Android Developer (B2C) - Hybrid after probation

Zeal HR; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Zeal HR is assisting a client in Pretoria with a Senior Android Developer role. The successful candidate will develop and maintain health-focused Android applications, ensuring scalable, high-quality code while mentoring peers and aligning with product teams.

The position requires 5 years of Android experience, strong Kotlin/Java skills, and a solid understanding of Android lifecycles, UI, and API integration, in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 5 years as an Android Developer
• Hands on developer responsible for 1+ projects
• Experience with Android platforms and health tech a plus

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain health platforms on Android per specification and ensure scalable code
• Mentor other Android developers and promote best practices
• Lead upgrades for the hearing aid solutions platform and contribute to cross‑team Android guidance

Skills

Android Kotlin/Java

Reactive programming

Android architecture

Kotlin proficiency

Storage, threading, lifecycles

3rd party libraries

UI for dynamic screens

RESTful API integration

Git

Mobile lifecycle in Agile

JIRA knowledge

Bluetooth on Android

RxAndroid/RxJava/RxKotlin

Education

National Senior Certificate

Diploma or degree in IT/Engineering/Programming

Tools

N/A

Job description

Introduction

An exciting opportunity has become available within the medical research industry, for a Senior Android Developer. Our client is an impact-driven digital health company passionate about affordable access to healthy hearing for everyone, everywhere. This is an opportunity to be part of making a change and impacting human lives.

The position is based in Pretoria.

Duties & Responsibilities

Develop and maintain our innovative health platforms on the Android platform, ensuring code is generated that is to specification, neat, accurate and scalable. Work will mainly focus on maintaining and upgrading our hearing aid solutions platform, as well as providing guidance from an Android best practice perspective for products in the rest of the company. Work might also include mentoring other Android developers.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Minimum education (essential): National Senior Certificate

Minimum education (desirable): Diploma and/or degree in IT / Engineering / Programming

Minimum applicable experience (years): 5 years as an Android Developer

Required nature of experience: Hands on software developer having been responsible for the development and maintenance of 1 or more projects.

Skills and Knowledge (essential):

• Experience in native Android (Kotlin and Java) development specifically.
• Reactive programming
• Strong knowledge of Android development and its supporting systems
• Proficient in Kotlin (Minimum 2 years’ experience)
• A good understanding of storage mechanisms, threading, lifecycles
• Knowledge of common 3rd party frameworks/libraries available and integration experience
• Strong UI development experience and developing for dynamic screen support
• Experience with RESTful API integration
• Well versed in Git
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle within an Agile environment
• Atlassian JIRA software experience is beneficial
• Good understanding of Bluetooth on Android is beneficial
• Good understanding of RxAndroid, RxJava and RxKotlin is beneficial

Package & Remuneration