Are you a passionate Android Lead? Do you want to work on a state-of-the-art application with modern design, architecture and tools in a truly agile environment?

Come join our growing, enthusiastic and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients, and we are hiring top talent to build our new iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices.

What it takes:

• Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, and testable code.

• Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand.

• Effective at laying out a technical vision for your product.

• Able to work with scrum masters and product owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt.

• Participate in system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications.

• Translate stories into design and code.  Develop well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests.

• Elevate code into the test, and production environments on schedule. Provide follow-up production support. Submit change control requests and documents.

• Follow Agile software development methodology.

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Experience with Native mobile application development

• Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Kotlin / Java)

• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding

• Understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modeling principles and best practices

• A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects

• Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, PMs, customers

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with latest Android SDK / Android Studio

• Dagger

• RXJava

• Retrofit / OKHttp

• Jetpack Compose

• MVVM

• Git

• Coroutines

• Hilt

• Espresso

Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred or relevant experience

• 8+ years of software development experience

• 5+ years as a mobile developer

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.