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Principal Android Engineer

Toronto, Canada · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 23 days ago

KotlinAndroidCode ReviewGitMachine LearningLLMsA/B TestingCybersecurityDesign SystemsAccessibilityProduct StrategyAgileJUnitResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

As a technical leader, you will shape reusable application frameworks, UI component systems, and SDK integrations that enable consistent and high-quality implementations across multiple client platforms.
This high-impact position influences architectural standards, mentor engineers, and champion best practices in performance, accessibility, localization, multi-region capabilities and platform scalability.
Your role will involve debugging and improving existing applications, ensuring optimal performance, and integrating new features to enhance functionality.

Responsibilities

Applies advanced knowledge of software engineering principles to develop and implement solutions that meet complex business objectives.
Consults on critical design and development decisions to ensure alignment with organizational strategy and compliance standards.
Devises robust architectures and frameworks that optimize application functionality and future scalability.
Directs team to implement best practices and adhere to established standards for coding, testing, and deployment.
Drives cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful execution of high-priority projects.
Define and drive the long-term Android platform technical roadmap aligned with product strategy and business objectives.
Establish and participate in architecture governance and technical design review processes to ensure consistency, scalability, and adherence to engineering standards across client platforms.
We create products and services that provide exceptional value by aligning members and the businesses that want to engage them in a shared community.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
15+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership roles.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Strong knowledge of architectural patterns such as MVVM, MVP, or Clean Architecture.
Experience with modularization, dependency injection (e.g., Dagger or Hilt), and reactive programming (e.g., RxJava, Coroutines).
Expertise in writing robust, maintainable, and testable code.
Experience with code reviews, debugging, unit testing (using frameworks like JUnit, Robolectric), and UI testing (using Espresso).
Experience with global app deployments, feature flags, A/B testing, analytics and working in a monorepo environment
Familiarity with responsible and ethical AI practices, including risk assessment, bias mitigation, and ensuring quality, transparency, and accuracy in AI-assisted solutions.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Expert in Android SDK, Android Studio, Kotlin, and Java.
Deep understanding of Android OS concepts, UI/UX and security best practices, and performance optimization.
Experience building large-scale, event-driven architectures using tools like Event Bus, LiveData, RxJava, or Coroutines/Flows
Expert with XML Views/Jetpack Compose.
Strong background in Agile methodologies, continuous improvement, and process automation.
Experience in coordinating with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements and ensure product quality.
Expertise in writing robust, maintainable, and testable code. Experience with code reviews, debugging, unit testing (using frameworks like JUnit, Robolectric), and UI testing (using Espresso).
Portfolio of published applications on GitHub and/or the Play Store.
Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to optimize or redesign engineering workflows, delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, or productivity.

Nice to have

Knowledge of emerging technologies in mobile development is a plus.

Company info

We are seeking a visionary Principal Android Engineer to lead the evolution of our client application architecture and platform capabilities.

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