Senior Android Engineer

Senior Android Engineer Contract to Hire Hybrid Onsite in Irving, TX (75063) TueThu; Remote Mon & Fri Our Fortune 500 retail client is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to join their Android development team. As a Senior Android Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain high-quality Android applications that support millions of customers across eCommerce, loyalty, and product launch experiences. You will collaborate closely with Product Managers, UI/UX designers, and Back-End teams to implement technical solutions that align with their business objectives. You will deliver complex features, optimize performance, troubleshoot production issues, and ensure overall code quality through best practices, testing, and thorough documentation. Additionally, you will contribute to architectural discussions, advocate for improvements, and share your expertise with peers to support a culture of technical excellence. Responsibilities Collaborate with a team of talented Android engineers Design and build advanced Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Implement robust dependency injection patterns using Hilt. Manage the full Android app release process through Google Play Console, including the transition and publishing of Android App Bundles (AAB) in compliance with modern Play Store requirements. Ensure smooth migration from APK to AAB formats, optimizing app size, performance, and deployment workflows. Work closely with Mobile Management, Product Managers, UI/UX, ADA (Accessibility), and Back-End teams to execute mobile application development strategies and implement technical roadmaps aligned with our clients objectives. Develop and review features for ADA compliance, ensuring accessibility best practices are consistently implemented across Android applications. Foster the growth of developers' technical skills by offering constructive feedback through PR reviews and technical discussions. Provide constructive PR comments and encourage team members to do the same. Collaborate with other technical teams to understand integrations and advocate for improvements that benefit the mobile development team; identify and document tech debt and communicate these with mobile app leadership team. Actively participate in the incident management process when Android production issues arise, providing regular tactical updates to leadership and assisting in timely resolutions. Assist in removing blockers to help developers meet sprint commitments, proactively supporting engineers when needed. Responsible for technical documentation - ensure code is well documented via PR reviews, and feature documentation is available in Confluence. Monitor analytics reporting and ensure issues are logged and triaged. Contribute to a safe environment where all employees are encouraged to experiment, make mistakes and share learnings with the team. Stay up to date on trends from Android / Google and evangelize these with mobile team management and within the mobile development pod. Qualifications Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology, or equivalent experience. Minimum of 7 years hands-on experience with the Android platform. Minimum of 5 years hands-on Kotlin development experience. Experience with Jetpack Compose. Experience contributing to mobile accessibility (ADA) improvements. Hands-on experience with the Google Play Console, including publishing and maintaining Android App Bundles (AAB). Practical experience with APK-to-AAB migration and managing Play Store deployments. Experience setting up and maintaining a modern Android CI/CD pipeline. Hands-on experience with agile development methodologies. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship and able to convert to a full-time W-2 employee upon completion of the contract. Work Environment On-call support may be required. Occasional weekend and evening work may be required. Technical Skills Kotlin, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Gradle, JSON, REST, 3rd party SDKs. Firebase, Crashlytics, Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, Veracode, Airship.