Principal Android Engineer

TL;DR

Principal Android Engineer: Providing technical leadership for the development of customer-facing mobile apps, emphasizing scalability, performance, and maintainability. Focus on guiding teams in adopting modern Android paradigms such as Jetpack Compose and ensuring alignment with long-term product goals.

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global delivers quality software services and products for top enterprises around the world through Java and Web technologies.

What you will do

• Guide the mobile technical vision, ensuring alignment with peers, and with architectural and long-term product goals.
• Champion scalability, performance, and maintainability across the mobile code base.
• Lead feature design activities, ensuring end-to-end technical risks are managed.
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance developer productivity, system reliability, and app performance.
• Provide technical mentorship to senior and mid-level engineers, raising the overall capability of the Android community of practice.
• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and Engineering Managers to develop solutions that balance delivery speed with quality.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in Android Mobile App development, with 3+ years in a technical leadership role mentoring teams and driving technical decisions.
• Expert-level proficiency with Android SDK, Android Studio, Kotlin, and Jetpack Compose.
• Deep understanding of Android internals, performance optimisation, and platform-specific capabilities.
• Expert knowledge of design patterns, clean architecture principles, and scalable system design.
• English: Exceptional communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Has architected, released, and scaled production apps in the Google Play Store serving large user bases with high availability requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours that allow you to balance your work and personal life.
• Unlimited home office to help you stay productive and focused.
• Opportunities for professional development, including certifications and training.
• Knowledge-sharing sessions where you can learn from our hirify.global team.
• Team and company-wide events that bring us together.
• Additional health insurance and dental allowance to ensure your well-being.