Mobile Development Lead : Android

Boardroom Appointments; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 650 000 - 850 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech recruitment firm in Gauteng is seeking an experienced Android Software Development Manager to oversee the development of innovative hearing health platforms. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience in software development with a strong focus on Android (Java/Kotlin) and previous team management. Responsibilities include managing sprints, motivating developers, and ensuring high-quality code. This role offers an opportunity to impact healthcare technology positively.

Qualifications

• 7+ years working experience in software development.
• 2+ years of experience managing a team of developers.
• Hands-on Android software experience with project responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage the team and sprints for effective communication.
• Develop and maintain innovative hearing health platforms on Android.
• Motivate team members and structure tasks for efficiency.

Skills

Android (Java / Kotlin)

Restful API integration

GIT

MySQL

Agile knowledge and experience

Knowledge of Atlassian Suite (Jira and Confluence)

Development of mobile software for a hardware product

Modular code design principles

Experience with BLE

Experience with Firebase

Medical device software development experience

Experience with ISO, CE or FDA compliance

Reactive programming

Education

BSc in Computer Science / Engineering

Honors / MSc in computer science / engineering

Job description

Minimum Requirements

• BSc in Computer Science / Engineering or other applicable technical discipline
• 7+ years working experience
• 2+ years of managing a team
• Hands on Android software developer having been responsible for the development and maintenance of 1 or more projects
• Line management of Android developers (and iOS devs a plus)
• Team culture, coaching and development
• System development coordination
• Project management
• Project implementation management
• Documentation
• Use sound engineering practices to build a solid product while iterating quickly
• Experience with using Firebase

Minimum education (desirable)

• Honors / MSc in computer science / engineering or other applicable technical discipline

Skills and Knowledge (essential)

• Development of mobile software for a hardware product
• Android (Java / Kotlin)
• Reactive programming
• Modular code design principles, familiarity with different software architectures: MVP, MVVM, Clean Architecture
• Restful API integration
• GIT
• Development architecture
• MySQL
• Agile knowledge and experience
• Knowledge of Atlassian Suite (Jira and Confluence)
• Knowledge of development pipelines
• Main development language for role: Kotlin
• Experience with ISO, CE or FDA compliance for software would be advantageous
• Medical device software development experience would be advantageous
• Experience with BLE would be advantageous
• Experience with Firebase would be advantageous

Responsibilities

• Manages the team and the sprints, being responsible for communication, team health and culture
• Has authority over process, structure, scheduling, task assignment, documentation
• Develop and maintain our innovative hearing health platforms on the native Android platform, ensuring code is written in accordance with specifications, is neat, accurate, well‑architected and scalable
• Responsible for motivating employees and bringing about win‑win agreements within the team
• Efficiently structure sprints and teams to partner together, allowing for tasks to be completed faster; ultimately speeding up time to market