Lead Android and API - Walgreens

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Deerfield, IL - onsite 3x per week
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Lead Android and API
Summary:
Serves as a technical lead across Android and backend API development, driving the design and architecture of the mobile platform and its supporting Spring Boot services. Leads the development of scalable Android applications, especially for Zebra barcode scanning use cases, and architects complex, enterprise-ready REST APIs. This role requires deep technical expertise in Android system architecture, SSO (via Ping), and performance monitoring using Dynatrace, Kibana, and Adobe Analytics. Manages Android OS upgrades, coordinates MDM-based rollouts, and designs platform integrations with SAP, Apigee, and Azure Cloud. Mentors engineers, influences strategic decisions, and is a key contributor to the mobile-first enterprise roadmap.


Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement scalable solutions across Android apps and Spring Boot APIs.
• Design Android systems with barcode scanning, offline support, and high resilience on Zebra devices.
• Lead the development of RESTful Spring Boot services that integrate with SAP, Apigee, and Azure.
• Own the push notification architecture and messaging reliability across diverse app use cases.
• Guide Android OS upgrade planning and coordinate chain-wide MDM deployments.
• Lead technical incident investigations using telemetry from Dynatrace, Kibana, and Adobe Analytics.
• Review API and Android codebases for performance, architecture, and best practices.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to align mobile API strategy with Azure load balancers and Apigee gateway policies.
• Drive documentation efforts: system diagrams, sequence flows, integration specs.
• Mentor developers in best practices across mobile and backend domains.
• Influence the technical direction of mobile CI/CD pipelines and mobile security standards.

Required Technical Skills:

• Expert in Android development (Kotlin, Java), Jetpack, custom views, memory management.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture (MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture).
• Deep experience developing Spring Boot APIs, including security, versioning, and performance optimization.
• Advanced knowledge of push notification systems (FCM, backoff strategies, queues).
• Experience leading Android OS upgrade cycles in enterprise or MDM-controlled environments.
• Proven skills in SQLite usage and syncing patterns, as well as backend schema versioning.
• High proficiency with Dynatrace, Kibana, Adobe Analytics for diagnostics and insights.
• Experience with Ping Identity, Apigee proxy design, and Azure App Gateway.
• Integration experience with SAP services (OData, BAPI, RFC).
• Strong diagramming and documentation ability (UML, sequence diagrams, architecture flows).
• Demonstrated expertise with Zebra devices, barcode libraries, and rugged device tuning.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Deep knowledge of enterprise security patterns for mobile/backend.
• Certifications in Android, Spring, Azure, or enterprise architecture.
• Experience contributing to Android libraries or open-source backend frameworks.
• Familiarity with hybrid cloud (AWS/GCP) or Kubernetes.

Education/Background:

• BS/MS Computer Science or Engineering
• 5+ years of senior-level Android and API development experience.

What Will Stand Out:

• Leadership in launching cross-platform enterprise Android apps and backend services.
• Case studies showing measurable performance improvements using monitoring tools.
• Experience scaling Android APIs using Spring Boot + Azure + Apigee.
• Documentation or thought leadership in MDM deployment strategies or SAP integrations.
• Demonstrable ownership of barcode-intensive Zebra deployments and Android OS lifecycle strategies.

Contributions to mobile architecture best practices or tech blogs/publications