Team Lead (Android)

Job Title: Senior Android Developer / Lead Engineer (Java | Kotlin | Android)

Experience Required

• 10+ years of overall software development experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Android development

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Android Engineer with deep expertise in Android OS internals, system-level development, and strong hands-on coding ability. The role demands strong technical leadership, architectural thinking, and the ability to design and build scalable, high-performance Android applications with system-level integrations.

This is a hands-on technical role (not people management) with focus on architecture, design, and complex problem solving.

Key Responsibilities

1. Android Application Development

• Design, develop, and maintain advanced Android applications using Java and Kotlin
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code with strong adherence to OOP principles
• Participate in hands-on coding, debugging, and code reviews

2. Android Framework & System-Level Development

• Work with Android OS-level APIs including:
• Services
• Binder IPC
• AIDL
• System services
• Understand and implement system-level integrations

3. Low-Level & Hardware Interaction

• Exposure to Kernel / Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
• Work on device-level integrations such as:
• Sensors
• Bluetooth
• Other hardware peripherals

4. Performance & Stability Engineering

• Identify and resolve performance issues including:
• ANR (Application Not Responding)
• Memory leaks and optimization
• Ensure application stability and efficient resource usage

5. Concurrency & Multithreading

• Build robust multi-threaded applications
• Strong understanding of:
• Concurrency models
• Synchronization mechanisms
• Thread safety and race condition handling

6. System Design & Architecture

• Design scalable, modular, and maintainable Android applications
• Define architecture patterns and enforce best practices
• Contribute to system-level design decisions

7. Technical Leadership (Hands-on)

• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering team members
• Guide design and implementation decisions
• Conduct architecture and code reviews
• Remain actively involved in coding and technical problem solving

Preferred / Good to Have

• Exposure to IoT domain
• Exposure to HVAC systems or related embedded domains

Must-Have Skills Summary

• 10+ years Android development experience
• Strong Java, Kotlin, Android expertise
• Deep knowledge of Android internals and system APIs
• Strong OOP and coding skills (coding assessment required)
• Experience with performance tuning and memory management
• Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrency
• System design and architecture expertise
• Hands-on technical leadership

An online discovery platform for premium products and services.

Position: Android Engineer

What shall be expected of you:

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

Work with outside data sources and API's.

Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.

Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies.

Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies

You must have:

1-3 years of prior hands-on experience in building high-performance android applications.

Exceptional development skills in Kotlin and Java.

Published at least two original Android apps on the

Prior experience in building consumer applications.

Would be awesome if you are also good at:

Firebase (Events, notifications, storage)

Integration of attribution tools (Singular/ Appsflyer/ branch)

Integration of customer engagement platforms (Clevertap/ WebEngage/ MoEngage Android Engineer.

An online discovery platform for premium products and services.

Udrive is the largest car sharing platform in the Middle East. We pioneered the concept in the region and have continued to provide the best experience amongst our peers. We are in rapid expansion and are looking for a bright, successful and determined individual who has the experience to take the companies vision forwards into the next 5 years.

Our next 5 years journey not only includes regional and global aspirations; we are building the next generation of mobility services to change the way people use vehicles

We are looking for a React Native Engineer for our Mobile App. The Mobile App team is responsible for the mobile app used by our B2C users to register as well as complete their journey with Udrive cars initiation to end.

Your responsibilities:

You will be part of our new mobile team which is part of our customer journey domain and you will work together with a cross-functional team

You strive to offer the best possible experience for our customers on mobile devices

You contribute to the implementation of business requirements as well as to architectural decisions

You ensure that your code is well tested, architected, meets our coding standards, and has proper logging, monitoring, and alerting

Your goal is to provide always-accessible information in the most convenient way, to have better engagement and an overall outstanding user experience

Your profile:

You have experience building high-performance mobile React Native applications on both iOS and Android platforms

Ability to translate Figma based designs to mobile interactions with pixel perfections

You show excellent knowledge of JavaScript and its nuances, including TypeScript.

You have experience with building real-time analytics solutions and streaming platforms

You are familiar with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle and store submission processes

It is great if you have an understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage

The most important one: Willingness to learn. We are constantly learning new things and we enjoy it a lot. We don't expect to find people experienced in all of them. If you are excited about our tech-stack and you think you are a fast learner, do not hesitate to apply!

• 2+ years of experience in Front React Native development
• Experienced in using Mobile Views on iOS and Android
• Good understanding of MVC frameworks
• A knack for writing clean, readable React-Native code
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Understanding Agile Development and Scrum practices
• Familiarity with version control Git (Github or Gitlab)

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelors/ Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Minimum 3 years work experience in mobile application development
• Proficiency in Problem Solving, Data Structures and Algorithms
• Strong knowledge of design concepts and constraints on mobile platforms
• Proficiency in Java/Android
• Ability to use third party SDKs
• Familiarity with Firebase, FCM, IMA, Google Services and Facebook SDK
• Demonstrable experience building excellent mobile apps that are currently in Google Play Store
• Experience with HTML5, Java, Responsive Design and flutter    

• Design and Build sophisticated and highly scalable apps using flutter.
• Build custom packages in Flutter using the functionalities and APIs already available in native Android and IOS.
• Translate and Build the designs and Wireframes into high quality responsive UI code.
• Write efficient queries for core Data.
• Explore feasible architectures for implementing new features.
• Resolve any problems existing in the system and suggest and add new features in the complete system.
• Suggest space and time efficient Data Structures.
• Follow the best practices while developing the app and also keeping everything structured and well documented.
• Document the project and code efficiently.
• Manage the code and project on Git in order to keep in sync with other team members and managers.
• Interact with the Product Manager to help understand end-user feedback.
• Ensure security guidelines are always followed while developing the app.
• Suggest new features and/or enhancements.
• Maintain software through product lifecycle including design, development, verification and bug fixes.
• Resolve all the bugs in a timely manner.
• Execute app verification protocol.
• Follow company policies and quality procedures to ensure quality product deliverables.
• If you have experience with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) based devices and related applications please highlight the same in your resume

We are looking for a skilled professional proficient enough in working on building apps on Android platform.

As a developer, you will be responsible for leading the development and launch of product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.

Responsibilities and Duties

Develop, Deploy and Maintain mobile applications on Android.

Developing high performance personal and commercial applications with Push notification, location based services, social features.

Primary testing the applications and ensuring the programs and applications do not have glitches, errors, or low functionality.
Fixing bugs by collaborating with QA team members.

Understanding of configuration aspects of devices - Configuration utility, configuration profiles.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience in iPhone applications development.

• Ability to conceptualize and design mobile applications based on client need.

• Ability to lead and mentor a small team of developers.

• Ability to understand business requirements.

• Should be able to work independently

Job Type: Full-time