Mobile App Developer and Tech Lead – Android/Kotlin/Kotlin Multi-platform

Stellantis • Auburn Hills, MI

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About The Position

The Stellantis mobile application for connected cars enables users to interact with their vehicles through remote control, real-time monitoring, navigation, personalized insights, and integrations. The Mobile App Developer and Technical Leader develops Android applications for connected vehicles, contributes to requirements and architectural decisions, and optimizes code for performance, stability, and maintainability.

The role works with cross-functional, cross-geographical application and UI engineering teams, as well as QA and Validation teams. It includes leading application architecture and algorithm design, modeling end-to-end transactions across a distributed component-based ecosystem, integrating the mobile app with connected vehicle platforms, and following security policies and industry best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in Android mobile app development, with a strong portfolio of released applications.
• Experience with Android SDK, Android Studio, and modern Android architecture components such as Clean Architecture, MVVM, LiveData, and Jetpack libraries.
• Excellent proficiency in Kotlin for Android and Kotlin Multi-platform.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, TeamCity, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience integrating mobile apps with cloud services and external RESTful APIs or SDKs.
• Experience designing distributed component-based asynchronous transaction models.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team.
• Experience leading a team and mentoring developers.
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies and experience working in a Scrum or Kanban team.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug and resolve issues efficiently.
• Ability to travel internationally.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing for multi-language support and global distribution.
• Experience with IoT applications.
• Passion for connected vehicle technologies and the automotive industry.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop connected-vehicle mobile applications, applying user interface and user experience design principles.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend developers to gather requirements and define app features and functionality.
• Lead application architecture and algorithm design activities, model end-to-end transactions across the distributed component-based ecosystem, and prepare supporting documentation.
• Develop clean, maintainable, efficient code and ensure application performance and reliability while working in agile processes such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Integrate the Stellantis mobile app with connected vehicle platforms using APIs and SDKs.
• Conduct automated testing and debugging to identify and resolve issues and bugs.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in mobile app development and connected vehicles.
• Collaborate with QA to support testing and quality assurance.
• Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and battery efficiency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior