Lead Android Developer

This is a growing technology-led organisation delivering high-quality digital platforms used at scale. The business builds modern, reliable software products with a strong focus on performance, stability, and user experience. The company is well established, financially stable, and operating in a growth phase with a long-term vision.

They offer an excellent salary package, great benefits, and a nice environment to work in, with a very good team environment, a very solid team, and low attrition. Many professionals have worked with this company for a number of years, reflecting strong culture, stability, and trust. There is very good career progression, with clear long-term pathways for senior technical leaders.

What They’re Looking For

A senior-level Android technical leader to take ownership of mobile architecture and platform direction. This role blends hands-on engineering with strategic responsibility, making it ideal for someone who enjoys shaping systems, guiding teams, and influencing technical standards.

They are looking for someone who can operate at both strategic and delivery levels — comfortable leading architecture, mentoring engineers, and remaining actively involved in complex development work. The role suits an experienced professional ready for long-term technical leadership responsibility.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Own the Android platform architecture and long-term technical direction
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performance mobile systems
• Lead technical decision-making across mobile engineering teams
• Set engineering standards, coding practices, and quality frameworks
• Provide mentorship and technical leadership to Android developers
• Drive modern Android development practices and tooling adoption
• Work cross-functionally with product, design, backend, and QA teams
• Remain hands-on with complex engineering challenges and delivery
• Influence system design, platform evolution, and technical strategy

Experience Required

• 8+ years professional Android development experience
• Senior leadership background (Principal, Lead, Architect, or equivalent)
• Strong architecture expertise (MVVM, Clean Architecture, modularisation)
• Advanced Android stack knowledge: Kotlin, Jetpack (Compose, ViewModel, Room, Navigation)
• Coroutines, Flow, dependency injection (Hilt/Dagger)
• Experience with testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong system design capability
• Excellent communication across technical and business stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Platform-scale mobile architecture experience
• Enterprise or large-scale app delivery exposure
• Experience leading multi-team technical initiatives