Employment: Full-time via MLabs

Engagement: Contracted to a UAE-based enterprise client

Location: Remote (Eastern Europe / MENA / India preferred)

MLabs is hiring Senior and Lead Android Engineers to support a large-scale financial technology program for a UAE-based enterprise client. You will be responsible for building secure, high-performance Android applications used in a regulated financial environment. The role requires strong expertise in Kotlin, modern Android development practices, and scalable mobile architecture. Lead-level candidates will contribute to architectural decisions, drive Android best practices, and mentor distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Android applications using Kotlin
• Implement clean, testable, and maintainable mobile architecture
• Integrate applications with secure backend APIs and enterprise services
• Optimize application performance, responsiveness, and reliability
• Collaborate with backend, blockchain, and product teams
• Participate in code reviews and enforce engineering standards
• Lead Engineers: provide technical leadership, mentor developers, and contribute to architectural strategy

Requirements

• 5+ years (Senior) / 8+ years (Lead) Android development experience
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin
• Experience with modern Android development (Jetpack, Compose preferred)
• Strong understanding of MVVM or Clean Architecture
• Experience integrating REST APIs
• Experience with performance optimization and debugging
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines

Preferred

• Experience in fintech, banking, or regulated environments
• Experience with secure authentication and encrypted data handling
• Experience working in distributed remote teams
• Exposure to blockchain-integrated mobile applications

Benefits

• Competitive international compensation
• Remote-first work model
• Long-term engagement on an enterprise fintech platform
• Opportunity to work with modern financial and blockchain systems
• Career growth within a global engineering network