Lead Android Engineer

The Walt Disney Company; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global entertainment company based in Amsterdam is seeking an experienced Android Application Developer to lead the design and development of scalable applications across various devices. Candidates must have over 7 years of experience with Kotlin, proficiency in reactive programming, and a strong track record in project leadership. The role emphasizes collaboration and mentoring, making it ideal for candidates who thrive in a team-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of production experience with Kotlin and the Android SDK.
• Experience resolving large-scale production issues.
• Coaching and mentorship experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of Android applications.
• Own end-to-end project delivery and architecture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for product alignment.

Skills

Kotlin

Android SDK

Reactive Programming

Dependency Injection

Cross-team collaboration

Testing practices

Project leadership

Android CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Android Profiler

Job description

Overview

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences while transforming Disney’s media business for the future. We evolve streaming and digital products, power worldwide advertising and distribution, and deliver unmatched entertainment and sports content to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of robust, scalable Android applications across phones, tablets, and TVs.
• Own end‑to‑end project delivery, including architecture, implementation, testing, release, and post‑release monitoring.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in code quality, testing strategy, and system design.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to shape product vision and ensure alignment across the development lifecycle.
• Provide technical mentorship and coaching to engineers within the Android team, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and excellence.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production issues to maintain high availability and performance.
• Contribute to release processes, remote configuration strategies, and live feature rollouts.
• Maintain deep awareness of system health, application performance, and customer impact through monitoring and diagnostics tools.
• Actively participate in design and code reviews, offering constructive feedback and upholding best practices.

Other General Activities

• Represent the Android team in department‑wide technical forums, retrospectives, and strategic planning sessions.
• Identify and drive opportunities for refactoring, performance improvements, and feature modularization.
• Shape team goals, roadmaps, and technical strategy in alignment with broader business objectives.
• Stay informed about latest Android development trends and apply modern practices to improve user experience and development efficiency.
• Assist with onboarding and support new team members, sharing knowledge and documenting engineering workflows.
• Collaborate with DevOps and QA teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Partner with security and legal teams to ensure apps meet compliance and regulatory standards, especially for DRM and video streaming technologies.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of production experience with Kotlin and the Android SDK.
• Proficiency with Reactive Programming and Dependency Injection.
• Well‑versed in architectural patterns such as MVI/MVVM.
• Excellent communication skills for cross‑team collaboration.
• Strong coding, testing, and documentation practices.
• Experience resolving large‑scale production issues.
• Successful track record of leading projects from start to finish.
• Coaching and mentorship experience.
• Proficiency with common Android libraries (Dagger/Hilt, RxJava, Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Jetpack Compose, etc.).
• Experience with Android CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Deep understanding of Android SDK features and architectural patterns.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Gradle knowledge (custom build tasks, convention plugins).
• App performance tooling experience (Benchmarking, Tracing, Perfetto, Android Profiler).
• Annotation processing (KAPT/KSP).
• Experience with large modularized codebases.
• Support across multiple form factors (Mobile, Tablet, TV) and familiarity with Android TV / Amazon Fire TV.
• Experience with streaming video, codecs, and DRM.

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.