Android Squad Lead

São Paulo-SP, Brazil or Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil

Who We Are

Welcome to TELUS Digital, where innovation meets impact. As an award-winning digital product consultancy, we're shaping the future of digital experiences through cutting-edge technology, agile thinking, and a culture that puts people first.

We are the global digital section of TELUS, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications providers. Our global teams deliver transformative digital solutions and customer experiences for industry leaders in consumer electronics, finance, telecommunications, and utilities. With robust multi-shore delivery capabilities, multi-language programs, and secure infrastructure, we ensure exceptional service backed by our multi-billion-dollar parent company.

Location and Flexibility

This is a hybrid role. This model requires the ability to work in a hybrid mode from one of our offices in São Paulo (2 times/ week or 8 days/ month) or Porto Alegre (3 times/ week or 12 days/ month). Our WFN culture is designed to foster in-person innovation, collaboration, and connection with team members local and visiting from other global offices.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Staff-Level Android Engineer, you will be at the forefront of our dynamic team, leading the design of applications, tools, and processes while ensuring value, clarity, and maintainability. Your role will involve expertly navigating and enhancing client tech stacks, executing large-scale refactors, and advocating for world-class engineering practices. You will be instrumental in driving teams to reduce change fail percentages, resolving conflicts, advocating for new practices, and tailoring your communication to diverse scenarios. Furthermore, you are expected to tackle psychological safety impediments and mentor team members, fostering a conducive work environment across the entire build cycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team and client in designing applications, tools, and processes, optimizing for value, clarity, and maintainability.
• Plan and drive execution of large-scale refactors across the software ecosystem, managing dependencies and minimizing risk.
• Use your strong understanding of the Android development lifecycle and ecosystem to help the team navigate non-trivial testing scenarios, such as video streaming, Bluetooth, and other peripherals, poor network conditions, etc.
• Champion the adoption and implementation of new practices for project teams and clients, while using IDE’s, version control like Git, and command line tools effectively.
• On-Call Support: This role includes periodic on-call duties to support our critical systems. Aligned with our commitment to work-life balance, we maintain a strict 10-hour daily work limit, even during on-call periods. Team members may be required to respond to issues outside of regular business hours on a rotational basis. Compensation for on-call duty is provided in accordance with Brazilian labor laws.

Qualifications

• Proven experience (10+ years) as an Android Engineer, with a track record of leading complex projects.
• Work experience (~1 year) with Jetpack.
• Expert knowledge in implementing world-class engineering practices.
• Deep understanding of client tech stacks and the ability to integrate and improve them over a series of projects.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute large-scale refactors across the software ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of the Android development Lifecycle and ecosystem including languages, frameworks, and libraries (Java, Kotlin, Room, Coroutines/Flow, RxJava, Dagger 2, Gradle, Fragments, OkHttp3, Retrofit or Volley).
• Comfort with IDE’s, version control systems such as Git, and command-line tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins, CircleCI, Azure, GitHub Actions) and experience setting up deployment pipelines.
• Experience in frequently using frameworks such as Espresso, JUnit, Mockito/Mockk to write automated tests for your code.
• Proven ability to recognize symptoms of various impediments to psychological safety and provide effective support.

Bonus Points

• Expertise in choosing and executing deployment strategies that minimize risk and maximize client ROI.
• Deep understanding and empathy for client hesitations around frequent releases, with proven strategies on how to overcome those hurdles.
• Proven ability to balance helping and teaching with the need to finish things.
• Demonstrated ability to work across a team to identify the level of support each team member needs in implementing different features.

Why TELUS Digital?

At TELUS Digital, you’ll work with world-class brands like FOX, HBO, PepsiCo, and Domino's, building transformative digital products that impact millions. Our global reach allows you to collaborate with diverse, international teams, solving complex problems and delivering tech-driven solutions that matter.

We thrive on engineering excellence, using the latest technologies in cloud computing, AI, machine learning, DevOps, microservices architecture, and data engineering. Our teams embrace Agile methodologies, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and a DevOps-first mindset to deliver solutions at scale.

In addition to being part of an international and innovative consultancy company, you will have:

• A Global Innovation Hub: Be part of an international consultancy at the forefront of technology
• Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy flexible hours and autonomy to balance your professional and personal life
• Cutting-Edge Tech Playground: Dive into the latest technologies and shape the future of digital solutions
• Prestigious Partnerships: Collaborate with world-renowned brands, making a real impact in the market
• Growth-Centric Environment: Thrive in our collaborative ecosystem with a clear career development path
• Global Exposure: Embrace optional international travel opportunities to broaden your horizons

Some of our benefits: 

• Health and dental plan
• Life insurance
• Monthly voucher for meals, culture, education, health and mobility
• Child care assistance and more!

Equality

At TELUS Digital, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to building an inclusive team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Therefore we provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability. 

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