Lead Software Engineer
$157,000 - $200,000 per year
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SENIORITY
Manager
SALARY
$157,000 - $200,000 per year
About the role
- Technical Leadership
- Drive the architectural direction and design of Android applications
- Establish best practices for coding, testing, and deployment
- Evangelize new tools, frameworks, and processes for continued innovation and development efficiency
- Prepare architectural diagrams and technical specifications for the engineering team to deliver high quality, maintainable software
- Lead architectural discussions around feature development and software development best practice
- Involvement in performance and playback optimizations, overall app stability and profiling
- Application Development
- Design, develop, test, and deploy new solutions as well as maintaining, integrating and improving existing solutions using modern technologies and industry best practices
- Ensure robust performance, responsiveness, and quality of applications, troubleshooting and debugging as needed
- MentorshipMentor mid- and senior-level engineers, sharing technical expertise and guiding professional growth
- Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and consistency across the team
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to clarify requirements
- Coordinate with backend services and APIs to ensure seamless integration and feature delivery
- Process Improvement
- Enhance software development processes and policies, spearheading continuous improvement in code quality, development pace, and overall team productivity
- Stay current with emerging Android technologies, libraries, and trends, recommending their adoption where beneficial
- Ownership and Accountability
- Partner closely with the Android Engineering Manager on development strategies
- Ensure the application is highly responsive and performant
- Safeguard against production incidents
- Enable engineers to deliver mission-critical features and enhancements
- Identify technical risks and potential bottlenecks, proposing solutions to mitigate them
- Expertise in Android Development
- Proficient in Kotlin and Java, with a solid knowledge of the Android SDK and different Android versions
- Deep knowledge of Architecture Patterns and Material Design (e.g., MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, Compose UI)
- Experience using Gradle and Android Studio
- Experience following and implementing software design patterns
- System Design & Architecture
- Proven ability to design scalable, high-performing, and secure Android applications
- Experience integrating complex RESTful APIs and third-party libraries
- Testing and Quality Assurance
- Strong experience in writing unit tests, UI tests, and automated tests using frameworks like JUnit, Espresso, and others
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Performance Optimization
- Ability to identify and confront performance bottlenecks, including memory leaks, slow rendering, and network inefficiencies
- Skilled in using performance profiling and optimizations (e.g., Android Profiler, Leak Canary)
- Leadership and Communication
- Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to engineers, stakeholders, and executives
- Strong mentoring skills, with a track record of developing and inspiring high-performing teams
- Hands on software development on the Android/Android TV/Amazon/Amazon Fire TV platform
- Have shipped one or more apps to the Google Play and/or Amazon app store
- Experience working remotely with globally distributed and multiple interdisciplinary teams
- Experience working on Android projects with multi-module architecture
- Experience with assistive technologies such as JAWS/VoiceOver, ZoomText, and keyboard-only input methods
- Experience evaluating front-end code against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- Experience developing accessible front-end experiences with techniques such as TalkBack properties used in XML (labelFor, contentDescription), TalkBack announcements, dynamic text scaling, and responsive design
- Bonus Skills (Nice To Have)
- Experience working with AI agents and integrating them towards engineering productivity and application improvements
- Experience with Video Streaming (HLS / MPEG-DASH)
- Experience working with ExoPlayerWidevine DRM knowledge
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