Mobile Technical Director

About the Role

• We’re hiring a Principal Android Engineer to be the mini-CTO for Android at Zobaze POS. You’ll own the architecture, shared business logic, Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) layer, and technical health of a mobile-first POS app used by hundreds of thousands of merchants globally.
• You’ll work with the founder for business direction—but system design, trade-offs, and technical decisions are yours. Your job: keep us fast and sane while protecting the platform from shortcuts and leading high-impact refactors.
• Zobaze POS is business-critical software used daily by retailers and food outlets for billing, inventory, staff management, and reporting—optimized for low-end devices, flaky networks, and real-world chaos.

What You’ll Own

• Android architecture end-to-end: Modules, patterns, KMP integration, state management, threading, error handling
• KMP strategy: Lead shared code architecture for cross-platform business logic; decide migration paths and avoid technical debt
• System design for harsh conditions: Offline-first, multi-device sync, graceful degradation under poor networks and low-spec hardware
• Full delivery lifecycle: Design → Build → Ship → Debug → Refactor key initiatives
• Refactors & modernization: Lead V1 → V2 rebuilds, module splits, and major migrations without breaking production
• Code detective & RCA owner: Drop into any codebase section, understand it fast, fix what’s broken, prevent recurrence
• Mentorship: Guide junior/mid-level developers and raise the team’s technical bar

Must-Have Skills

• 6–8 years Android dev (4+ years in fast-moving product companies, startups preferred)
• Strong in Kotlin, modern Android APIs, multi-module architectures
• 1–2 years Jetpack Compose in production (not toy projects)
• Large-scale refactor experience: V1 → V2, architecture rewrites, migrations—you handled risk and rollout
• Deep knowledge: MVVM, clean architecture, DI (Hilt/Dagger2), offline handling, sync strategies, coroutines, performance tuning
• Firebase comfort: Firestore, Functions, Auth, Messaging, Analytics, Crashlytics
• Elite debugging: Track down flaky production issues and design systemic fixes
• Code-reading detective: Navigate unfamiliar code and make safe, surgical changes
• Ownership mentality: High-expectation, low-handholding environment

Bonus Points

• POS/retail/operational systems experience
• Hands-on KMP in production (not toy projects)
• Hardware integrations (Bluetooth printers, scanners, cash drawers)
• Analytics tools (Amplitude, Intercom)
• Leading technical decisions in small, high-performance team

How You Use AI

• Proficient with Cursor, Copilot, Claude CLI, etc.
• Use AI as a high-context pair programmer for boilerplate, edge cases, refactor reasoning
• You don’t rely on AI to think for you—architectural understanding and judgment are yours
• Over-reliance without deep understanding is a red flag

Why Join

• Zero red tape: Build, ship, iterate—no committees
• Real impact: Your decisions affect thousands of small businesses daily
• Founder proximity: Influence product direction, protect the platform long-term
• AI-native team: Tooling and workflows that amplify great engineers
• High bar, supportive culture: Compete against mediocre software, not each other

Compensation

• Competitive salary based on capability and leverage created
• ESOPs for long-term owners
• Learning budgets, hardware, AI tooling access
• Health insurance for you & family
• Office perks (lunch, Zobaze Mix, fitness, etc.)

You’re a Fit If

• You see yourself as a mini-CTO for Android, not “just” an app developer
• You’ve built and broken real systems, then fixed them properly
• You want autonomy with accountability
• You care equally about quality, speed, and customer outcomes
• You’re excited about KMP and architecture
• You’re based in Hyderabad (or ready to relocate)

＃Must be Proficient in Swift, Objective C, Apple’s Xcode IDE

＃Knowledge of frameworks and APIs like Foundation, UIKit, and CocoaTouch

＃Apple Human Interface Guidelines

＃OpenGL or Metal, iOS graphics APIs

＃Familiarity with iOS 10 and newer OS versions

＃Knack for benchmarking and optimization

＃Experience on web service integration (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML)

＃Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

＃Using version control (e.g. SVN, GIT)

