Lead Software Engineer - Transport

• Design, build and improve the mobile experiences with minimal guidance for one of the worlds fastest growing companies in travel
• Understand, design and build to optimize in terms of resources used on the devices as well as simplify to meet the challenges of our always on-the-go users
• Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design
• Partner with the product management team to define and execute the feature roadmap.Be responsible for defining and executing for complex, long term initiatives and help the team objectively lay out the roadmap and execute against smaller milestones
• Pair with team members on functional and nonfunctional requirements and spread design philosophy, goals and improve the code quality across the team
• Coordinate with cross functional teams (Backend, UX, QA etc.) on planning and execution
• Proactively manage stakeholder communication related to deliverables, risks, changes and dependencies
• Provide technology leadership to the team and foster engineering excellence. Be the flag bearer for setting long term execution strategies and bring about the culture of operational excellence in the team

What You Will Need

• At least 6 years of experience in Android application development and product delivery
• Predictability and balance of product delivery speed and quality
• In depth knowledge of Android Apps architecture and implementation including proficiency in Kotlin, Architectural Components, Git, and Gradle
• Understanding of TDD, Dependency Injection principles, Mobile Performance Tuning (Load time, Crash/ANR/Memory Leak tracking, Network optimisations)
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills and a proven track record of being able to respond effectively to customer situations
• A command over the technology ecosystem and ability to learn and ramp up on the latest trends
• A track record and passion for improving the code structure and architecture to improve testability and maintainability
• Ability to write model code for functional and non-functional requirements and help improve the code quality standard across the team