Lead Android Engineer Kotlin Jetpack Compose Offline First …, Bengaluru Urban

Senior Android Engineer

Location : Remote

Job Type : Contract 2 Hire

Experience

10 + Years

Core Need

Client is looking for a strong hands-on Senior Android Lead who can work on a large existing enterprise Android application with complex workflows, offline functionality, local database handling, and runtime/background execution challenges.

What They Want in Candidate

Technical Skills

Robust hands-on coding experience in Kotlin and Android SDK

Deep understanding of Android fundamentals (Lifecycle, Services, Threads, Memory, Performance)

Solid experience with:

MVVM / MVI / Clean Architecture

Room / SQLite / local persistence

API integration

Concurrency / Coroutines / Flow

WorkManager / Services / Foreground Services

Debugging crashes, ANR, memory leaks

Practical Experience Required

Offline-First Applications

Need candidate who has worked on apps where internet may fail.

Should know:

Local data storage

Queue pending actions locally

Sync data when network returns

Retry failed requests

Prevent duplicate records

Resolve local vs server data conflicts

Large Existing App Experience

Client wants someone comfortable with:

Legacy codebase

Existing modules

Refactoring old code

Adding features without breaking production

(Not just fresh app development)

Real-World Engineering Judgment

Candidate should know when to use:

WorkManager

Foreground Service

Background Service

Local DB cache

Search optimization for large local data

Need someone who can think independently.

Preferred Background

Tablet-based Android apps

Field sales / logistics / retail / enterprise mobility apps

Monitoring / Crashlytics / Observability tools

Feature flags / staged rollout releases

Soft Skills

Self-driven IC (Individual Contributor)

Can own delivery end-to-end

Robust problem-solving mindset

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