Design, and custom UI/UX solutions.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture) and dependency injection (Hilt/Dagger).
• Experience integrating external APIs and SDKs (REST/GraphQL, Health Connect, etc.) and handling data synchronisation.
• Proficiency in asynchronous programming (Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, or RxJava) and multithreading
• Expertise in performance optimisation, memory profiling, and debugging tools (Android Profiler, LeakCanary).
• Solid experience with testing (unit, integration, and UI tests using JUnit, Espresso, or Compose Testing) and test automation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Bitrise) and version control workflows (Git).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with experience mentoring junior engineers.

Nice to Haves

• Experience in health/wellness domains (nutrition, fitness, wearables) and passion for data-driven health.
• Knowledge of health data interoperability standards (Health Connect API, FHIR, HL7).
• Experience with wearable and sensor integrations (Google Fit, Apple HealthKit, Bluetooth LE devices).
• Familiarity with on-device machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow Lite, ML Kit) for personalised health analytics.
• Contributions to open-source Android projects or technical community involvement.
• Experience with cross-platform development (Flutter, React Native, Kotlin Multiplatform).
• Understanding of data privacy/security (HIPAA/GDPR) best practices in app development.
• Experience working in a fast-paced startup or agile environment.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Compensation & Benefits

• Above market salary + equity.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• Generous vacation policy.
• Opportunities to work on a meaningful product with real impact.