Description :

Were hiring a Principal Android Engineer to be the mini-CTO for Android at Zobaze POS. Youll own the architecture, shared business logic, Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) layer, and technical health of a mobile-first POS app used by hundreds of thousands of merchants globally.

Youll work with the founder for business direction - but system design, trade-offs, and technical decisions are yours. Your job : keep us fast and sane while protecting the platform from shortcuts and leading high-impact refactors.

- Zobaze POS is business-critical software used daily by retailers and food outlets for billing, inventory, staff management, and reporting - optimized for low-end devices, flaky networks, and real-world chaos.

What Youll Own :

- Android architecture end-to-end : Modules, patterns, KMP integration, state management, threading, error handling

- KMP strategy : Lead shared code architecture for cross-platform business logic; decide migration paths and avoid technical debt

- System design for harsh conditions : Offline-first, multi-device sync, graceful degradation under poor networks and low-spec hardware

- Full delivery lifecycle : Design - Build - Ship - Debug - Refactor key initiatives

- Refactors & modernization : Lead V1 - V2 rebuilds, module splits, and major migrations without breaking production

- Code detective & RCA owner : Drop into any codebase section, understand it fast, fix whats broken, prevent recurrence

- Mentorship : Guide junior/mid-level developers and raise the teams technical bar

Must-Have Skills :

- 6 - 8 years Android dev (4+ years in fast-moving product companies, startups preferred)

- Strong in Kotlin, modern Android APIs, multi-module architectures

- 1- 2 years Jetpack Compose in production (not toy projects)

- Large-scale refactor experience : V1- V2, architecture rewrites, migrations - you handled risk and rollout

- Deep knowledge : MVVM, clean architecture, DI (Hilt/Dagger2), offline handling, sync strategies, coroutines, performance tuning

- Firebase comfort : Firestore, Functions, Auth, Messaging, Analytics, Crashlytics

- Elite debugging : Track down flaky production issues and design systemic fixes

- Code-reading detective : Navigate unfamiliar code and make safe, surgical changes

- Ownership mentality : High-expectation, low-handholding environment

Bonus Points :

- POS/retail/operational systems experience

- Hands-on KMP in production (not toy projects)

- Hardware integrations (Bluetooth printers, scanners, cash drawers)

- Analytics tools (Amplitude, Intercom)

- Leading technical decisions in small, high-performance team

How You Use AI :

- Proficient with Cursor, Copilot, Claude CLI, etc.

- Use AI as a high-context pair programmer for boilerplate, edge cases, refactor reasoning

- You dont rely on AI to think for you - architectural understanding and judgment are yours

- Over-reliance without deep understanding is a red flag

Why Join :

- Zero red tape : Build, ship, iterate - no committees

- Real impact : Your decisions affect thousands of small businesses daily

- Founder proximity : Influence product direction, protect the platform long-term

- AI-native team : Tooling and workflows that amplify great engineers

- High bar, supportive culture : Compete against mediocre software, not each other

Compensation :

- Competitive salary based on capability and leverage created

- ESOPs for long-term owners

- Learning budgets, hardware, AI tooling access

- Health insurance for you & family

- Office perks (lunch, Zobaze Mix, fitness, etc.)

Youre a Fit If :

- You see yourself as a mini-CTO for Android, not just an app developer

- Youve built and broken real systems, then fixed them properly

- You want autonomy with accountability

- You care equally about quality, speed, and customer outcomes

- Youre excited about KMP and architecture

- Youre based in Hyderabad (or ready to relocate)