Lead, Android Core Product

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of significant Android features from inception to launch, collaborating closely with the design team throughout the process.

• Manage, maintain, and enhance reliability metrics for essential features.

• Review pull requests and offer constructive feedback.

• Assist engineers by resolving technical challenges.

• Streamline reusable implementations into standardized team solutions.

• Oversee shared code that is well-tested, clear, and reusable.

• Drive improvements in team processes.

• Minimize the manual intervention needed for successful releases.

• Tackle recurring issues by modifying underlying systems.

• Shift verification processes earlier and enhance automated checks.

• Conduct planning sessions centered on tasks that require decision-making.

• Establish review requirements and sign-off protocols.

• Engage in discussions involving Product, Design, and Engineering.

• Manage critical issues, lead feature releases, and deliver nightly builds for QA.

• Mentor early-career engineers by assigning appropriately challenging tasks and allocating time for learning.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software engineering, including leadership roles or ownership of significant projects while remaining hands-on.

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android animations, Jetpack Navigation, and JUnit tests.

• Experience in deploying and maintaining background audio or other long-duration background tasks.

• Awareness of the significance of tests and strategies for writing them, including acknowledging aspects that cannot be tested.

• Proven experience in introducing lasting team practices post-implementation.

• Comfortable with encouraging changes in work habits and managing any resulting friction.

• Ability to assess which modifications require in-depth review and which do not.

• History of developing solutions that are actively utilized by the team.

• Capacity to articulate how the team collaborates with AI agents.

• Strong intuition for product design, user empathy, and a commitment to advancing Android UI/UX beyond basic requirements.

• Self-motivated to enhance the app and codebase beyond specifications.

• Exceptional communication skills.

• Completion of several technical interviews along with an assessment on a real codebase.

• Submission of portfolio and LinkedIn links is required with the application.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus

• Stock

• Diverse and inclusive workplace