engineering
Posted 2 days agoLead Android Engineer
at Bankjoy
CanadaRemote
Responsibilities
- WHAT YOU'LL DO Technical Leadership & Architecture - Own the Android technical roadmap — architectural decisions, technology choices, and long-term platform direction - Define and enforce Android engineering standards across the team including code quality, testing practices, and release readiness - Lead solution design for new features and major platform initiatives, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability - Drive adoption of modern Android development practices — Jetpack Compose, MVVM/Clean
Requirements
- Bankjoy provides modern digital banking products including mobile banking, online banking, online account opening, loan origination, and conversational AI.
- THE ROLE As Android Tech Lead at Bankjoy, you will own the technical direction, architecture, and delivery of our Android banking platform while leading a team of three Android engineers embedded across our digital banking value streams.
- You will write production code daily, drive architectural decisions, and ensure our Android product meets the reliability, security, and performance standards that financial institutions and their members depend on.
- You will work cross-functionally with Product Management, iOS, QA, and backend engineering to deliver a seamless, high-quality mobile banking experience.
- experience with deep Kotlin expertise - 2+ years in a tech lead or senior engineering leadership role managing direct reports - Strong proficiency in Jetpack Compose and modern Android UI development - Solid understanding of Android architecture patterns — MVVM, Clean Architecture, Repository pattern -
- Experience with coroutines, Flow, and reactive programming patterns - Proficiency with dependency injection frameworks — Hilt or Dagger -
- Experience with Android testing frameworks — JUnit, Espresso, Mockk - Familiarity with RESTful API integration and mobile networking patterns -
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for Android — GitHub Actions, Bitrise, or equivalent - Proficiency with version control workflows — Git, pull request reviews, branching strategies Domain & Leadership
- Experience - Demonstrated success leading Android development in a fintech, banking, or similarly regulated product environment - Proven ability to manage and develop engineers through 1:1s, code reviews, and performance feedback -
- Experience working in a value stream or squad-based engineering model — cross-functional collaboration with product, design, QA, and backend - Track record of delivering high-quality Android products on time in fast-moving startup environments - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills — able to diagnose root causes, assess architectural trade-offs, and make data-informed decisions Nice to Have -
- Experience with digital banking platforms — mobile banking, account opening, loan origination, or payment flows - Familiarity with credit union or community bank technology environments -
- Experience with mobile security implementation in regulated financial services - Exposure to AI-assisted development tools — Codex, Copilot, Cursor, or equivalent -
Experience
- requirements WHAT YOU BRING Technical Stack - 6+ years of Android development
Benefits
- Experience migrating Android UI from XML layouts to Jetpack Compose 🎁 WHAT YOU GET - A fast-paced and collaborative environment - Competitive compensation - Stock options at a well-funded startup - We cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for individuals on our base plan, with significant contributions toward all other plan options (USA).
- - We cover 100% of extended medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your family under our single, comprehensive plan (Canada).
- - Retirement plan with 4% company matching - 8 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents, 4 weeks for non-birthing - 3-5 weeks PTO depending on tenure - 5 health days - 15 holidays - End of year shutdown - Performance-based bonuses - Remote first culture ⚖️ EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT BANKJOY Bankjoy is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles.
Additional details
- 🌐 WHO WE ARE Bankjoy is a Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partner backed FinTech startup.
- We are changing the way community banks and credit unions do business, enabling them to become tech-driven and digital first.
- Our mission is to revolutionize banking tech infrastructure by leading digital transformation at financial institutions — big and small.
- responsibilities - Champion clean, testable, well-documented Kotlin code across the Android codebase Team Leadership & Development - Directly manage three Android engineers — conducting regular 1:1s, providing performance feedback, and supporting their technical growth - Foster a collaborative, high-trust team environment that emphasizes engineering excellence and continuous learning - Mentor engineers on Android best practices, fintech domain knowledge, and effective cross-functional collaboration -