Senior Android Development Lead — Build Scalable Health Platform

Boardroom Appointments; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Mobile Development Lead: Android to steer a skilled Android team in delivering robust products. You will drive technical direction, oversee sprint planning, and ensure code quality across Android projects, while collaborating with stakeholders to align on timelines and quality.

The role requires 7+ years experience including 2+ years in leadership, a strong Android background, and familiarity with Firebase and modern architectures.

Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science / Engineering or other applicable technical discipline.
• Honors / MSc in computer science / engineering or other applicable technical discipline.
• 7+ years working experience with 2+ years in managing a team.
• Hands on Android software developer responsible for development and maintenance of one or more projects.

Responsibilities

• Manages the team and the sprints, responsible for communication, team health and culture.
• Has authority over process, structure, scheduling, task assignment, documentation.
• Develop and maintain our native Android platform, ensuring code is neat, accurate, well-architected and scalable.
• Motivate employees and foster win-win agreements within the team.
• Structure sprints and teams to speed up time to market.

Skills

Android development

Team management

Reactive programming

Modular architecture

RESTful API integration

GIT

Agile

Atlassian Jira/Confluence

Firebase

BLE (advantage)

Education

BSc in Computer Science / Engineering

Honors / MSc in computer science / engineering

Tools

Git

Firebase

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Mobile Development Lead: Android to steer a skilled Android team in delivering robust products. You will drive technical direction, oversee sprint planning, and ensure code quality across Android projects, while collaborating with stakeholders to align on timelines and quality.

The role requires 7+ years experience including 2+ years in leadership, a strong Android background, and familiarity with Firebase and modern architectures.