Engineering Leader (mobile stream), N-iX, RO

We are looking for a Engineering Leader (mobile stream) to join our team.

Project Description:
Our client is working on a premium digital notebook. The device can store notes, record voice, convert handwriting into digital text, and includes additional advanced features. The core solution is an Android-based application for the device. The project leverages the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), which differs significantly from standard Android development. That’s why we need an expert with AOSP knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Drive end-to-end ownership of the software development lifecycle
• Design and implement solutions ranging from critical maintenance work to new feature development based on UAT feedback and business priorities
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation including architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and decision logs to ensure knowledge retention
• Build quality-first mindset by integrating QA practices throughout maintenance workflow to maintain system stability and reliability
• Lead and mentor the team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for the client, ensuring clear communication, effective expectation management, and alignment on both business and technical goals
• Сombine hands-on technical work with leadership duties, ensuring effective technical decision-making
• Ensure implementation of engineering best practices
• Collaborate closely with product stakeholders to transform business requirements into robust and secure technical solutions
• Ensure system health and performance monitoring using modern observability tools (Grafana, GrayLog, etc.) and ensure proactive issue resolution
• Promote a product-oriented mindset within the team, focusing on delivering customer value and business impact
• Manage team performance, facilitate Agile ceremonies, and ensure timely delivery of project milestones

Requirements:

• 10+ years of software development experience
• Experience in leading development teams, monitoring, and verifying SDLC metrics.
• Extensive experience working with mobile technologies – Android Open Source Project
• A big plus: 3+ years of full-stack development experience with Node.js, or proficiency in another backend programming language
• Strong leadership skills
• Wide experience working with different architectural frameworks and notations
• Understanding and experience in developing and deploying microservices
• Experience developing REST interfaces, OpenApi
• OOP, OOD, DDD, Design Patterns proficient
• Working knowledge of relational databases, NoSQL technologies
• Experience with different cloud service providers – preferably AWS
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes
• Familiar with various monitoring tools like GrayLog, Grafana
• Working experience in an Agile environment, a clear understanding of Agile methodologies and mindset, and development practices applicable to them
• Upper-Intermediate/Advanced English level

Nice to have:

• Working with security aspects of business functionality, cross-cutting approaches to secure and limit public access
• Experience leading knowledge transfer initiatives between different teams
• Experience with web frontend development

Product-oriented mindset is a must, excellent communication, organizational, and facilitation skills, focus on team results, leadership qualities, and resilience.