Lead Mobile Engineer (Krakow) - Closed

About the client:

We are a leading global product engineering and digital services company that unites 4000+ seasoned professionals globally on various projects in healthcare, fintech, travel, sportswear, entertainment, and security. The client delivers high-impact technology solutions to Fortune 500 and fast-growing organizations worldwide.

As an Expert/Lead Mobile Engineer, you’ll spearhead technical leadership on a transformative project aimed at elevating digital capabilities, fostering innovation, and driving continuous improvement within a prominent multinational banking and financial services organization, renowned for its global presence and dedication to pioneering client solutions.

This position features a hybrid work model that seamlessly integrates remote flexibility with a minimum of two days per week at our Cracow office, providing the opportunity for potential relocation to Cracow.

Responsibilities:

• Technical Problem Solving: Take the lead on challenging technical problems and advise on solutions.
• Advocacy and Communication: Advocate for technology within HSBC, communicating to a global team of engineers.
• Leadership and Oversight: Participate in the technology leadership team, providing oversight as a senior engineering lead.
• Quality Assurance and Decision-Making: Decide on engineering practices, ensure quality standards, and evaluate new technology.
• Scalable Solutions and Talent Management: Build scalable solutions, collaborate on talent recruitment, and provide feedback.
• Technical Debt Reduction: Identify strategic ways to reduce technical debt and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements: 

• Proven track record as a senior contributor or tech lead in a large-scale mobile engineering setup.
• Mastery in mobile technology with a solid grasp of agile and DevOps practices.
• Proficiency in Kotlin for Android app development.
• Familiarity with key libraries and tools like Dagger2, Rxjava2, Retrofit2.
• Expertise in UI and Core Architectural Design patterns.
• Strong background in writing Unit Tests and UI tests using Junit, Mockito, Espresso.
• Understanding of metrics for informed decision-making to enhance product quality and speed of delivery.
• Awareness of emerging trends in the Android ecosystem.
• Knowledge of source code versioning tools, particularly Github.
• Understanding of security principles and integration practices (e.g., HTTPS, certificate pinning, encryption).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

 Your soft skills matter:

• Communication is a key. You speak and write in English fluently or at least at upper-intermediate level.
• Strong communication skills, adept at engaging and guiding diverse engineering teams.
• Accountability for the own scope of work and capability to assess tasks of less experienced colleagues.
• Prior experience mentoring engineers and fostering collaborative relationships.
• Skilled in constructive feedback providing.
• Eager to learn and grow: curios, keen to constant self-development.
• Constantly improving own mastership.
• Proactive in efforts to deliver results according to the expectations.
• Suggesting new ideas, looking for alternative solutions.
• Ability to express ideas, thoughts and questions simply, concisely and in a structured way.