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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.