Senior / Lead Consultant - Native Android Mobile Developer (Contractor)

If your client gave you free-range to pick your tech stack, what would you do with it? What would you do if you had a new challenge every day? How would you feel if you could impact people's lives through tech?

Established over 20 years ago, we are a growing Melbourne-based Software Consultancy with a core focus of delivering business-critical digital products to our clients. Our teams work alongside our customers to dissect their complex problems and convert them into value-driven solutions, combining innovative principles in development, design, analysis and quality automation. We utilise Design Thinking and Agile practices to rapidly create customer and business first software, testing and embracing new technologies and trends along the way.

Our Consultants become trusted advisors to our clients, working alongside other client stakeholders to ensure delivery and technical excellence. As a Fabric Consultant, you will lead by example and work hands-on alongside your teammates on delivery - as well as providing high-level guidance and advice to our customers.

Your key responsibilities as a Senior / Lead Consultant - Native Android Mobile Developer at Fabric:

• Work under autonomy with a self-driven attitude to own problems and deliver solutions

• Understand the complex business and technical problems, learn quickly, understand tradeoffs and communicate a solution

• Capability to research alternative solutions and propose them within given constraints

• Apply different languages and technologies to your projects while coding side by side with other developers on your team

• Implementing continuous delivery practices to accelerate the delivery of new valuable functionality to its intended users

• Applying test-driven development practices to ensure high quality of the software, and reduce future effort and cost on implementing changes to the product

• Contribute to establishing and growing the organisation’s mobile development team, including shaping processes, best practices, and technical standards.

• Mentoring and coaching less experienced mobile engineers in Fabric family and in our clients’ tech teams, hosting tech meetups and our community events to share your expertise with others

• Advising our clients on the right technical decisions and advocating for the right practices to use

• Being an ambassador for Fabric, promoting our values and the practices we use to make sure we build the software right

• Participate in interviewing and recruitment based on business needs

• Generate thought leadership content relevant to your role to support our marketing department in social media activities and meetups

• Write maintainable, efficient, and scalable code, rigorously adhering to Android coding standards and best practice

• Optimize existing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies

• Take full ownership of assigned projects or components, proactively identifying areas for improvement and leading technical discussions to enhance solutions

• Provide guidance to junior engineers, sharing expertise to foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment

• Participate actively in architectural and design decisions, demonstrating a strong grasp of software design principles and scalability

• Seek out growth opportunities to deepen technical expertise and keep the team informed of emerging best practices

The skills you would need to be a Senior / Lead Consultant - Native Andorid Mobile Developer:

7+ years of hands-on experience in Mobile Software Engineering, focusing on scalable architecture and development
Proficiency in developing for the Android Platform and frameworks relevant to the role
Experience in the complete Android Development lifecycle, from design, testing, signing, releasing, fixing and beyond
Understanding of Android’s design principles and interface guidelines
Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guiding teams.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to tackle complex technical challenges.
Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
Strong ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Your key benefits of being a part of the Fabric team:

• A variety of business domains to dive into including retail, finance, construction and logistics

• Creating innovative custom products to solve complex problems that existing solutions just can’t

• Collaborating with a team of top notch professionals who are obsessed with value, latest tech and the right way to build a digital product

• Ability to switch projects every 6-12 months to keep you challenged, excited and growing

• Strong support network from the delivery community of practice, leadership and our tech teams to help you address any client challenges you may face

• Very diverse and inclusive environment where people value feedback, connections and collaboration in a workspace

• Great office in CBD with all the amenities (yet you’re welcome to work remotely on most days!), fun team events, lunches and celebrations

Equal Opportunity & Inclusion
We are committed to providing a workplace that is fair, inclusive, and respectful. Employment decisions are made based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without discrimination on the basis of gender, age, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, or any other status protected under applicable local laws. We support reasonable workplace accommodations and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.