Job Title: Senior Android Engineer
Location: Toronto, Canada
Employment Type: ContractJob OverviewWe are looking for a Senior Android Engineer with experience in native Android mobile application development. Your primary focus will be developing the Payfare Android apps and their integration with our back-end services and third-parties. As a Senior Android Engineer, you will be working in a team maintaining and making additions to our Android applications as well as creating brand new applications from the ground up.Reports To: Director of Mobile EngineeringResponsibilities and Duties
Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release and support)
Build and evolve modern iOS apps to provide the best discovery experience for millions of users
Create functional mobile applications while writing clean code
Create highly secure mobile apps that are free of security vulnerabilities, promptly addressing any vulnerabilities found through ongoing code scans and penetration tests
Design user interfaces with the ability to follow design guidelines
Write great unit tests and end-to-end tests
Help maintaining code quality, documentation and automation
Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field and 5+ years of work experience
Firm understanding of OOP design principles.
Extensive understanding of Android framework components and their respective life cycles
Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms and programming languages
Experience working closely with product teams, designers, and other developers to create a truly delightful mobile experience
Experience developing highly performant Kotlin code and view layouts and the ability to diagnose performance bottlenecks
Current and detailed knowledge of the capabilities of different Android API levels
A disciplined approach to development, testing, documentation and code structure in a team environment
A familiarity with the Android tool ecosystem for development, testing, debugging, and performance benchmarking
An excellent understanding of best practices for concurrency and threading
Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
At least three years of engineering experience, a large portion of which in a team environment
A constant desire to improve, learn more and take things higher
Multiple years experience using Kotlin with MVVM and MVP architecture
Good Understanding of code versioning tools (Git)
Bonus Points for
Experience in a continuous integration and continuous delivery environment
Experience with Native iOS or using cross-platform technologies like React Native or Flutter.
Expected salary
Location
Toronto, ON
Job date
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:11:58 GMT
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