Lead Android Developer

Bounteous; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Bounteous is seeking a seasoned Android lead to own the Android codebase and architecture in a large consumer-facing mobile product rebuild. You will lead a small team, be hands-on, and drive technical decisions as the Android voice in program-level discussions.

You will mentor engineers, shape the architecture, manage delivery scope and timelines, and oversee Play Console releases while ensuring adaptive layouts across devices and alignment with platform requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of native Android development experience, including at least one architecturally led project.
• Kotlin 2.x with the K2 compiler; deep coroutines and Flow, including structured concurrency.
• Jetpack Compose in production at scale with understanding of recomposition and performance.
• Navigation 3 or ability to move quickly from Compose navigation work.
• Android architecture: UI, domain, data layers, unidirectional data flow, ViewModel and StateFlow, repository pattern.
• Experience with DI (Hilt or equivalent), Room, DataStore, Retrofit or Ktor with kotlinx.serialization.
• Multi-module Gradle with Kotlin DSL, version catalogs and KSP; diagnosing slow/fragile builds.
• Awareness of Play Store requirements: target API level deadlines, API 36+ changes.

Responsibilities

• Own the Android codebase and its architecture within the Mobile Architect’s standards.
• Lead the Android team with hands-on responsibilities; mentor engineers and set coding standards.
• Own Android delivery: define scope, sequencing, estimates, and communicate risks to dates.
• Manage Play Console release process: staged rollouts, testing tracks, and pre-launch reports.
• Ensure adaptive layouts across phones, tablets, and foldables per platform requirements.
• Represent Android constraints in platform-level decisions and coordinate with iOS where needed.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Architecture ownership

Communication

Hands-on engineering

Tools

Kotlin

NodeJS

Jetpack Compose

Navigation 3

Hilt

Room

DataStore

Retrofit

Ktor

Kotlin DSL

Gradle

Play Console

Job description

6 to 8 years of experience
Skills: Kotlin, NodeJS

About the work

A large consumer-facing mobile product is being rebuilt as a native Android application from a clean slate, alongside a parallel native iOS build.

The role

You lead the Android side of the program. You own the Android codebase, its architecture within the standards set by the Mobile Architect, and the delivery of the Android application. You are hands-on - this is a lead-by-building role with a small team, not a management position - and you are the technical voice for Android in program-level decisions.

What you will own

• The Android application architecture: layer boundaries, module structure, state management and navigation
• Technical direction and code review for the Android engineers; mentoring and raising the team's bar
• Android delivery: scope, sequencing, estimates, and the honest conversation when a date is at risk
• Play Console release process: staged rollouts, testing tracks, pre-launch reports, target API compliance
• Adaptive layouts across phones, tablets and foldables, which recent platform releases have made mandatory rather than optional
• Representing Android constraints and opportunities when platform-level decisions are made

Required

• 8+ years of native Android development, including at least one application you led architecturally from an early stage
• Kotlin 2.x with the K2 compiler; deep coroutines and Flow, including structured concurrency and testing asynchronous code
• Jetpack Compose in production at scale - not a pilot screen - with a real understanding of recomposition, stability and performance
• Navigation 3, or clear evidence you can move to it quickly from prior Compose navigation work
• Google's recommended app architecture: UI, domain and data layers, unidirectional data flow, ViewModel and StateFlow, repository pattern
• Hilt (or equivalent DI), Room, DataStore, Retrofit or Ktor with kotlinx.serialization
• Multi-module Gradle with Kotlin DSL, version catalogs and KSP; you can diagnose a slow or fragile build
• Current on Play Store requirements - target API level deadlines, the API 36 requirement now in force, and the API 37 changes coming
• Experience leading engineers: code review, mentoring, and setting standards that hold up when you are not in the room
• REST integration against Node.js backend services

Preferred

• Prior rewrite or replatform experience, particularly moving off a cross-platform framework
• Custom offline sync and conflict resolution
• Android security depth: Keystore, encrypted storage, BiometricPrompt, Play Integrity, certificate pinning
• Performance and reliability work: startup optimization, Macrobenchmark, ANR and crash rate reduction against a target
• Experience working to a shared API contract with a counterpart iOS team

Bounteous isn't just another consultancy - it is a special group of truly innovative people who are carving out new ways to better serve clients in the digital transformation landscape, based on clients' demands, our unique heritage and wealth of capabilities. So if you enjoy staying humble, learning, dreaming big, being collaborative and productive, and having fun with like-minded colleagues along the journey, Bounteous would suit you!