Android Team Lead

Posted 14 days 9 hours ago by Jobtailor

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Dublin, Ireland
Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Lead the Android engineering team - setting technical direction, defining architectural standards, and owning delivery across the Android roadmap.
  • Write production Kotlin code and build UI in Jetpack Compose; remain hands on in the codebase and lead by example in code reviews.
  • Own and evolve the CI/CD pipeline in GitHub Actions - builds, signing, automated testing, distribution to internal tracks and production, and release automation.
  • Drive a healthy testing culture across the team - unit testing, integration testing, and end to end testing - ensuring meaningful coverage and reliable release confidence.
  • Actively manage and reduce technical debt - track it, prioritise it against feature work, and make the case for it with stakeholders.
  • Manage the performance and growth of engineers at all levels (junior through senior) - running 1:1s, setting clear expectations, giving direct feedback, and supporting career progression.
  • Partner with Product, Design, QA, and Backend to scope, plan, and deliver features end to end.
  • Own Android app performance, crash free rates, startup time, and Play Store quality - instrumenting what matters and acting on the data.
  • Recruit, interview, and onboard Android engineers as the team grows.
  • Stay current on the Android ecosystem and bring relevant changes (Compose updates, Kotlin language features, AGP, target SDK requirements, Play Store policy) into the team's practice.
Requirements
  • 3+ years of experience in an Android Lead or Engineering Manager role, or significant senior level Android development experience with the ambition and capability to step into a leadership position.
  • Proven track record of delivering and scaling consumer facing Android applications.
  • Kotlin is a must - deep, idiomatic command of the language including coroutines, flows, and modern Kotlin patterns.
  • Jetpack Compose is a must - production experience building and maintaining Compose based UI, including state management, navigation, and performance tuning.
  • Strong experience with CI/CD in GitHub Actions - building, signing, testing, and releasing Android apps through automated pipelines.
  • Demonstrable experience managing and reducing technical debt in a long lived codebase.
  • Strong experience with unit testing and end to end testing on Android (JUnit, MockK/Mockito, Espresso, Compose UI testing, or equivalent).
  • Proven experience managing the performance of engineers at all levels - setting goals, giving feedback, handling underperformance, and developing senior talent.
  • Strong understanding of Android architecture patterns (MVVM/MVI, clean architecture, modularisation) and dependency injection (Hilt/Koin).
  • Comfortable making pragmatic trade offs between delivery speed, code quality, and long term maintainability.
  • Excellent written and spoken English and the ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non technical stakeholders.