Team Lead, Android Core Product

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

📋 Description

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

• Manage, enhance, and ensure the reliability metrics for essential features.

• Review pull requests and offer constructive feedback on development.

• Assist team members in overcoming technical challenges.

• Recognize reusable solutions and implement them across the team.

• Sustain shared components by means of testing, documentation, and consolidation efforts.

• Initiate modifications to team processes as necessary.

• Minimize the need for manual intervention during release processes.

• Tackle recurring issues by refining foundational systems.

• Enhance automated verification and shift testing earlier within the development lifecycle.

• Conduct planning sessions focused on unresolved decisions.

• Establish review criteria and sign-off protocols.

• Engage in discussions across Product, Design, and Engineering teams.

• Manage critical issues, oversee feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA.

• Mentor early-career engineers with valuable projects and dedicated learning time.

• Write, review, and actively manage production code.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years in software engineering, including experience leading a team or overseeing a significant component while remaining hands-on.

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

• Proven experience in shipping and maintaining background audio or other long-running background tasks.

• Comprehension of the significance of tests and strategies for writing them, including limitations.

• An example of an initiative you introduced that persisted after your involvement, along with an honest assessment of the costs incurred to achieve this.

• Comfort with the less popular aspects of the role: encouraging changes in work habits and managing the resulting friction.

• Insight into which changes warrant extensive review and which do not, supported by an understanding of system functionality.

• A history of creating tools and features that your team actively utilized, rather than solely those that increased your efficiency.

• The capacity to articulate how your team collaborates with AI agents, not just your individual practices.

• An intuitive sense of product design, user empathy, and a determination to elevate Android UI/UX beyond basic specifications.

• A proactive approach to enhancing the application and codebase beyond the outlined specifications.

• Exceptional communication abilities.

• Successful completion of several technical interviews along with an assessment involving a real codebase.

• Links to a portfolio and LinkedIn profile.

• Bonus: Experience in building, maintaining, or contributing to open source Android projects.

• Bonus: Familiarity with iOS, Web, or NodeJS.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus

• Stock options

• A diverse and inclusive workplace