Staff Engineer Android

Job Title: Staff Engineer Android

Who We Are

We're Locus. We move the world's goods.

Our algorithms have optimized over 1 billion deliveries. We're the enterprise TMS trusted by IKEA, Unilever, UPS and some of the largest supply chains on the planet. Backed by Ingka Group (IKEA's parent), we're building a composable, multi-modal transportation management system that's redefining logistics technology.

We're hiring builders who build for other builders.

What You'll Do

You own the mobile platform end to end. Architecture to app store. Here's what that looks like day to day:

• Own one or more core mobile systems end-to-end - reliability, performance, and user experience. Not just the features. The whole platform.

• Lead the design and architecture of scalable mobile systems, shared frameworks, and platform libraries aligned with Locus's technical strategy across Android and iOS.

• Drive mobile operational excellence - define roadmaps for app reliability, crash-free rates, observability, and performance improvements that matter in the field.

• Architect and optimize for the hardest mobile constraints: low-end Android devices, unreliable networks, offline-first workflows, and real-time location demands - all at enterprise scale.

• Build and own the mobile platform layer: shared architecture patterns, design systems, native SDKs, and tooling that other mobile engineers build on top of.

• Work closely with teams across Biological and Digital Product, Backend, Data, and Infrastructure to translate complex B2B workflows into mobile experiences that field operators can rely on.

• Mentor and guide mobile engineers, fostering a culture of technical ownership, craft, and continuous learning.

• Establish and uphold mobile engineering standards - architecture reviews, code quality, release hygiene, and best practices across both platforms.

• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging mobile technologies, platform capabilities, and patterns to strengthen Locus's mobile foundation.

• Contribute to hiring - identify and attract engineers who build things that hold up in the real world.

What You Bring

Must-Haves

• Strong CS fundamentals - data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and mobile-specific problem-solving.

• 8+ years of experience in mobile development with deep, hands-on expertise in native Android

• Proven experience in architecting and shipping production-grade mobile applications used by tens of thousands of users.

• Mastery of offline-first architecture - local persistence strategies, conflict resolution, sync protocols, and graceful degradation under poor connectivity.

• Deep understanding of mobile performance optimization - memory management, rendering efficiency, battery consumption, and performance on low-end and mid-range devices.

• Hands-on experience with real-time location, maps, and geospatial data on mobile - including background processing, GPS accuracy tradeoffs, and battery-aware design.

• Solid understanding of mobile concurrency, threading models, and async processing patterns on both platforms.

• Strong sense of code quality, platform idioms, and long-term maintainability across two native codebases.

• Excellent communication skills - able to articulate mobile architecture decisions clearly to backend engineers, product managers, and non-technical stakeholders alike.

• Self-driven, curious, and adaptable - sees a broken experience in the field and can't let it go unfixed.

Strong Signals - We Actively Look for These

Degrees don't tell us much. These do:

• You've shipped a mobile platform that held up under real-world scale - and you know exactly what broke, where, and why.

• You've solved something genuinely hard on mobile: sync under flaky networks, maps at scale, smooth UI on a ₹8,000 Android phone.

• You've built something on your own time - open source, a side project, an internal tool other engineers actually use.

• You've contributed meaningfully to a top open-source mobile project.

• You've written technical content others reference, or spoken at a conference on mobile engineering.

• You've competed in or completed something grueling - ultra-marathon, Ironman, competitive programming, hackathon wins.

The stack

Android:Jetpack Compose, XML layouts, Koin, Dagger2, Ktor, Retrofit, Auth0, Room DB, Couchbase, Coroutines, RxJava, SDUI, location services, background jobs

iOS:SwiftUI, UIKit, Moya, URLSession, Auth0, Core Data, Couchbase, Swift Concurrency, Swift Combine, SDUI, location services, background jobs

Why Locus is different:

This isn't a perks list. It's a contract between Locus and people who build.

01.Inference Compute Budget- For Builders Who Ship: Every engineer gets $5,000/year in AI/LLM inference credits, The budget is the baseline, you need more we have it for you!

02.Patent Premium- Your Name on It. Permanently: File a patent at Locus, your name stays on it for Eternity, Check our Patents and patents holders

03.Lifetime Royalty Program- Build the Builders: Build an internal tool that automates a process or makes us more efficient Locus pays you a royalty, not just while you're here, but even after you leave.

04.Excellence Beyond CodeIronman, ultra-marathon, national-level sport, FIDE 2000+, we see these as signals of craft, grit, and finishing. They matter to us.

05.Open Source BountyActive contributor to a top-1000 GitHub repo Joining bonus. Active maintainers get dedicated 20% time to keep contributing.

06.Conference SpeakerFund Accepted to speak at a global conference We cover travel, registration, and stay. No questions asked.

07.1 Billion Deliveries on Your Resume:You can truthfully say: My code optimized 1B+ deliveries across 30+ countries. We verify it.

08.Alumni Network That Doesn't Forget You:Leaving Locus You still get a reduced compute budget ($1K/yr), alumni summit access, referral bonuses, and a fast-track to re-hire.