Summary:Fluent across the full technology stack with specialized expertise in Android development; owns delivery and support responsibility for a product or platform team, with a focus on building enterprise-grade mobility solutions. Drives technical priorities and supports delivery efforts through advisory, coaching, and hands-on execution. Leads a distributed team of software engineers, providing mentorship and ensuring technical excellence. Develops and leads people with a focus on skills, quality delivery, and customer alignment. Regularly engages with internal and external stakeholders to ensure delivery of robust, scalable, high-performing Android applications tailored for mission-critical, field-based environments such as warehouses.
Responsibilities:
- Drives technical priorities and owns end-to-end delivery and support for Android mobility solutions used in warehouse operations.
- Leads agile development activities for Android platforms, including the design and implementation of best-in-class architectures, patterns, and security practices.
- Provides hands-on technical leadership by guiding Android development for rugged devices (barcode scanners, RFID readers, etc.) with a focus on real-time data sync, durability, and field usability.
- Mentors and technically guides engineers across geographically distributed teams (e.g., Houston and Sri Lanka); conducts code reviews and fosters a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
- Coordinates cross-team dependencies and collaborates across Product, UX, QA, and Backend teams to ensure scalable and reliable outcomes.
- Engages with enterprise architecture, DevOps, and operational teams to ensure seamless integration and CI/CD pipelines tailored for Android delivery (using tools such as Git, Jenkins, and test automation).
- Facilitates estimation of work items, ensures alignment with business goals, and incorporates diverse perspectives in planning and delivery.
- Ensures compliance with agile, DevOps, and security best practices while driving technical innovation through evaluation of emerging Android and warehouse technologies.
- Partners with stakeholders to align technical deliverables with business needs, ensuring solutions contribute to warehouse operational efficiency and KPIs.
- Maintains production readiness via automated testing, monitoring, and support strategies; utilizes frameworks such as Espresso, JUnit, and Appium.
- Demonstrates ability to gather domain knowledge in logistics/warehouse operations and apply it to Android solution design.
- Creates and manages delivery timelines, ensures environments and teams are scoped effectively, and supports high-stakes production deployments.
- Maintains composure and analytical perspective during technical escalations and leads crisis resolution when necessary.
- Uses data and metrics to support business planning, staffing, and risk mitigation decisions.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
- 5–8 years of experience in full-stack software development, including a minimum of 2 years in a dev-focused leadership role.
- 8+ years of Android development experience, building applications for rugged environments in logistics, warehouse, or field service industries.
- Strong experience with Kotlin and Java, Android architecture components, and integration with device hardware such as scanners and RFID.
- Proven experience in RESTful API integration, offline-first architecture, and real-time data synchronization (e.g., MQTT).
- Demonstrated proficiency in Agile methodologies and CI/CD best practices.
- Experience working with distributed teams and managing cross-time-zone delivery.
Competencies:
- Demonstrated an “agile-development” mindset with strong customer focus and results orientation.
- Deep hands-on expertise in Android architecture, performance optimization, and hardware-software integration.
- Strong technical and analytical skills to identify problems, architect solutions, and drive technical strategy.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills to manage stakeholder relationships and foster team growth.
- Ability to guide design and development workshops with domain understanding of warehouse platforms and user needs.
- Passion for continuous improvement, innovation, and staying current with Android and warehouse tech trends.
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