Principal Software Engineer - Android

At Dubizzle Labs, we are looking to further expand our Pakistan engineering office of already 450+. We are most interested in bringing on board colleagues who love to learn, perform, and teach. We are building a high-quality engineering environment with a super focus on delivering value to customers. Your primary responsibility would be to build world-class suite products to support the hyper-growth of our businesses in 10 countries.

Key Responsibilities

50% Coding

• Develop native applications for mobile platforms.
• Write modular, secure, and well-tested code.
  
  
  

50% Designing Solutions, POCs and Mentoring

• Partner with engineers, architects & product management to implement end-to-end product features.
• Take full ownership of features and projects: architect, implement and deploy.
• Provide continuous improvements to performance and stability.
• Participate in design, code reviews, and mentoring of engineers.
  
  
  

Required Experience

• Great problem-solving skills, should be willing to solve difficult problems and work independently.
• Ability to design and implement systems with clarity, reusability, testability, and scalability in mind.
• Experience in developing Mobile/Automotive SDK/Kits, which are successfully integrated with a variety of Mobile Apps.
• Excellent understanding of Java and Kotlin supplemented by active/working knowledge of reactive programming and architectural components.
• In-depth knowledge of Android system frameworks (native libraries, Android Service, Android runtime, other hardware abstractions, etc.)
• Thorough knowledge of compile, build and packing phases in the Android development cycle.
• Knowledge of REST/HTTP, JSON, and backend systems.
• Experienced in CI/CD with testing and release automation.
• Strong capability of meeting project milestones and comfortable with agile development.
• Work well as a team player in a collaborative environment.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills for managing the team with the ability to be able to define the growth path of the team.
• Skilled in implementing processes among the team (if there is a need) and maintaining the implemented process.