Lead Mobile Software Engineer – Android

About This Role

Lead mobile development for FlexCount, a rapidly growing SaaS platform providing real-time inventory intelligence to retailers. You will drive technical strategy and innovation for the Android application used by thousands of store associates globally.

Responsibilities

• Identify, define, and lead cross-organizational mobile programs to remove critical blockers to company objectives
• Architect and deliver breakthrough mobile systems that achieve measurable company-level outcomes
• Set and evolve the long-term (2-5 year) mobile technical strategy and roadmap, aligning with executive leadership and product strategy
• Own resolution of complex, ambiguous, and high-severity problems spanning mobile, backend, firmware, and third-party hardware
• Establish and enforce mobile engineering standards, patterns, and platforms adopted by all Android squads
• Build or champion foundational libraries, tooling, or infrastructure that become de-facto standards
• Drive upstream leadership in key open-source projects and become a recognized voice in the Android OSS ecosystem
• Mentor and develop senior engineers, actively growing the next generation of lead and senior engineers
• Lead mobile hiring strategy, calibration, and promotion committees; personally close senior and staff-level candidates
• Act as incident commander for company-level mobile incidents

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional Android development experience
• Proven track record of owning large problem spaces in production apps used by thousands of daily active users
• Expertise in performance optimization, offline-first systems, and rugged/enterprise device constraints
• Experience leading complex re-architecture efforts and shipping safely to 100% of users
• Strong ability to mentor engineers and contribute to team growth
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience implementing Real User Monitoring (RUM) to track and analyze customer journeys within mobile applications

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional Android development experience.

Nice to Have

• Significant contributions to open-source Android libraries
• Experience defining and rolling out mobile platform strategies
• Familiarity with scaling Android apps across large device fleets (50k+ devices)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits