Senior Mobile Developer (Android)
Position: Senior Mobile Developer Location: REMOTE (Central or Mountain Time Preferred) Type: Contract Duration: 6 Months + Potential Extensions Role Purpose The Senior Android Developer will serve as both a hands-on contributor and mentor. The role involves reviewing and optimizing the existing Android codebase, addressing performance and stability issues, and working side-by-side with the current Android developer to transfer knowledge and build confidence. Focus Areas
- Optimize performance on constrained hardware (limited CPU and memory).
- Reduce crashes and reboots (primary technical metric).
- Improve responsiveness by transitioning from polling-based to event-driven interactions.
- Refactor inefficient data structures to reduce garbage collection pressure.
- Evaluate and optimize gRPC usage (move to asynchronous).
- Review and improve MQTT implementation.
- Prototype improvements in targeted areas for quick, measurable wins.
- Provide architectural guidance and best practices in threading, memory management, and CPU utilization.
- Collaborate with the current Android developer to mentor and guide technical growth.
- Partner with Technical PM on prioritization, testing, and rollout of changes.
- Review companion public-facing applications for similar improvements.
Required Experience
- 5+ years of Android development experience.
- Expertise in Kotlin and Java
- Strong background in performance optimization, threading, CPU/memory management.
- Hands-on experience with gRPC, MQTT, and event-driven architectures.
- Proven track record with large-scale or public-facing Android applications.
- Ability to act as a mentor and collaborator, supporting developer growth while maintaining confidence and self-esteem.
Nice to Have
- iOS development experience.
- Prior work with logistics or driver-facing applications.
- Experience with event-driven bus architectures.
- Familiarity with applications running on custom hardware.
Application Environment
- Android 12
- Kotlin 1.6.20 (primary)
- SDK version 29
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Benefits
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