Senior Android SDK Lead & Architect

MapsPeople; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Global team environment

Career development opportunities

Diverse, international collaboration

Strong team culture

Job summary

MapsPeople is seeking a Senior Android SDK Developer to lead Android SDK initiatives, mentor engineers, and shape the architectural direction of the mobile platform. You will implement features in Kotlin/Java, migrate legacy code, and contribute to Kotlin Multiplatform, while ensuring scalable, high-quality SDKs and cross-platform bindings.

You will collaborate across teams to maintain strong code quality, drive architectural decisions, and raise engineering standards.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of professional Android development experience with Kotlin/Java.
• Strong Kotlin–Java interoperability expertise and mixed-language codebase maintenance.
• Experience in architecture, code reviews, mentoring, and driving SDK initiatives.
• Experience using AI tooling to accelerate development and code generation.

Responsibilities

• Implement features in Android SDKs using Kotlin/Java while aligning with architecture.
• Maintain, fix bugs, and improve stability of existing SDKs.
• Migrate legacy Java code to Kotlin for maintainability and performance.
• Develop new SDK versions, including Kotlin Multiplatform components.
• Build binding layers for Flutter/React Native exposure to native SDKs.
• Optimize map rendering with Mapbox/Google Maps and ensure performance.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Android SDK

Architecture

Mentoring

AI integration

Tools

Android Studio

Git

Jira

Confluence

Kotlin Multiplatform

OpenAI Codex

React Native

Flutter

Job description

MapsPeople is seeking a Senior Android SDK Developer to lead Android SDK initiatives, mentor engineers, and shape the architectural direction of the mobile platform. You will implement features in Kotlin/Java, migrate legacy code, and contribute to Kotlin Multiplatform, while ensuring scalable, high-quality SDKs and cross-platform bindings.

You will collaborate across teams to maintain strong code quality, drive architectural decisions, and raise engineering standards.