Senior Android Software Engineer

Our customer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. Its products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. The company aims to create value through innovation, growth and high earning power. Its Crop Science Division is a world-leading agriculture enterprise with businesses in seeds, crop protection and nonagricultural pest control. It markets a broad portfolio of high-value seeds and innovative pest management solutions, while at the same time providing extensive customer service for sustainable agriculture. 
The suitable candidate will work on a mobile application available on iOS and Android, written in Flutter (Dart) with some native implementations in C++/Swift/Kotlin, which makes use of GCP/Firebase. Google Analytics is used to track user behavior within the app.

Responsibilities

• Full Technical Ownership -> Own the Android IoT application end to end (Kotlin, Firebase), including architecture, implementation, feature delivery, code quality, and long-term maintainability, as well as how the app behaves on the device and at the OS level.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration -> Collaborate with product, design, backend, QA, and support teams.
• Production Issue Resolution -> Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve defects, crashes, and production issues.
• Release Management Support -> Support release preparation, deployment, rollout, and post-release validation.
• Code Quality Improvement -> Improve code quality, maintainability, and test coverage while participating in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture decisions.
• Continuous Improvement Focus -> Support continuous improvement by addressing technical debt and operational feedback.
• Operational Target Contribution -> Contribute to operational targets for uptime, quality, stability, processing latency, release stability, security, and incident response across platforms.
• Documentation Ownership -> Maintain technical documentation, technical decision records, runbooks, onboarding materials, engineering best practices, and secure SDLC practices.

Qualifications

Must have:

• 5+ years’ experience in Android application development, Kotlin, Firebase
• Android operating system knowledge is a plus, e.g., boot sequence, updates, MCU, recovery.
• Experience in Android IoT fleet management (FOTA roll-outs, Monitoring, Validating OS firmware, APK rollouts)
• Understanding of Incident- and Problem management particularities (restore services, root cause analysis, debugging, diagnosis)
• Experience with tools for source code and version control such as Git/GitLab
• Mobile Development using Flutter experience
• Ownership mindset for features and system behavior
• Good communication skills
• Structured approach
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Excellent ability to collaborate with other functional and technical roles
• Ability to drive discovery sessions with client counterpart
• Regular use of AI tools to improve productivity, automate or reduce repetitive work, support decision-making, and deliver higher-quality outcomes.
• Ability to use AI tools responsibly by structuring effective prompts, critically validating outputs, understanding limitations, and taking ownership of the final result.
• Strong communication skills in English

Nice to have

• Native experience with Flutter/Swift/C++.
• Experience with mobile applications for IoT devices, device pairing, diagnostics, connectivity.
• Understanding of Android firmware/app rollout concepts, canary releases, rollback strategies, and device fleet operations.
• Familiarity with AWS-backed systems or serverless architectures.
• Experience with AI-augmented development practices.
• Experience with solutions in the manufacturing/agricultural sector

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