Android (Native) Lead | Founding Engineer

🔧 About the Role

Lead Android Developer

No code reviews. No overhead. Just build. You are the Founding Engineer here.

🧱 About Zobaze POS

Zobaze POS is a business-critical Android app built for shopkeepers, food outlets, and wholesale merchants to run their day-to-day operations. It covers everything from billing to inventory, staff, and business reports all optimized for low-end devices and real-world use.

• Modular, production-ready codebase
• Covers multiple business domains
• Used daily by 1,00,000s of merchants across India and beyond

The Product | Get to know About Us a bit | Our Social presence

🎯 What you'll own

• Full delivery lifecycle: Design → Build → Ship → Fix
• All Android architecture and system decisions
• App performance, offline capabilities, memory optimization
• Build config, release process, crash analysis, stability
• Manage Play Store releases, versioning, and staged rollouts (can be taught if new)
• Work closely with product, backend, and design to deliver integrated experiences
• Partner with QA to ensure feature readiness, reproduce edge-case issues, and maintain production quality
• Long-term platform improvements and modernization
• Build your Dev. Team (Identify/ Train/ Coach junior devs)

⚡ What You’ll Help Build (Present + Future)

• Clean architecture using MVVM, DI (Hilt), modular separation
• Offline-first and real-time sync layers
• Future evolution:

• Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)

  transition

• Jetpack Compose

  adoption where relevant

• AI-assisted development

  using tools like Cursor, Windsurf, Claude CLI (Not experienced with AI tools yet? If you're open to learning, we’ll up skill you and help you build 2x faster)

🧠 Your Stack (Must-Have Skills)

• 8+ years Android dev experience (Kotlin primary, Java interop okay)
• Deep MVVM and multi-module architecture experience
• Dependency Injection (Hilt or Dagger2)
• Firebase tools (Firestore, Functions, Auth, Messaging, Analytics)
• Comfortable working solo with full delivery ownership
• Git + modern dev workflows

🌟 Bonus (Nice to Have)

• POS, retail, or operational business logic experience
• Experience with Compose
• Printer or hardware integration (Bluetooth, barcode, cash drawer)
• Familiarity with analytics SDKs (Amplitude, Intercom, etc.)
• Any AI tooling experience: Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, etc.
• Basic testing knowledge (JUnit, Espresso) advanced not mandatory as QA team exists
• Exposure to CI/CD, Play Store ops, or performance tooling (good to have but not required)
• Experience with observability tools like Crashlytics, LeakCanary, StrictMode

🧭 Success in This Role Looks Like:

Area Goal

Crash Rate < 0.5%

ARN (App Not Responding) Rate < 0.5%

Offline Coverage 100% for critical flows

Feature Throughput Rapid & reliable

Platform Modernization In motion within 90 days

Team Collaboration Clear ownership + async alignment

🚀 Why Join Us

• Zero red tape

  : Build, ship, fix. No approvals required.

• Real-world impact

  : What you build runs businesses daily

• Founder-proximate

  : Align directly with strategy, skip hierarchy

• AI-native thinking

  : Modernize your dev flow with top tools

• Based in Hyderabad

  : Core team is local move fast, stay close to the problem

• Opportunity to mentor

  : High performing team

💰Compensation

• Competitive salary based on capability and accountability
• ESOPs available for long-term builders
• Learning budgets, hardware, AI tooling access, Office Perks
• No fluff, just real upside

✅ You’re a Fit If:

• You’re done with layers and want to build with autonomy
• You’ve built or scaled deep Android systems
• You care about quality, speed, and real-world relevance
• You want to use AI to move faster or learn how
• You’re based in

  Hyderabad

  (or ready to relocate fast)