Lead Android Engineer

At Stellar Elements, we’re good people against bad experiences.

Whether it’s customer, employee, or brand experience—we focus on closing the gap between business needs and what people actually desire. This takes passionate problem-solvers, brilliant minds, and deep wells of empathy.

Our clients love working with us because we understand their challenges, understand their customers, and we do great work while making each step of the process inspiring and energizing. We are a global force of nearly 1,000 experience experts and a collection of curious minds with a vibrant array of talents and backgrounds—united in creating better experiences for all.

Responsibilities

1. Develop existing and new mobile applications for Stellar Elements and our clients
2. Author stories (use cases, technical and functional requirements) and tests
3. Contribute to and participate in development meetings (standups, kickoffs, retrospectives) and design sessions with teams and clients
4. Collaborate with team members, consultants, designers and clients to provide accurate estimations, timelines and risks associated with development
5. Contribute to the Android community through code, blog posts, teaching and speaking
6. Help guide clients towards effective solutions that balance technical requirements and business needs.
7. Participate in our technology sales process by attending sales meetings and providing estimates, risks, assumptions, and requirements for future opportunities.

You'll Be Successful In This Role If You

1. Show interest in the why behind the work, focusing on the outcome more than the output
2. Have extensive Android development experience and experience working on consulting projects
3. Are proficient with Kotlin as a programming language
4. Have experience with asynchronous programming with popular tools (such as Flow and Coroutines) and their impact on application architecture
5. Have experience with modern Android toolkit like Jetpack Compose, Dagger / Hilt
6. Have experience with writing / debugging CI/CD workflows (such as GitHub Actions)
7. Are familiar with the Swift programming language
8. Know how to gracefully support any screen size and device type
9. Appreciate the quality guarantees that well-written tests provide
10. Have a drive to learn and understand as much as possible
11. Enjoy reviewing others' code and having your code reviewed
12. Appreciate the perspective that others from a variety of different backgrounds and experience levels can provide
13. Have strong written and verbal communication skills

If this sounds like you, let’s talk!

Direct applicants only, no agency submittals please. Benefits only apply to full-time hires.

We are an equal opportunity employer

Stellar Elements and its subsidiaries complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.