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Android Developer

Halcyon KnightsMelbourne, Victoria🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 9 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
FirebaseAgileGitGitHub ActionsJUnitJetpack ComposeKotlinAndroid

Job Description

Senior Android Developer 6 Month Contract Melbourne (Hybrid)

Our client, a well-known Australian tech company, is looking for a Senior Android Developer to join their mobile engineering team on a 6 month contract.


About the role

You'll work within a product-focused engineering team building and improving native Android experiences used by millions of Australians. This is a hands on role for someone who wants to contribute from day one.


What you'll do

  • Design, build, and maintain features in a large-scale native Android app

  • Write clean, well tested Kotlin code

  • Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend engineers

  • Contribute to code reviews and help maintain engineering best practices

  • Work within an agile team, participating in sprint planning and stand ups


Tech stack

  • Kotlin, Jetpack Compose (or XML/View-based UI)

  • MVVM / MVI architecture, Android Jetpack libraries (Navigation, Room, WorkManager, Lifecycle)

  • Coroutines and Flow for async/concurrency

  • Dagger/Hilt for dependency injection

  • Retrofit/OkHttp for networking

  • JUnit, Espresso, and Mockito for testing

  • Git, CI/CD via GitHub Actions, Bitrise, or similar

  • Firebase (Crashlytics, Analytics, Remote Config)


What you'll bring

  • Strong commercial experience building native Android apps (Kotlin essential)

  • Solid understanding of Android architecture components (MVVM, Jetpack, Coroutines)

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing

  • Comfortable working in an agile, fast paced product environment

  • Right to work in Australia


Details

  • Contract length: 6 months (strong chance of extension)

  • Location: Melbourne, hybrid working

  • Start: ASAP

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