Lead Android Developer

Responsibilities:

• Working with the team across geography in developing and enhancing our Android mobile app.
• Helping junior team members with their technical roadblocks and helping the team to succeed.
• Taking leadership and bringing in your experience and expertise to improve our product.
• Collaborating with product owners and business stakeholders.
• Ensuring the code meets industry standards and being aware of industry best practices.
• Communication skills: The ability to communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of employees and management, capable of successful formal and informal communication, speaks and writes clearly and understandably for the audience.
• Integrity and Trust: Involves being widely trusted, being seen as a direct, truthful individual, presenting the unvarnished truth appropriately and helpfully, keeping confidences, admitting mistakes, and not misrepresenting him/herself for personal gain.
• Teamwork: Involves working well in a collaborative setting, supporting a work team by volunteering for and completing assignments, acting as a positive team member by contributing to discussions, and developing and maintaining both formal and informal relationships enterprise-wide, and defines success in terms of the entire team through mentoring and knowledge transfer.
• Technical Expertise: Involves demonstrating a commitment to increasing knowledge and skills in a current technical/functional area, keeping up to date on technical developments, staying informed as to industry practices, and knowing how to apply relevant technical processes to appropriate business needs.
• Solution Oriented: Maintains a positive attitude oriented towards coming up with solutions and developing new approaches, doesn't let distractions get in the way, and isn't overwhelmed with problems/issues.
• Operations: We support what we build. As a part of the Android development team, you will also be responsible for providing support as and when needed in case of production outages.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in mobile technologies such as Android SDK, Jetpack, Java, and Kotlin.
• Expertise in design patterns and cloud-native technologies is desired.
• Excellent understanding of development practices across the Development/QA discipline is required.
• Excellent knowledge of software development: Involves knowing the general approach to developing software, including best practices, concepts, technology, and methodology obtained through formal training and/or work experience.

Test-Driven Development:

• Quality-forward development practices, with automation at the forefront for continuous quality.
• High-performing apps focused on a balance of data stored in the app vs. servers to interact for end consumers and continuous focus on improvement of that.
• Secure apps that adhere to best practices for information security.
• Ability to lead and open to sharing ideas and best practices that you have gained through experience.
• Good knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS/Azure.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Lead initiatives with high accountability and create a collaborative environment with a solution-based approach.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and mentor for the team, offering technical advice.
• Ability to communicate with precision, engaging team and stakeholders to build trust and reliable working relationships across cross-functional teams and geographies, enabling organizational alignment.
• Ability to set priorities with the team by understanding interdependence and inspiring team members with consistent focus, quality output, and timelines.
• Constantly keep oneself updated on current technology and trends to drive innovative decisions through piloting forward-thinking approaches to complex problems in one's own area of work.
• Inquisitive to understand customer priorities and business challenges while creating value for technical solutions.

Preferred Qualification:

• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Has proven experience as a tech lead delivering Android apps.
• At least worked on one Android app from concept to production.
• Knowledge of the airline business.
• Strong knowledge of AWS or Azure (Azure preferred).
• Strong communication skills and experience in presenting to leaders.
• Innovative and growth mindset.