Senior Android Engineer — Technical Leader for Mobile Apps

Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to lead the development and maintenance of ABC Android apps. You will shape the long-term technical roadmap, guide design and delivery, and ensure scalable, secure, accessible mobile experiences across ABC platforms.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and collaborate with product, design and stakeholders to deliver high-quality features. Strong Kotlin skills and public-facing app experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience building complex, scalable Android apps.
• Public-facing Kotlin apps with modern frameworks.
• Strong automated testing (unit/integration/end-to-end).
• Experience with release management, CI/CD and production monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, maintenance and support of ABC Android apps and reusable components.
• Define long-term technical roadmap and contribute to engineering strategy.
• Coordinate feature delivery, manage dependencies and stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve production issues with focus on performance, security and accessibility.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Automated testing

CI/CD

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder communication

Performance & security

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to lead the development and maintenance of ABC Android apps. You will shape the long-term technical roadmap, guide design and delivery, and ensure scalable, secure, accessible mobile experiences across ABC platforms.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and collaborate with product, design and stakeholders to deliver high-quality features. Strong Kotlin skills and public-facing app experience are essential.