Staff Android Engineer - Lead Native Mobile Platform

Abbott; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefits

Job summary

Abbott in Alameda, CA seeks a Staff Mobile Engineer, Android to lead the design and development of Android apps and shared platform components powering biosensing experiences. You will define the architectural direction, mentor engineers, and drive the migration from React Native to native Android.

This onsite role requires deep Android expertise and strong Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and API design capabilities, with cross-team influence across the US, Spain, and India.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong Android development.
• Deep proficiency in Kotlin and modern Android frameworks, with Jetpack Compose preferred.
• Working knowledge of React Native sufficient to assess existing React Native code, plan a native migration, and bridge RN and native modules.
• Strong experience with mobile architecture patterns, modularization, and large-scale app development.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Gradle optimization, and mobile observability tools.
• Solid understanding of API design, performance tuning, and secure mobile development.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and cross-team influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of complex Android applications and shared mobile platform components (SDKs, libraries, tooling).
• Define and drive modern Android architecture standards, including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flow, MVVM/MVI, and modularization.
• Ensure scalable, maintainable code through strong design patterns and best practices; optimize app performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Own large, ambiguous initiatives from concept to production, establishing long-term Android technical strategy including modularization, CI/CD, build optimization, and observability.
• Partner with backend teams to design efficient mobile APIs and offline-first solutions.
• Lead the full development lifecycle: architecture, coding, testing, CI/CD, release management, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Champion automated testing, code quality standards, and secure mobile development practices.
• Implement strong observability practices such as crash analytics and performance monitoring.
• Integrate AI/ML capabilities into Android applications, including on-device and cloud-powered solutions.
• Lead migration from React Native to fully native Android, defining strategy and patterns.

Skills

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

MVVM/MVI

React Native

CI/CD

API design

Technical leadership

Android architecture

Performance tuning

GraphQL

Bluetooth LE

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

Gradle

Job description

Abbott in Alameda, CA seeks a Staff Mobile Engineer, Android to lead the design and development of Android apps and shared platform components powering biosensing experiences. You will define the architectural direction, mentor engineers, and drive the migration from React Native to native Android.

This onsite role requires deep Android expertise and strong Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and API design capabilities, with cross-team influence across the US, Spain, and India.