Android Team Lead

To understand business requirements, develop and/or upgrade Android solutions or applications in line with requirements, standards, and cybersecurity policies, and identify and fix errors during the development lifecycle.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Keep abreast of the latest programming language updates and technology trends and present ideas to continually improve solutions and applications
• Coordinate with analysts and designers to understand business requirements and to ensure the technical feasibility of designs and develop detailed specifications accordingly
• Coordinate with the concerned teams in order to facilitate the entire solution or application development lifecycle (concept, design, and test)
• Configure, secure, and monitor the development environment across numerous clouds and on-premises gateways as needed
• Troubleshoot workflows in order to identify and fix bugs and errors during development
• Analyze and integrate external customer specifications in order to suggest and justify system directions and specifications as part of proof of concept
• Specify, design and implement moderate changes to existing software architecture
• Ensure developed solutions are in line with Cybersecurity policies and standards
• Perform basic component test prior to code merge and/or release to the Quality Assurance team for testing and validation
• Participate in different types of testing (unit, integration, functional, non-functional, etc.) to ensure the functionality of solution or application in real-life scenarios according to specifications
• Collect testing results in order to facilitate the identification of deficiencies and implement corrective actions
• Participate in the development of various integration processes and review all programming components to ensure proper integration activities upon program/platform approval
• Participate in the implementation of the integration plan and the various integration projects/activities of Android software applications
• Coordinate the integration testing phase with analysts, system designers, and business owners to raise integration issues for timely resolution by upper management
• Collect change requests related to solutions and applications in order to facilitate the implementation of approved changes along with a rollback plan during the proof of concept phase
• Support in the update of technical documentation and participate in building reusable code and libraries for future use in order to save time and resources in coordination with National Platforms
• Coordinate with the concerned teams to share training needs for users for development purposes
• Present ideas for system improvements in order to optimize development activities and operations
• Communicate with Testers and Quality Assurance Officers on developed code lines to ensure eradication of errors and bugs and accordingly optimize end-user satisfaction
• Address any challenges or issues arising from existing/developed applications and platforms in order to include corrective actions in future development plans
• Conduct day-to-day activities while ensuring compliance with policies and procedures
• Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, processes taking into account leading practices, changes in the business environment, cost reduction, and productivity improvement
• Establish working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders
• Collect feedback from internal stakeholders on issues being faced and other requirements
• Contribute to the preparation of progress reports directed to all relevant stakeholders to keep them informed of progress

Job Requirements

• 3 to 6 years of experience in Android application development using Kotlin and Compose
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent is required.