Senior/Lead Android Engineer

Senior & Lead Android Engineers

Employment: Full-time via MLabs

Engagement: Contracted to a UAE-based enterprise client

Location: Remote (Eastern Europe / MENA / India preferred)

MLabs is hiring Senior and Lead Android Engineers to support a large-scale financial technology program for a UAE-based enterprise client.

You will be responsible for building secure, high-performance Android applications used in a regulated financial environment. The role requires strong expertise in Kotlin, modern Android development practices, and scalable mobile architecture.

Lead-level candidates will contribute to architectural decisions, drive Android best practices, and mentor distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Android applications using Kotlin
• Implement clean, testable, and maintainable mobile architecture
• Integrate applications with secure backend APIs and enterprise services
• Optimize application performance, responsiveness, and reliability
• Collaborate with backend, blockchain, and product teams
• Participate in code reviews and enforce engineering standards
• Lead Engineers: provide technical leadership, mentor developers, and contribute to architectural strategy
  
  

Requirements

• 5+ years (Senior) / 8+ years (Lead) Android development experience
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin
• Experience with modern Android development (Jetpack, Compose preferred)
• Strong understanding of MVVM or Clean Architecture
• Experience integrating REST APIs
• Experience with performance optimization and debugging
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines
  
  

Preferred

• Experience in fintech, banking, or regulated environments
• Experience with secure authentication and encrypted data handling
• Experience working in distributed remote teams
• Exposure to blockchain-integrated mobile applications
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive international compensation
• Remote-first work model
• Long-term engagement on an enterprise fintech platform
• Opportunity to work with modern financial and blockchain systems
• Career growth within a global engineering network
  
  

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

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