Senior Mobile/TAK Developer

accenturefederalservices; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks an experienced Android engineer to design and maintain native apps and plugins for a tactical awareness ecosystem. You’ll deliver production-ready code and collaborate with government users to turn operational needs into software capabilities.

With 5+ years in Android development (Java/Kotlin) and strong Git practices, you’ll mentor juniors, optimize mobile architecture, and ensure reliable server integration across demanding environments.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of native Android development using Java and/or Kotlin.
• Experience with mobile architecture, lifecycle management and performance optimization.
• Proficiency with Git and source-control workflows.
• Experience developing plugins and server/messaging integration.
• Ability to contribute production code for customer-facing apps from day one.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain native Android apps and plugins for tactical awareness products.
• Extend plugins using the SDK, integrating messaging and geospatial overlays.
• Own mobile architecture concerns such as storage, lifecycle, performance, and API integration.
• Collaborate with government users to translate requirements into software capabilities.
• Deliver production-ready code and mentor junior developers through code/design reviews.

Skills

Android development

Git

REST APIs

Geospatial concepts

Tools

Android SDK

Messaging SDKs

Geospatial libraries

Job description

Role overview

Develop and maintain Android applications and plugins for a tactical awareness ecosystem, including mobile mapping, situational awareness feeds, and server connectivity. This senior, hands‑on role translates operational needs into production software, collaborates with government users, and contributes to team quality through technical guidance and code review.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain native Android applications and plugins for tactical awareness products.
• Extend plugins using the ecosystem's development SDK, integrating messaging, geospatial overlays, and situational data feeds.
• Own mobile architecture concerns such as local storage, plugin lifecycle, performance, and server API integration.
• Work with government customers and end users to turn operational requirements into software capabilities.
• Deliver production‑ready code and mentor junior developers through reviews of code and design decisions.

Requirements

• At least five years of native Android development using Java and/or Kotlin.
• Experience with mobile architecture, lifecycle management, and performance optimization.
• Proficiency with source control such as Git.
• Experience developing tactical awareness plugins or hands‑on familiarity with the related ecosystem, including server integration or messaging.
• Ability to contribute customer‑facing production code from the outset.

Nice to have

Experience with the ecosystem's SDK and developer resources, geospatial libraries or mapping standards, Python or Go, SQL or NoSQL databases, automated testing, static analysis, and continuous integration. Also useful: support for defense exercises or operational deployments, concurrent project work, AWS, Red Hat Linux, REST services, and agile development.

Benefits and work setup

The position is described as remote and includes collaboration with government customers. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.