Android Developer

                Mobile Developer
$35-40+ per hour
Full Time Long Term Contract
Fully Remote / Work from Home
8am-5pm US Eastern Time is core hours

Required:
- Fluent in English
- Strong Android native development experience
- Experience with Flutter, React Native, or other cross-platform frameworks
- Proven, real-world experience with the Android Bluetooth stack (preferably including BLE, GATT architecture Bluetooth Permissions and OS Restrictions)
- Comfort working in Agile teams and modern Git workflows
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, and mobile networking
- Ai-Assisted development know-how and experience

Desired:
- Experience refactoring a native mobile application to a cross-platform framework
- Experience with offline-first and disconnected operation patterns
- Java and Kotlin proficiency for Android development
- Experience with Android Studio, Gradle, and Jetpack libraries
- Room, WorkManager, Lifecycle, Compose
- Threading, concurrency, and async communication patterns
- Experience designing or contributing to mobile architecture decisions
- Familiarity with Azure or cloud-backed mobile platforms
- Experience with IoT, telemetry, or real-time data applications
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated mobile testing
- Published apps or a demonstrable mobile portfolio

Soft Skills:
- Strong work ethic and clear communicator
- Able to work with a variety of personality types on fast moving, high pressure, projects
- Strong analysis, critical thinking, and problem solving skills
- Self-starter, able to work independently and self-manage, strong work ethic
- Organizational skills and ability to create structure and order
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and participate on cross-functional teams to complete complex projects
- Strong time management skills in an environment of frequently changing deadlines
- Requires little to no supervision to perform tasks

Summary / Responsibilities / Goals
You will be a core member of our software engineering organization, responsible for building and evolving the company’s mobile-first platform strategy. Today, this role is primarily focused on native Android development for mission-critical mobile applications that integrate with IoT devices, real-time telemetry, and cloud data platforms. But this is not a “maintain the current app forever” role. A central part of this position is to actively investigate, evaluate, and help shape our future mobile architecture, including a full refactoring to include Flutter, React Native, and/or other cross-platform and hybrid approaches. You will partner with product, backend, and platform teams to determine where native remains the right choice; and where cross-platform approaches can accelerate delivery without compromising quality, performance, or security.

Native Android Engineering
- Design, build, and maintain high-quality native Android applications
- Implement clean, testable, and maintainable code using modern Android patterns
- Integrate mobile apps with REST APIs, real-time data services, and IoT telemetry
- Optimize performance, reliability, and security across the application lifecycle
- Participate in code reviews and set a high bar for mobile engineering quality

Cross-Platform & Architecture Evolution
- Actively investigate and prototype React Native, Flutter, and other mobile frameworks
- Evaluate tradeoffs between native and cross-platform approaches
- Help define long-term mobile architecture strategy
- Build proof-of-concepts and technical recommendations for leadership
- Influence platform decisions that will shape mobile development for years

Delivery & Collaboration
- Partner closely with Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, Backend Engineers, and QA
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and backlog refinement
- Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD pipelines and Play Store release management
- Support automated and manual testing strategies for mobile applications

What Success Looks Like (First 6–9 Months)
- Core Android applications are stable, performant, and trusted by users
- New features ship predictably and with high quality
- Clear recommendations exist for when to use native vs. React Native vs. Flutter
- One or more cross-platform prototypes or pilots are successfully delivered
- Mobile architecture is more consistent, documented, and scalable
- You are recognized as a technical leader in our mobile strategy

Why This Role Is Compelling
- You will build mission-critical mobile software, not consumer toys while influencing the future mobile architecture of the company. You will work across native, cross-platform, cloud, and IoT systems. You will have real technical ownership and architectural voice. The work directly supports environmental and public health outcomes. The platform you help shape will matter for years.

Company:
We are a global environmental services and consulting company that helps governments and businesses assess, monitor, remediate, and manage environmental issues — from air and water quality to contamination cleanup, regulatory compliance, and sustainability planning.