Senior Software Developer, Android Native
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About this role
We are looking for a Senior Software Developer (Android native) to join our Scheduling Hybrid Network team. If you are passionate about building delightful, high performance mobile experiences and thrive in a fast paced, high scale environment, this role is for you.
As a Senior Android Developer within our Logistics domain, you will play a key role in shaping the native Android experiences that power our courier network. You will design and build features that operate reliably at scale, contribute to the architecture of a modular codebase, and help raise the bar for engineering excellence across the Android platform.
Your mission is to deliver robust, performant, and accessible Android applications, working closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders to ship features that couriers rely on every day. You will champion modern Android practices, mentor peers, and help shape the future of mobile engineering within the organization.
In short, you’ll combine deep Android expertise with a strong engineering mindset to deliver world class native experiences at scale.
Location: Remote - Ontario
Reporting to: Technology Manager
These are some of the key components to the position:
- Architect and develop high-performance, large-scale native Android applications utilizing Kotlin and Jetpack Compose for cutting-edge UI development.
- Evolve and maintain a highly scalable, multi-team modular architecture based on modern patterns like MVVM and MVI.
- Engineer and optimize critical location-based services, including real-time GPS tracking, background location, geofencing, and advanced map rendering.
- Own and automate the full Android CI/CD and release pipeline, leveraging Gradle, Fastlane, and Play Store deployment workflows.
- Maximize application performance by diagnosing and optimizing memory usage, battery consumption, startup times, and APK/AAB sizes across diverse device tiers.
- Drive quality engineering by championing robust testing strategies across JUnit, Espresso, Compose UI tests, and Robolectric.
- Collaborate and mentor across cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Backend, QE) while fostering the growth and technical excellence of the mobile discipline.
What will you bring to the team?
- 5+ years of experience in native Android development, with a proven track record of shipping successful applications to the Google Play Store.
- Expert-level Kotlin & Jetpack Compose proficiency, with deep experience building production UIs and managing multi-module codebases (MVVM/MVI/Clean Architecture).
- Location services expertise, specifically with FusedLocationProviderClient, background location tracking, geofencing, and Maps SDK integration.
- Advanced performance tuning using Android Studio Profiler, Perfetto, Macrobenchmark, Baseline Profiles, and mobile observability tools (Crashlytics, Sentry, Datadog RUM).
- Deep asynchronous & data mastery including Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, Jetpack Libraries (Room, WorkManager, Hilt/Dagger), and RESTful APIs/GraphQL via Retrofit/OkHttp.
- Robust infrastructure & testing skills covering advanced Gradle configuration (Kotlin DSL, version catalogs), automated release management, and comprehensive testing frameworks (MockK, snapshot testing).
- Agile delivery background, possessing extensive experience navigating fast-paced, continuous delivery environments, feature flagging, and staged rollouts.
AI & Modern Engineering Capabilities
- Tool Proficiency: Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such a