Staff Android Engineer

Generac Power Systems; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy technology company is looking for a Staff Android Engineer in Toronto. This hybrid role focuses on developing mobile platforms and requires over 7 years of mobile app development experience, particularly Android. The candidate will mentor other developers and drive architectural initiatives to enhance mobile performance. Collaboration across multiple teams is essential, and a keen interest in home energy management is preferred.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in mobile app development, particularly Android.
• 3+ years of experience using Kotlin.
• Comfortable with Android architecture and relates concepts.

Responsibilities

• Set architectural direction and evolve Android roadmap.
• Introduce coding standards and improve release cycles.
• Mentor junior developers and cultivate team growth.

Skills

Android app builder

Kotlin

Modern Android toolkit

Kotlin Multiplatform

Architecture skills

Collaboration skills

Tools

Jetpack libraries

Coroutines

Dependency-injection frameworks

Job description

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

In the role of Staff Android Engineer working in Toronto, Ontario , you will be part of the Mobile Platform team.

The Generac Mobile Platform Team is the engine room for everything mobile. It owns the architecture and design-system components that every feature team relies on, and it shapes the core experiences, from onboarding to performance and reliability safeguards. With its mandate broadening to underpin advanced home energy management capabilities for both ecobee and Generac, the Mobile Platform team’s work will power the next wave of a smarter, more efficient, and connected homes – delivering real time data visibility plus system wide insights and recommendations. Working closely with Product, UX, Firmware, Data, Cloud Services, and peer mobile feature teams, the group turns ambitious ideas into polished, production-ready code.

This position reports to Mobile Engineering Manager and works closely with Product, UX, Firmware, Data, Cloud Services, and peer mobile feature teams.

This is a hybrid role with 4 days in our Toronto office. This role combines the flexibility of 1 day of remote work with the benefits of in-office collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Set the architectural North Star. Help own and evolve the Android roadmap – think modularization, KMP adoption, and Compose-first UI – while coordinating decisions with other engineers across multiple feature squads about how to continue engineering the plane while it’s midair and refueling.

• Raise the engineering bar. Introduce and enforce clear coding standards, automated checks, and agile rituals that show up in the metrics: higher crash-free sessions, faster release cycles with fewer defects, and happier developers.

• Let customer signals guide the build. Translate Play-store reviews, user journey analytics, and AB testing data into concrete product bets and technical backlog items.

• Grow great engineers. Mentor developers across the mobile team through thoughtful code reviews, exemplary pull requests and lunch and ‘lunch and learn’ talks to leave code and people better than you found them.

• Drive mission critical initiatives. Break 6-month epics into shippable milestones, delegate intelligently, unblock the team, and keep leadership up to date on progress and risk. We’re building the future of home energy mobile platforms, and you’ll help us accelerate that.

• Partner across the organization. Collaborate effectively with Product Management, UX, QA, and other Engineering teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• Android app builder. You’ve been shipping mobile apps with complex features on, at least Android, for over 7 years and have used Kotlin for at least 3 years.

• Modern Android toolkit mastery. Comfortable with coroutines, dependency-injection frameworks, and Jetpack libraries – especially Compose for UI.

• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) in the wild. You’ve used KMP to share code across platforms and know where it shines and where it doesn’t.

• Architecture & communication chops. You can zoom out to craft a scalable module graph, then zoom in to articulate the “why” to engineers, PMs, and designers alike.

• Relentless refactor-er. You enjoy retiring legacy patterns, paying down tech debt, and leaving the codebase measurably healthier.

• People first collaborator. Mentors generously, seeks diverse perspectives, and fosters psychological safety on distributed teams.

• Home energy management curiosity. Energized by solving problems that make homes more efficient, secure, and delightful.

Physical Demands : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

As one of the leaders and largest suppliers of power generation equipment and technology, the work we do touches millions of lives. Employees at Generac are encouraged to be innovative and are valued as an integral part of our global team. Our challenging goals develop knowledgeable employees dedicated to helping continue Generac’s success. Generac provides individuals the opportunity to work in a fast-paced agile work environment where their work makes a difference in people’s lives and their own.