Senior/Principal - Android Engineer

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Senior / Principal Android Engineer – Mobile Customer Experience & Revenue

Confidential Company — Digital Engineering
Contract Length: 12–24 months
Reporting Manager: Engineering Lead

Overview

A leading organization is expanding its internal mobile engineering capabilities and investing in modern, high-quality digital products. We’re hiring a Senior/Principal Android Engineer to help build and evolve the next generation of a flagship Android application.

You’ll work across core customer and revenue flows—including flight discovery, purchasing, merchandising, loyalty, and AI/ML-driven customization. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you will influence system design, mentor fellow engineers, and help establish long-term development standards.

What You’ll Do

• Architect, design, and develop Android features using Kotlin, Jetpack, Compose, and modern Android frameworks

• Guide architectural progression, modularization, performance enhancements, and code quality

• Partner with iOS, backend, design, and product collaborators to establish unified patterns

• Contribute in Agile rituals, pair programming, and CI/CD pipelines

• Ensure the app is performant, stable, and optimized for millions of customers

• Support customer and revenue-critical workflows such as search, booking, and ancillary upsell

• Mentor and elevate other Android developers

• Work on customization, experimentation, and ML-driven initiatives

Must-Have Skills

• 7+ years professional Android development experience

• Advanced expertise with Kotlin, Jetpack libraries, Coroutines, and Compose

• Strong understanding of Android architecture (MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, modularization)

• Experience building and scaling complex, consumer-facing Android platforms

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Ability to lead technical direction and large initiative execution

Nice-to-Have

• Domain experience in airline, travel, eCommerce, or loyalty platforms

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps or .NET backend systems

• Experience with experimentation frameworks, analytics, or feature flag tools

• Exposure to ML/AI-powered mobile features

Team Snapshot

• Collaborative mobile engineering culture with iOS, Android, backend, design, and product

• Strong Agile practices with pairing and continuous delivery

• Backend stack includes .NET Core, MS SQL Server, and Azure DevOps

Why This Role Matters

This Android application is a major driver of customer engagement and digital revenue. This role offers the opportunity to:

• Shape the future of the company’s Android architecture

• Deliver mission-critical features for millions of users

• Contribute to a growing, modern, in-house mobile engineering organization

This is a high-visibility role supporting the company’s next phase of digital transformation.