Senior Android Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Android Engineer (SDE 2) with deep technical expertise and product thinking to lead development of core features in our Android apps. You will work closely with product managers, designers, and cross-platform teams to build a scalable, high-performance mobile experience used by millions of teachers and students.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end development of complex Android features from design and architecture to release and performance monitoring.
• Drive technical strategy and decisions for Android architecture, libraries, testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and backend engineers to deliver seamless product experiences.
• Drive performance tuning and memory optimisation for Android applications.
• Lead code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor junior developers on the Android team.
• Maintain a high bar for code quality, test coverage, and documentation.
• Contribute to the team's culture of ownership, innovation, and excellence.

Requirements:

• 3 -5 years of experience in Android development.
• Strong command of Kotlin, Android SDK, Jetpack components, and modern app architectures (MVVM, Clean Architecture, etc. ).
• Experience building apps used at scale (100k+ DAUs or more).
• Deep understanding of performance tuning, background tasks, memory management, and multithreading on Android.
• Strong grasp of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and WebSocket-based integrations.
• Solid experience with testing frameworks (JUnit, Espresso, Mockito) and CI/CD tools (Bitrise, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to translate product needs into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and leadership skills; able to mentor and uplift team members.

Good to Have:

• Familiarity with tools like Firebase, Crashlytics, Room DB, Retrofit, Dagger/Hilt, and Jetpack Compose.
• Contributions to open-source Android libraries or active presence in dev communities.
• Experience with analytics and event tracking tools (Mixpanel, Segment, etc. ).