Staff Engineer, Mobile Applications (Android)

The role

You will design and develop features for Android applications with a focus on scalability, performance, and usability. You will drive technical initiatives spanning mobile, embedded, and cloud systems while mentoring other engineers.

What you will do

• Design and develop features across Android applications
• Take ownership of medium to large initiatives end to end
• Own feature quality including hands-on testing and automated test coverage
• Apply engineering judgement to solve complex problems
• Lead architectural discussions and shape technical direction
• Improve best practices including code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps workflows
• Mentor and support engineers across the team
• Set clear objectives and deliver measurable results

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of Android development
• Strong Kotlin and Java experience
• Technical leadership on cross-functional projects or initiatives
• Strong knowledge of Android OS architecture, platform services, and system-level integrations
• Solid design, architectural, and analytical problem-solving skills
• Experience building scalable, testable, reusable applications
• Proficiency in Material Design and building modern, responsive, user-centric UIs
• Strong proficiency working with AI-augmented development workflows
• Strong experience designing, maintaining, and improving DevOps pipelines and tools
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Node.js, JavaScript, Python, and/or cross-platform frameworks (React Native, Flutter)
• Ability to build and maintain Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) layers
• Experience with IoT systems or integrations involving Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or networking hardware
• Experience working across mobile, embedded, and cloud systems
• Experience developing clients for APIs and microservices
• Experience with subscription-based product models
• Experience across both iOS and Android
• Strong communicator
• Experience improving developer productivity through build optimisation, observability, release governance, or pipeline security

Before you apply

• Eligibility to live and work in Ireland is required
• Unable to offer visa sponsorship or relocation support

About the company

NETGEAR is on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions. They are a performance-driven team committed to delivering world-class networking products.