SSE - Android

Cheq Digital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheq Digital in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Android engineer to own architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end features in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose.

You will shape technical direction, ensure scalable UI/UX, and drive API integration while maintaining strong performance and security standards across the Android platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years developing production Android apps in Kotlin.
• Expert Jetpack Compose for scalable UI.
• Proven Android apps on Google Play.
• Strong Android ecosystem knowledge and build-vs-buy evaluation.
• Experience with Android UI/UX standards and Material Design.
• Experience integrating REST backend services and API design.
• Strong Kotlin coroutines and asynchronous computing.
• Awareness of performance metrics and issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Own architectural decisions for Android app modules and set technical direction.
• Work with product owners/managers to clarify requirements with technical constraints.
• Drive API contract discussions with backend teams for robust integration.
• Lead code reviews and set the technical bar for the Android codebase.
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers through pairing and reviews.
• Champion modern security principles across the app architecture.
• Contribute to the team's technical roadmap including tooling and migrations.

Skills

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

REST API

Kotlin coroutines

Android UI/Material

Performance tuning

Job description

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

Own architectural decisions for Android app modules Clean Architecture, MVVM, modularization, multi-module builds and set technical direction.

• Work with stakeholders (product owners, project managers) to define, clarify, and challenge requirements where technical constraints or better approaches exist.
• Drive API contract discussions with backend and cross-functional teams, ensuring clear, robust, and scalable integration points between app and services.
• Lead code reviews and set the technical bar for the Android codebase enforcing clean architecture, testability, and maintainability standards.
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers through pairing, PR reviews, and structured feedback.
• Champion modern security principles and lead their application across the app's architecture.
• Contribute to the team's technical roadmap, including tooling, dependency upgrades, and platform migrations.

What you'll need

• 5+ years developing production Android applications using Kotlin, with a track record of owning features end-to-end.
• Expert-level proficiency in Jetpack Compose, with hands-on experience building modern, responsive, and maintainable Android UIs at scale.
• Proven experience shipping and maintaining successful Android applications on Google Play.
• Deep knowledge of the Android ecosystem, including third-party libraries, and the judgment to evaluate build-vs-buy trade-offs.
• Strong grasp of Android UI design patterns and Material Design guidelines, with experience setting UI/UX standards for a team.
• Experience integrating mobile apps with backend web services (REST); comfortable driving contract design, not just consuming APIs.
• Strong command of Kotlin's functional and asynchronous/coroutine concepts, and asynchronous computing principles more broadly.
• Understanding of app performance metrics (startup time, memory, jank/frame rate, ANRs) and resolving performance issues.

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN CHEQ

You own it, we trust you

Shape your work with freedom, deliver with ownership, backed by trust.

Bold, fast & human
We push boundaries together, and deliver with agility, rigor, and heart. Always looking out for one another.

Growth by osmosis
Learn directly from a stellar leadership team with rich, diverse backgrounds.

WHAT YOU WILL NOT GET

• Monotony Work is dynamic, expect variety every day.
• Slow climbs Growth here is about leaps, not ladders.
• Layers of red tape We believe in speed, not bureaucracy.