Lead Android Engineer

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States - Remote
πŸ’» Software Development🟣 Senior

Job description

Our Mission:

ButterflyMX is on a mission to empower people to open and manage doors & gates from a smartphone. Our products are installed in more than 20,000+ multifamily, commercial, gated communities, and student-housing properties worldwide, including properties developed, owned, and managed by the most trusted names in real estate. Our features are designed for developers, owners, property managers, and tenants and our products lower operating costs and improve tenant satisfaction.

Our Solution:

Developers and owners no longer need to run building wiring or install in-unit hardware. Property managers can grant building access, revoke permissions, and review entry logs from an online dashboard. Residents can open doors from their smartphones, issue visitor access, and see who is trying to enter the building.

Our Culture & Values:

Fantastic people are the key to our success. As a distributed, primarily remote workforce, we’re looking for more intelligent, passionate, collaborative, ai-forward, and down-to-earth individuals to join our growing team. We’re driven by a shared commitment to excellence and innovation, grounded in our core values: We delight our customers, We take ownership, We are a community of collaborators, We speak up, We think big and do small, and We are tenacious.

Role Overview:

ButterflyMX is looking for an Android Team Lead to join our innovative engineering team! This role is ideal for a technically strong, hands-on leader who can take ownership of complex Android projects while guiding and mentoring a team of engineers. The ideal candidate will not only architect high-quality solutions and deliver maintainable code but also bridge understanding between Android and iOS development, helping the team make informed decisions across platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of the Android mobile application and SDK, ensuring reliability, stability, and high performance.
  • Develop secure, scalable cloud-based features that facilitate real-time audio and video interactions, integrating them seamlessly with hardware for access control systems.
  • Apply modern Android development patterns (e.g., MVVM, unidirectional data flow, Jetpack libraries) to improve code maintainability and team productivity.
  • Refactor legacy codebases to improve scalability and maintainability with minimal disruption to ongoing development.
  • Propose and integrate tools, frameworks, automations, and processes that enhance engineering efficiency and code quality.
  • Collaborate with product management, UX, and cross-functional teams to provide engineering trade-offs and solutions to customer challenges.
  • Participate in agile processes to deliver high-quality software iteratively.
  • Read and understand Swift/iOS codebases, draw analogies between Android and iOS frameworks, and evaluate platform-specific capabilities and limitations.
  • Mentor, guide, and manage the performance of team members, setting clear goals, providing constructive feedback, and promoting professional growth.
  • Leverage AI tools to improve the efficiency of your own work and drive adoption of AI-assisted workflows across the team.

Requirements

  • Proficient in Kotlin and familiar with at least one other programming language.
  • Strong experience with the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
  • Deep understanding of Git and version control workflows.
  • Experience with asynchronous programming (Kotlin Coroutines, Flow) and reactive programming paradigms.
  • Expertise in Jetpack Compose for building maintainable, responsive UIs.
  • Skilled in Dependency Injection, Gradle, and build management.
  • Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).
  • Strong skills in app performance optimization, memory management, and responsiveness.
  • Hands-on experience writing testable code, automated testing, and maintaining high code quality standards.
  • Experience with Google Play Store deployments, app signing, versioning, and beta release management.
  • Proficient in REST and GraphQL for mobile integration with backend services.
  • Ability to read Swift code, understand iOS architecture, and map Android concepts to iOS frameworks to evaluate feasibility and platform-specific constraints.
  • Proven experience managing and evaluating the performance of engineers, setting objectives, and fostering a high-performing team environment.
  • Hands-on experience with AI-assisted workflows for developing code, researching complex codebases, and writing documentation.
  • Strong advocate for the Android ecosystem, with deep knowledge of Material Design guidelines and hands-on use of Android devices.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with audio/video calling technologies (e.g., Twilio), and integrating third-party SDKs.

  • Hands-on experience with BLE and NFC technologies.

  • Experience in Wear OS application development and creating widgets.

  • Experience with Flutter for cross-platform development or modular integration.

  • Active involvement in the developer community, including open-source contributions.

  • Comprehensive Medical (ButterflyMX covers 90% of the cost), Dental, and Vision plans (ButterflyMX covers 100% of the cost) starting day 1

  • 401(k) plan with a match

  • 13 paid holidays, 25 PTO days

  • Paid Family Leave

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Quarterly self-care stipends

  • Access to optional benefits including pre-tax flexible healthcare spending accounts (FSA and HSA), Dependent Care FSA, and Commuter Benefits, as well as optional Supplemental Life, AD&D, Hospital Indemnity, Disability, Legal, Accident, Critical Illness, Pet, and Personal Liability Insurance

  • And more!

**Please note that all official communications from us will come from a @butterflymx.com or an external ButterflyMX Workable domain. Report any contact from unapproved domains to [email protected] .

**Please ensure that you’ve whitelisted ButterflyMX as an approved domain in your email account, to avoid any issues with our communications going into your spam folders.

ButterflyMX is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. You must have the authorization to work in the US to become an employee. We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates and employees. If you need reasonable accommodations during the application or the recruiting process, please let our recruiting team know.

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