Base Salary
$114k - $228k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of complex Android applications and shared mobile platform components, including SDKs, libraries, and tooling.
- Set Android architecture standards covering Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flow, MVVM/MVI, modularization, testing, and maintainability.
- Own large, ambiguous initiatives from concept through production, including technical strategy, build optimization, CI/CD, observability, release management, and maintenance.
- Optimize application startup time, ANRs, crash-free sessions, performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Partner with backend teams on efficient mobile APIs and offline-first solutions.
- Lead Lingo’s migration from React Native to native Android, including migration strategy, sequencing, bridging, replacement patterns, feature parity, and stability.
- Integrate on-device and cloud-powered AI/ML capabilities into Android applications.
- Champion automated testing, code quality, secure mobile development, crash analytics, and performance monitoring.
- Mentor senior engineers, provide architectural guidance, and lead design reviews across mobile, backend, and product teams.
- Translate complex business problems into scalable technical solutions and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 8–10 years of software engineering experience with strong Android development expertise.
- Deep proficiency in Kotlin and modern Android frameworks, with Jetpack Compose preferred.
- Working knowledge of React Native sufficient to assess existing code, plan a native migration, and bridge React Native with native modules.
- Strong experience with mobile architecture patterns, modularization, and large-scale application development.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Gradle optimization, and mobile observability tools.
- Understanding of API design, performance tuning, and secure mobile development.
- Proven technical leadership and cross-team influence.
- Strong collaboration skills across globally distributed engineering teams.
- Preferred qualifications include production React Native-to-native migration experience, consumer or digital health experience, GraphQL experience, AI/ML integration experience, Bluetooth Low Energy and wearable-device SDK experience, and experience maintaining shared Android platform components.
Benefits
- Career development opportunities with an international company.
- Potential eligibility for free medical coverage through the Health Investment Plan PPO in the next calendar year.
- Retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and the FreeU education benefit.
- Onsite work in Alameda, California.
- Standard work shift with approximately 10% travel.
- Health and wellness benefits for employees and families.
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About Abbott
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