Android Team Lead

1 Month ago • 4-6 Years • Product Management • Undisclosed

About the job

Job Description

Lead a team of Android developers working on innovative products for a global user base. Responsibilities include team unification, fostering collaboration, driving development of innovative features, implementing coding standards, providing technical mentorship, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of Android development experience, 2+ years of team management, strong OOP and Kotlin skills, and experience with Agile methodologies (CI/CD, automated testing). The role involves significantly impacting a system app used by millions, contributing to a supportive and collaborative work environment. You will be responsible for achieving critical development targets and fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth within the team.
Must have:
  • 4+ years Android development experience
  • 2+ years team management experience
  • Strong OOP and Kotlin skills
  • Agile development experience (CI/CD, automated testing)
Good to have:
  • Experience building a product from ideation to production
  • BSc in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Deep understanding of latest Android OS features

The opportunity
Join an exciting journey as the Android Team Lead for our cutting-edge product innovations at Unity Aura! You will spearhead a dynamic team of talented developers, drive the creation of groundbreaking applications that is reaching hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

Short-Term Success Indicators:

Seamless Team Integration: Successfully merge two distinct groups into a unified, synergistic team.

Enhanced Development Flow: Streamline processes and boost team productivity to meet short-term development objectives.

Key Milestone Achievements: Achieve critical development targets, driving short-term project deliverables successfully.

Long-Term Success Indicators:

Talent Development: Cultivate a robust development culture, empowering team members to become future seniors and leaders.

Significant Product Impact: Deliver improvements that enhance the system app’s performance and add meaningful value to users.

Benefits and Opportunities:

Career Advancement: Lead a high-impact team working on technology that reaches a global user base.

Unique Challenges: Solve distinct technical challenges found in system app development, fostering innovative solutions.

Wide-Reaching Impact: Contribute to a vital app that plays a critical role in device functionality for millions.

Supportive Culture: Thrive in a collaborative environment that values bold, creative thinking and teamwork.

What you'll be doing

  • Lead a team of Android developers in a team that will be working on innovative products.
  • Team Unification and Leadership: Facilitate the seamless integration of two previously independent development teams, fostering a unified culture and encouraging collaboration. Establish clear communication channels and set shared goals to ensure the team's collective vision aligns with project objectives.
  • Innovation and Development Excellence: Lead the team in developing innovative features and improvements for the system app, ensuring the product consistently enhances device functionality. Promote a culture of creativity and exploration, encouraging team members to experiment with new ideas and technologies.
  • Technical Guidance and Best Practices: Implement and enforce coding standards, testing protocols, and agile methodologies to maintain high-quality development practices. Provide technical mentorship, guiding team members in building scalable and efficient solutions that align with industry best practices.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with system engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to align development efforts with business goals. Facilitate communication and collaboration across departments to ensure the app's features meet user needs and strategic objectives.
  • Performance Evaluation and Growth: Regularly assess team performance, providing constructive feedback and identifying areas for improvement. Foster an environment of continuous learning and professional growth, offering opportunities for team members to enhance their skills and advance their careers.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience in Android development
  • 2+ years of experience in team management
  • Strong understanding of OOP concepts and design
  • Experience in Kotlin
  • Experience in Agile development, including CI, CD and automated testing

You might also have

  • Experience building a product from ideation to production
  • BSc in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Experience in Android SDK development
  • Deep understanding of latest Android OS features and restrictions

Additional information

  • Relocation support is not available for this position.
  • Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Life at Unity
Unity [NYSE: U] is the world's leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.

As of the fourth quarter of 2023, more than 69% of the top 1,000 mobile games are made with Unity as derived from a blended number of the top 1,000 games in the Google Play Store and iOS App Store. In 2023, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity.

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.

This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.

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Unity (NYSE: U) is the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, filmmakers, and others, use Unity to make their imaginations come to life. Unity is the foundation upon which the world’s most powerful digital content is created. Specifically, Unity’s platform provides a comprehensive set of software solutions to create, run and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices. 

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