Senior Mobile Application Developer

Senior Mobile Application Developer (Android)

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What FGF Offers:

• FGF believes in Home Grown Talent, accelerated career growth with leadership training.  Unleashing Your Potential 
• Competitive Compensation, Health Benefits, & a generous flexible medical / Health spending account
• RRSP matching program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Discount program that covers almost everything under the sun - Restaurants, gyms, shopping etc.

Summary:

As a key member of our mobile engineering team, you will:

• Collaborate with the Business and Product teams to design, architect, and ship impactful features that improve operational efficiency.
• Implement polished, user-friendly interfaces in close partnership with our design team.
• Continuously improve our codebase through refactoring and by applying modern design and architectural patterns.
• Engage in thoughtful technical collaboration, discussion, and code reviews with other engineers.
• Work closely with QA to enhance automation, testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code generation, smart refactoring, bug analysis, and test generation) to accelerate feature delivery, reduce technical debt, and maintain code quality.
• Stay up to date with the latest advances in Android, Kotlin Multiplatform, Jetpack Compose, and AI-driven development workflows.
• Perform other duties as required.

What You Bring:

• 5+ years of commercial native Android development experience.
• 4+ years of experience with Kotlin (our apps are 100% Kotlin).
• Proven experience writing and maintaining unit tests (JUnit, Mockito).
• Skilled in developing pixel-perfect UI and creating custom UI components for rich, interactive experiences.
• Hands-on experience with Jetpack Components and Compose.
• Proficiency with dependency injection frameworks (Hilt, Koin, or Dagger).
• Strong grasp of modern software architecture principles (MVVM, Clean Architecture, Unidirectional Flow).
• Experience integrating APIs and back-end services (Retrofit, OkHttp).
• Practical experience working with Firebase Firestore and related services.
• Highly proficient in profiling, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• A demonstrated ability to deliver clean, organized, testable, and scalable code.
• Experience working with Git and collaborative workflows.
• Strong foundation in object-oriented design, software development principles, and design patterns.
• Solid understanding of coroutines and concurrency best practices.
• Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Cursor.AI, Claude.AI ) to:
  • Accelerate feature delivery and reduce repetitive coding tasks.
  • Improve bug detection and resolution workflows.
  • Generate maintainable boilerplate and test cases.
  • Support scalable, maintainable, and reusable Android codebases.
• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and/or Compose Multiplatform (CMP) is a strong plus.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Desired Skills 

• AndroidX, Android Architecture Components, Kotlin Coroutines
• Jetpack Compose
• Dependency Injection (Hilt, Koin)
• Unit Testing (JUnit, Mockito, Robolectric)
• MVVM, Clean Architecture
• Retrofit2, OkHttp
• Firebase Firestore
• Git and CI/CD workflows
• Familiarity with AI-driven developer tools and best practices

What is the recipe for a great career at FGF?Working at FGF Brands, there is never a dull moment As a successful company that is continually growing there is always challenging yet rewarding work to be a part of. We have an entrepreneurial spirit which encourages all our team members to use their own creativity and out of the box thinking to come up with solutions and new ideas.

In compliance with Ontario's Bill 190, we confirm that this posting represents a current, existing vacancy within our organization.

Disclaimer: The above describes the general responsibilities, required knowledge and skills.  Please keep in mind that other duties may be added or this description may be amended at any time.