Senior Android Engineer

Title : Senior Android Engineer (SDE-III). Location : Bangalore (Work From Office). Department : Technology Mobile (Android). Employment Type : Full-time.About BeBetta : BeBetta is Indias first gamified reward platform built for gamers and entertainerspowering interactive challenges, creator-led competitions, and unique reward experiences without real money. Were reimagining how communities engage, compete, and earn through a fast, fun, and safe mobile experience.Role Summary : Were looking for a hands-on Senior Android Engineer (SDE-III) to own critical modules of the BeBetta app. You will architect scalable features, raise the bar on performance and reliability, mentor engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally to ship delightful experiences that tens of thousands of users rely on daily.What Youll Do : - Own end-to-end delivery of complex Android featuresfrom architecture and design to implementation, testing, and release. - Lead technical decisions for app modules (navigation, rewards engine, creator tools, live interactions), ensuring performance, security, and maintainability. - Drive modern Android development practices (Kotlin-first, coroutines/Flow, Jetpack, Compose or XML, Hilt/Koin, Room, Retrofit/OkHttp). - Partner with Product, Design, and Backend to define requirements, sequence work, and ship iteratively with measurable impact. - Optimize app performance (startup time, frame rate, memory, battery), instrument telemetry, and resolve production issues rapidly. - Establish quality gates: unit/UI tests, CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, coding standards, and documentation. - Mentor and upskill SDE-I/II engineers; propose and lead tech initiatives, spikes, and architecture reviews. - Champion app security, data privacy, and compliance for a gamified ecosystem (auth, secure storage, network hardening). - Collaborate on platform reliability (feature flags, A/B testing, rollouts, crash-free goals, observability).Must-Have Qualifications : years of professional Android development with a strong Kotlin foundation (Java familiarity welcome). - Deep experience with modern Android tooling : Jetpack libraries (Lifecycle, Navigation, Room, WorkManager), coroutines/Flow, DI (Hilt/Koin), networking (Retrofit/OkHttp), and Gradle. - Proven track record of owning complex features or modules in production apps with large user bases. - Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns (MVVM/MVI/Clean Architecture), modularization, and testability (JUnit, Espresso/Compose UI). - Performance profiling and optimization skills (Android Studio Profiler, Systrace, memory/leaks, ANR/crash reduction). - Experience integrating RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and handling offline-first/data sync scenarios. - Solid Git practices, code review rigor, and CI/CD exposure (Bitrise/GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Firebase App Distribution). - Excellent collaboration and communication, with an ability to translate product goals into robust technical plans.Nice-to-Have : - Jetpack Compose in production, and migration strategies from XML. - Analytics and experimentation frameworks (Firebase, Amplitude, Segment) and A/B testing. - Feature flagging and remote config (Firebase/LaunchDarkly). - Experience with media/live features, real-time interactions, or creator-centric tools. - Security hardening (ProGuard/R8, obfuscation, certificate pinning, secure storage). - Play Store release management, staged rollouts, app signing, and store compliance. - Exposure to scalable backend contracts and GraphQL/gRPC. - Passion for gaming, creator economy, or social/e-commerce mobile patterns.Success in 90 Days : - Ship at least one high-impact module (e.g., rewards redemption, live leaderboard, creator portal) with clear metrics (e.g., crash-free sessions >99.5%, startup time