Principal Android Engineer

About the role At Nomni, we're building the operating system for hospitality—bringing together POS, online ordering, loyalty, and data into a single integrated platform used by some of the world's most recognisable restaurant brands, including

Shake Shack, Lune, Mixue, and Signature Hospitality . Android is our primary strategic platform. The flexibility, scalability, and economics of Android hardware enable our customers to deploy enterprise POS solutions across multiple venues without the friction of traditional licensing models. As Nomni expands globally, the strength of our Android platform directly impacts how quickly we can grow. We're looking for a

Principal Android Engineer to lead the technical direction of our Android POS platform. This is not a backlog management role. It is a hands-on technical leadership position responsible for the architecture, reliability, engineering standards, and long-term evolution of one of Nomni's most strategic products. The person joining this role will define how our Android platform is built for years to come.

What you'll do

• Extensive experience building large-scale native Android applications using Kotlin.
• Deep understanding of modern Android architecture and engineering best practices.
• Proven experience owning an Android POS, payments, or enterprise device platform end-to-end.
• Strong knowledge of offline-first applications, hardware integrations, and resilient mobile architectures.
• Experience leading technical direction across complex engineering initiatives.
• Ability to mentor engineers and elevate technical capability across a team.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical decisions and influence stakeholders.
• Comfortable making sound technical decisions in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant hands-on experience developing native Android applications.
• Proven experience owning and evolving an Android POS, payments, or enterprise Android platform in a production environment.
• Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin and modern Android development practices, including Jetpack libraries, Coroutines, Flow, and dependency injection.
• Strong experience designing scalable, maintainable, and resilient mobile architectures.
• Demonstrated success leading technical direction for complex engineering initiatives while remaining hands-on.
• Experience integrating payment terminals, peripherals, and third-party hardware in Android environments.
• Strong understanding of offline-first application design, synchronization, and reliability in mission-critical systems.
• Experience mentoring engineers, conducting constructive code reviews, and driving engineering excellence across teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across engineering and product teams.

Good to Have

• Experience working within hospitality, restaurant technology, retail POS, fintech, or payment platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale Android deployments across multiple markets or regions.
• Familiarity with Firebase, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Functions, and Node.js services.
• Experience working with distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones.