Android Tech Lead: Build Scalable, High-Performance Apps

EPAM Systems Inc; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Android Developer to design and evolve native mobile apps with a strong Android focus. You will shape architecture, raise engineering standards, and mentor others across teams.

Responsibilities include designing Kotlin-based Android applications, defining scalable mobile architectures, writing clean code, and collaborating with Product, Design, QA, and Engineering to deliver features.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience delivering native Android apps.
• Lead-level mentorship experience providing technical guidance and influencing engineering standards.
• Agile delivery experience working in iterative development cycles with cross-functional teams.
• Strong Android SDK knowledge and Android development best practices.
• Advanced Kotlin and Java skills for production Android development.
• Solid Android networking knowledge and mobile performance optimization skills.

Responsibilities

• Design Android applications using Kotlin to deliver high-quality features.
• Define mobile architecture decisions that improve scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Write clean, testable, well-documented code aligned with engineering standards.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and Engineering to plan and implement new features.
• Review code to ensure quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices.
• Build unit tests and expand automated test coverage to improve reliability.
• Troubleshoot defects, stability issues, and performance bottlenecks.
• Monitor app performance and improve quality and user experience over time.
• Support CI/CD processes to enable efficient and reliable releases.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide actionable technical feedback.
• Partner with iOS engineers to align architecture, user experience, and development practices.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Java

Mentorship

Agile

Code review

Testing

CI/CD

English (B2)

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Android Developer to design and evolve native mobile apps with a strong Android focus. You will shape architecture, raise engineering standards, and mentor others across teams.

Responsibilities include designing Kotlin-based Android applications, defining scalable mobile architectures, writing clean code, and collaborating with Product, Design, QA, and Engineering to deliver features.