Android Software Engineer – Lead Role

Winzons; India; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Flatworld Solutions is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to lead mobile development and drive end-to-end delivery for high-impact Android applications.

You will mentor engineers, ensure app performance and quality, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver next-generation features with robust documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering or related field.
• 9+ years in software development with 2+ years in team leadership.
• Proven Android app development and publishing on Google Play.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and lead high performing teams.
• Oversee full lifecycle of Android app development from concept to deployment.
• Ensure performance, quality and responsiveness of applications.
• Architect maintainable, performant Android code with good documentation.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers on features.
• Adopt best practices for mobile development and firmware integration.

Skills

Android development

Team leadership

RESTful APIs

UI architecture

Mobile performance

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

GraphQL

Node.js/JavaScript/TypeScript

AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, CloudWatch)

Git

CircleCI / Github Actions

Contentful / Iterable

CI/CD practices

Job description

Company

Flatworld Solutions

Location

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Work Mode

On-Site

Department

Software Services

Shift

Regular

Experience Required

9+ Years (2+ Years in Team Leadership)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and lead high performing teams within your organization, including mentoring junior team members and providing technical support for engineers on the team.
• Commit to the full lifecycle of application development, from conception and design, through deployment.
• Ensure the performance, quality and responsiveness of all applications.
• Architect maintainable, performant Android client code with effective documentation that can be leveraged by other developers.
• Integrate Android applications with back-end services, handling complex technical issues related to mobile app development, and identify and adopt best practices for mobile development.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other disciplines to deliver the next generation of mobile app features for customers.
• Exhibit good understanding of Google’s design principles and interface guidelines.
• Manage firmware protocols, communication interfaces and upgrades to enable seamless interaction between mobile devices and hardware components of external devices.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Experience

• 9+ years of professional software development experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading software engineering teams.
• Proven experience delivering commercial Android applications.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in dealing with firmware management and complex interactions and new features with external devices through Bluetooth technologies.
• Proficient with back-end technologies such as Terraform, Terragrunt, GraphQL, Node.js/Javascript/Typscript.
• Strong familiarity with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and others as needed.
• Experience with the implementation and management of application updates in Google App Store.
• Expert understanding of tools such as Git for version control, and familiarity with continuous integration.
• Experience with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies is a plus.
• Experience with Contentful and Iterable integration is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as CircleCI and Github Actions is a plus.
• You’re passionate about UI and Product development: deep knowledge of UI architecture and UI performance, with prior experience building delightful and fluid interactions, screens and graphics.

AWS Services Knowledge

• AWS Lambda
• API Gateway
• CloudFront
• CloudTrail
• CloudWatch
• Additional AWS Services as required