Lead Android Software Engineer

As a Lead Android Software Engineer on the team, you will: - Propose and drive engineering initiatives to reduce technical debt and ensure a solid technical foundation. - Assist in hiring and onboarding junior developers. Guide and mentor them on design and implementation, provide significant feedback on PR code reviews, and promote standard methodologies in engineering. - Collaborate with Product Managers to define, influence, and gather requirements, translating them into the engineering backlog with a focus on maintainability, observability, extensibility, scalability, and API design. - Lead release cycles, on-call rotations, production incident responses, and post-mortems. Solve customer and merchant issues, devising creative and high-quality solutions on time. - Participate in quarterly and annual roadmap planning. Qualifications Required: - 8+ years of experience in Kotlin, Java, and Android Native application development using Android SDK. - At least 2+ years of experience in AOSP (Android open source), customizing the OS internals (e.g., power management, hardware interfaces) / Embedded Systems Engineering or Consumer Electronics (e.g., firmware, Linux-based development). - Leadership skills and experience in leading teams. Additional Information: People with 8-11 years of experience in Kotlin and Android native app development are needed, with 1+ year working on AOSP customizations including OS internals and hardware interfaces like Bluetooth, HID, etc.,