Android Team Lead – India Collaboration Experience

Braver IT S.A. offers an international technology environment with opportunities to work on modern mobile applications used by real users, collaborating with experienced engineers from different countries and cultural backgrounds.

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, with significant hands-on Android development.
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Java.
• Deep understanding of the Android SDK, Android application lifecycle, and modern Android development practices.
• Experience with Android architecture patterns such as MVVM, Clean Architecture, or similar.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, sockets, routing, and network connectivity.
• Experience troubleshooting complex networking and connectivity issues on Android.
• Strong understanding of Android security principles, secure storage, encryption, authentication, and certificate/TLS concepts.
• Experience with Git and modern software development workflows.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Experience writing unit tests and UI/integration tests.
• Understanding of Android performance optimization and memory management.
• Experience working with international teams, especially India-based stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing VPN, proxy, firewall, network security, or privacy-focused applications.
• Experience with VPN protocols such as OpenVPN, IKEv2/IPSec, V2Ray, WireGuard, or similar.
• Experience with native Android development using **NDK/**C/C++.
• Experience analyzing network traffic with tools like Wireshark or tcpdump.
• Experience with Android security hardening and application protection.
• Experience with CI/CD systems and automated Android build and release pipelines.

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Android applications using Kotlin and Java.
• Lead the architecture and implementation of new features for the VPN application.
• Work extensively with Android networking and VPN technologies, including network interfaces, DNS, routing, connectivity, and traffic management.
• Design solutions for complex networking scenarios such as Wi-Fi/mobile network transitions, connection failures, captive portals, DNS issues, and intermittent connectivity.
• Work closely with backend, networking, QA, product, and security teams to deliver end-to-end features.
• Investigate and resolve complex production issues using logs, crash reports, performance metrics, and debugging tools.
• Participate in technical design and architecture discussions and help establish engineering best practices.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to other engineers.
• Mentor junior and mid-level Android developers.
• Contribute to improving development processes, testing practices, CI/CD, release processes, and overall engineering quality.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders based in India across time zones while working CET/CEST hours.