Description :

Position : Senior Android Developer

Experience : 8 to 10 plus years

Work location : Mohali or Bangalore

We are seeking a senior level Android engineer who can operate simultaneously as a developer, architect, researcher, and problem solver someone who understands that the most difficult challenges are not always solvable through documentation alone.

Role Summary :

This role is not limited to implementing tickets.

A successful candidate will :

- Design, build, and evolve a production-grade Android application written in Kotlin

- Independently research Android OS behaviors, limitations, and undocumented edge cases (prior to Android 11, Android 11+ and Android 15+)

- Translate legal, compliance, and business requirements into reliable technical solutions

- Think holistically about architecture, performance, security, and long-term maintainability

- Act as a technical partner to product, security, and leadership teams

This is a role for someone who is comfortable operating in ambiguity and is expected to propose solutions, not just execute instructions.

Core Responsibilities :

Android Application Development :

- Design and implement Android features in Kotlin, following modern Android architecture patterns (MVVM, clean architecture, modularization)

- Develop and maintain logic for targeted data collection from Android sources including :

1. SMS, MMS, RCS

2. Media and photo galleries

3. Voicemail and audio artifacts

4. System and application metadata

5. Future Applications

- Ensure compatibility across multiple Android versions, OEM implementations, and device configurations

- Handle large datasets efficiently with a focus on performance, reliability, and resource constraints

Architecture & Technical Design :

- Own and evolve the Android application architecture with a long term, platform mindset

- Evaluate tradeoffs between OS limitations, user permissions, privacy constraints, and business needs

- Design solutions that are resilient to Android OS changes, OEM customizations, and security controls

- Collaborate with backend and platform teams to define clean, stable interfaces and contracts

Research & Development (R&D) :

- Perform hands on R&D to explore :

1. Android OS internals and behavior

2. Permission models and access boundaries

3. OEM specific constraints and edge cases

- Prototype and validate approaches before production implementation

- Stay current with Android platform changes and assess their impact proactively

Debugging, Troubleshooting & Observability :

- Diagnose complex production issues involving :

1. Device-specific behavior

2. OS version fragmentation

3. Performance degradation or data inconsistencies

- Instrument the application with logging, metrics, and traces

- Integrate and leverage Datadog for :

1. Runtime diagnostics

2. Error tracking

3. Performance monitoring

- Participate in root cause analysis and post incident remediation

Business & Compliance Awareness :

- Understand how technical decisions impact :

1. Legal defensibility

2. Chain of custody requirements

3. Client trust and regulatory obligations

- Translate business objectives into practical technical implementations

- Proactively raise risks, constraints, or alternative approaches when necessary

Required Qualifications :

- 7+ years of professional Android development experience

- Expert level proficiency in Kotlin

- Deep understanding of Android OS internals, permissions, storage, and background execution

- Proven experience debugging complex, real-world Android issues across diverse devices

- Experience integrating logging, monitoring, and observability tools (e.g., Datadog)

- Strong architectural reasoning skills and ability to design systems beyond immediate requirements

- Ability to work independently with minimal direction in complex problem spaces

Preferred / Differentiating Experience :

- Experience with data extraction, forensics, compliance, or eDiscovery adjacent domains

- Familiarity with secure data handling, encryption, and audit logging

- Experience dealing with OEM-specific Android behaviors (Samsung, Pixel, etc.)

- Exposure to reverse engineering, undocumented APIs, or creative problem solving within OS constraints

- Prior ownership of a production Android application used in high risk or regulated environments

What Success Looks Like :

- You proactively identify and solve problems before they become blockers

- You propose architectural improvements grounded in real-world constraints

- You can explain why a solution works, not just how it was implemented

- You operate comfortably at the intersection of engineering, business, and compliance

- You raise the technical bar for the entire Android platform at ModeOne

Final Note :

We recognize that this role describes a rare and highly capable engineer. This is intentional. We are seeking someone who thrives in complex, high impact environments and wants to build something that must work correctly every time.