Job Description
Engineering Lead – Android
Location: Melbourne (Hybrid working)
Salary: $175,000 – $200,000 (inclusive of super)
Reporting to: Engineering Manager
Team size: Up to 5 direct reports
Position Purpose
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Lead – Android to lead and grow a high-performing mobile engineering team while remaining hands-on in delivery. This role combines people leadership, technical excellence, and strategic collaboration to deliver high-quality Android solutions that meet business needs.
As a senior engineering leader, you will own Android development end-to-end, drive engineering standards, contribute to architectural decisions, and foster a strong culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and accountability within a small, highly capable team.
Key Responsibilities
People Leadership
* Lead, mentor, and manage a team of up to 5 engineers, supporting performance, career development, and engagement.
* Provide guidance on team resourcing and capacity planning to address delivery priorities.
* Promote a strong engineering culture focused on quality, collaboration, and continuous learning.
* Act as a mentor and role model, championing values, inclusive behaviours, and best practices.
* Build strong internal partnerships and collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and external partners.
Technical & Engineering Leadership
* Lead Android development as a hands-on contributor, delivering scalable, secure, and high-quality mobile solutions.
* Own system-wide development activities, including estimation, design, build, testing, deployment, and support.
* Develop detailed technical designs and system specifications aligned with solution architecture and industry standards.
* Translate product and business requirements into robust technical solutions.
* Ensure stability, availability, and performance of Android applications in production.
* Drive DevSecOps practices including CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
* Identify and mitigate technical risks, proactively resolving issues and escalating where required.
* Provide subject-matter expertise across mobile engineering and contribute to broader digital platform initiatives.
Process Improvement & Innovation
* Champion modern engineering practices and continuously improve ways of working.
* Actively contribute to Communities of Practice and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
* Promote continuous improvement, innovation, and capability uplift across engineering teams.
* Stay across emerging mobile technologies and propose improvements to tooling, frameworks, and platforms.
Skills & Experience
Essential
* Extensive experience leading software design and implementation in mobile environments.
* Strong Android expertise including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and Accessibility.
* Architecture patterns: MVVM, MVP, Clean Architecture.
* Testing practices including Espresso UI testing and unit testing.
* CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Fastlane, or similar.
* Static code analysis tools such as Detekt and SonarQube.
* Experience with Crashlytics or equivalent monitoring tools.
* Cloud experience (AWS or equivalent).
* Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and GraphQL.
* Proven experience working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban).
Desirable (but not essential)
* iOS development experience (SwiftUI).
* Familiarity with Apple Human Interface Guidelines and accessibility standards.
* Unit/UI testing on iOS (XCTest).
* Security best practices and vulnerability management.
* Experience working within scaled agile environments (e.g. SAFe).
Qualifications & Experience
* 8+ years' relevant industry experience in software engineering.
* 2+ years' experience in an engineering leadership role (or equivalent capability).
* Strong understanding of CI/CD, TDD, and building high-quality, production-grade solutions.
* Must have PR or Australian citizenship
What's on Offer
* Salary: $175,000 – $200,000 (inclusive of super)
* Hybrid working model with flexibility and autonomy
* Opportunity to lead a small, high-impact Android team
* Collaborative, forward-thinking technology environment