Senior Android Engineer: Lead Native App (Kotlin/Jetpack)

NAB Leadership Foundation; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TEGNA in Knoxville is seeking a Senior Android Developer to lead the evolution of our native Android news platform. You will build features using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and a single shared codebase across 50+ stations, mentor teammates, and shape technical direction.

This hybrid role combines in-office collaboration with remote work. You will tackle performance and architecture challenges, improve CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to deliver scalable,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development, incl. 3+ years building native Android apps with Kotlin.
• Experience with Jetpack Compose and modern Android UI development.
• Understanding of MVVM and Clean Architecture.
• Experience with Kotlin Coroutines and Flow.
• DI with Hilt/Dagger.
• REST APIs with Retrofit/OkHttp and JSON.
• Local persistence with Room or similar.
• Proficient with Git and versioning workflows.
• Ability to design scalable, maintainable apps.
• Strong problem-solving and collaborative attitude.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features for our native Android app using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, aligned with the product roadmap and our engineering standards.
• Own significant areas of the codebase and serve as a key resource for investigating and resolving complex product issues.
• Write efficient, reusable, and reliable code within a Clean Architecture, multi-module structure.
• Identify performance bottlenecks around video playback, memory usage, and UI recomposition and drive solutions.
• Mentor other developers through code review, pairing, and technical guidance.
• Collaborate with developers, designers, and product/business managers to translate requirements into well-architected solutions.
• Help maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and release processes across our multi-station builds.
• Rapidly learn new technologies and adapt to changing business and customer needs.

Skills

Mentoring teammates

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

MVVM & Clean Architecture

Kotlin Coroutines

Flow

Hilt/Dagger

Retrofit/OkHttp

Room

Git

CI/CD

ExoPlayer

Gradle multi-module

Job description

TEGNA in Knoxville is seeking a Senior Android Developer to lead the evolution of our native Android news platform. You will build features using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and a single shared codebase across 50+ stations, mentor teammates, and shape technical direction.

This hybrid role combines in-office collaboration with remote work. You will tackle performance and architecture challenges, improve CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to deliver scalable,