＃Excellent debugging and optimisation skills

＃Good to have backend development skills

• Opportunity to work on highly challenging international projects.
• Opportunity to travel & work with International clients.
• Flexible and friendly work environment
• Great organisational culture, focus on employee's well-being.
• Work-life balance.
• Be part of the best place to work for certified company

• Full-stack developer with extensive knowledge of software development and agile methodologies, building native applications using JavaScript, and a portfolio of apps already published in-app store or self-hosted.
• Minimum 2-3 years experience working on Flutter projects/products.
• Good to have Healthcare domain experience.
• Ability to clearly understand requirements and translate them to software.
• Review business requirements, identify gaps, and assist in authoring functional design documents.
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.
• Proactive and self-starter requiring minimal supervision, who can collaborate with multiple stakeholders in the company.
• Good to have or awareness of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms and Python framework.
• Proficiency in relational databases like SQL Server and Oracle.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google cloud), container, and virtualization will be a big plus.
• Familiarity with Continuous integration (Jenkins/Hudson), automated testing, and version control (GitHub, SVN).
• Knowledge of 3 rd party libraries and APIs, modern frameworks and design patterns, and test automation tools for Unit and Performance testing.
• Awareness of secure coding practices and standards. Page 2 of 3 Above all, you should love to build and ship products that real people use every day!

Roles and responsibilities:

• An ideal candidate will exhibit the following traits:
• Adapt and work on distributed technology stacks.
• Work with BAs to define or elaborate business software requirements.
• Design and build responsive and usable interface (UI/UX) for mobile applications through appealing, visual design.
• Take ownership of product features and work closely with stakeholders to ideate and rapidly release minimum viable product or mobile app solutions across healthcare products.
• Extensive experience with SDLC phases including Agile methodologies.
• Assist in designing client-side and server-side architecture.
• Perform code reviews, validation, and verification testing.
• Knows the use of version control software (GIT).
• Document technical design and unit test plans.
• Must have experience in working with multiple & small teams.
• Evaluate security and regulatory requirements.
• Proactively communicate in providing status reports and report blockers.
• Debug code, solve incidents and defects.
• Develop well-managed, high-quality, scalable, and reusable code.
• Should have excellent English (both verbal and written) skills.
• Should have excellent interaction and client communication skills.
• Solve technical challenges and take pride in their solutions and code.

Advantageous

• Java/Swift experience
• Understanding of Android Keyboard API
• Experience with optimizing applications for better performance and response

We are looking for an Android Developer who possesses a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits and will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications.

Responsibilities:

• Own the entire development lifecycle as you prototype, create, optimize, test, launch, and refine Android apps.
• Build features that will reach millions of users.
• Work with fellow designers and developers in an iterative environment with short and impactful development cycles.
• Develop cutting edge functional modules that will be integrated across all our Android apps.
• Brainstorm, contribute new ideas, conceive innovative strategies, and implement solutions to difficult problems.
• Exploit the most advanced Android APIs and platform features to build innovative applications in food and dining space.
• Work closely with our backend team to interface with RESTful API services and contribute to the backend code when needed.
• Work with real-time feedback from our users to make the product better.
• Discover, design, develop, deploy, debug.
• Focus on Material Design principles and pixel-perfect implementation of the design into code.

Requirements:

• Engineers with 3+ years of experience in shipping consumer-facing Android apps with the large user base, ideally currently available on the Google Play Store (Please be sure to include links to all such apps with your resume).
• Top-notch programming skills in Java, Kotlin and Android.
• Command of memory management, view hierarchy, battery optimization and in-depth experience with multithreaded and networked applications.
• Worked with RESTful APIs, third-party SDK Integrations and common technologies like HTTPS, JSON, OAuth, and SQL.
• Thorough working knowledge of Android Studio with the Gradle build system.
• Understanding the quirks of the fragmented ecosystem of Android OS versions and devices.
• Solid experience with Git.
• Care for quality with an obsession for performance and willingness to spend time testing the team's work as well as yours.