Lead Mobile Developer (Android)

Lead Mobile Developers collaborate with Business and Quality Analysts, Designers, Project Managers and more to design software solutions that will create meaningful change for our clients. They listen thoughtfully to understand the context of a business problem and write clean and iterative code to deliver a powerful end result whilst consistently advocating for better engineering practices. By balancing strong opinions with a willingness to find the right answer, Senior Mobile Developers bring integrity to technology, ensuring all voices are heard.

Senior Developers are the main drivers and champions of those practices in delivery teams, exemplifying and demonstrating what “good” looks like from a Thoughtworks engineering perspective.

Job responsibilities

• You will learn and adopt best practices like writing clean and reusable code using practices like TDD, mobile architecture patterns, design, and pair programming.
• You will use and advocate for continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software as well as value to end customers as early as possible.
• You will work in collaborative, value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients.
• You will use your passion for mobile development to aid our clients in enabling a platform-appropriate, seamless and human-centered experience for their users.
• You will apply the latest technology thinking from our Technology Radar to solve client problems.
• You will partner with other technologists from cross-functional teams advocating and demonstrating mobile-first culture.
• You will oversee or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery from ideation to deployment and everything in between.
• You will act as a mentor for less-experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and leadership skills.

Job qualifications

Technical Skills

• 5+ years of Software development experience with at least 4+ years in designing/developing Android Mobile applications.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in handling multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• BFF (Backend for FrontEnd) and GraphQL
• Expertise in Android tools, frameworks and Reactive Programming and building Design Systems libraries.
• Integrating with third party frameworks, tools, and SDKs
• Experience with authenticated session using OAuth and authenticated tokens.
• Experience with build systems on highly modularized apps (Gradle, custom plugins)
• Static and dynamic analyzers (Android lint, ktlint, Custom Rules)
• Significant contributions of released Customer facing applications on the Play store.
• Accessibility experience

Professional Skills

• Professional experience with modern Android development frameworks such as Jetpack compose and Kotlin.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences.
• Experience in influencing large organizations on best practices in Mobile Android development.
• Strong desire to build in test from the start with TDD development experience. Continuous delivery in mobile, code review, static analysis, continuous integration, automation, and functional testing

Other things to know

Learning & Development

There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.

About Thoughtworks

Thoughtworks is a dynamic and inclusive community of bright and supportive colleagues who are revolutionizing tech. As a leading technology consultancy, we’re pushing boundaries through our purposeful and impactful work. For 30+ years, we’ve delivered extraordinary impact together with our clients by helping them solve complex business problems with technology as the differentiator. Bring your brilliant expertise and commitment for continuous learning to Thoughtworks. Together, let’s be extraordinary.

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