Full Time Android Framework Developer Jobs in Toronto, ON

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Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an full time opportunity for an Tech Lead role. This role is based out of our office in Mississauga, ON.
**Role Overview**
We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Tech Lead u2013 React Native to join our Mobile Applications team. In this senior leadership role, you will guide and mentor a team of mobile application developers while driving the technical vision, architecture, and delivery of Sobeys'' mobile applications at scale.
You will be the technical authority on our mobile platform u2013 setting engineering standards, making key architectural decisions, removing blockers for your team, and partnering with business and technology leadership to shape the mobile roadmap. This is a hands-on leadership role: you will remain close to the code while elevating the entire team around you.
**Key Responsibilities**
**Technical Leadership & Architecture**
Define and own the mobile technical architecture strategy across React Native, iOS (Swift/Kotlin), and Android platforms.
Make critical architectural decisions that balance velocity, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and design patterns across the team.
Lead technical design reviews and drive adoption of emerging mobile technologies and frameworks.
Solid experience with RESTful API integration, Firebase, and Google Cloud Platform.
Oversee CI/CD pipeline health, release engineering processes, and platform-level quality gates.
**Team Leadership & Mentorship**
Lead, coach, and mentor a team of mobile apps developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous growth.
Conduct regular code reviews, providing constructive feedback that elevates code quality and team capability.
Support hiring and onboarding of mobile engineering talent; help define the technical bar for the team.
Champion collective code ownership, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing practices.
Identify skill gaps within the team and create development plans and learning opportunities.
**Delivery & Product Partnership**
Partner with Product Managers and UX designers to shape the mobile application roadmap, ensuring technical feasibility and strategic alignment.
Own technical backlog grooming and sprint planning, translating product goals into well-scoped engineering work.
Drive end-to-end delivery of major features and initiatives across Sobeys'' mobile applications and solutions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (backend, QA, DevOps, data) to ensure seamless integration and delivery.
Lead incident resolution for high-severity production issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing lasting fixes.
Engage with vendor engineers in technical discussions and collaborative code reviews to drive quality enhancements.
**Innovation & Continuous Improvement**
Continuously evaluate the mobile technology landscape and introduce improvements to tooling, frameworks, and development practices.
Drive a culture of code refactoring and technical debt reduction across the mobile codebase.
Lead efforts to expand automated testing, monitoring, and observability of mobile applications.
Contribute to strategic initiatives and present technical recommendations to engineering leadership.
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**Requirements**
8+ years of professional software development experience, with a demonstrated track record in production-grade mobile applications.
5+ years of hands-on experience in React Native, Kotlin, and Swift.
2+ years in a technical lead, staff engineer, or senior architect role, with direct mentorship of senior developers.
Deep expertise in mobile app architecture patterns (MVC, MVP, MVVM, Clean Architecture) and the tradeoffs between them.
Proven ability to design scalable, performant, and maintainable mobile systems across iOS and Android.
Strong command of SDLC principles, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and backlog management.
Expert-level knowledge of mobile development tooling: Gradle, Git, Gerrit, Gitflow workflow, and CI/CD pipelines.
Proficiency in RxJava, Coroutines, Flow, and concurrency patterns for multithreaded mobile applications.
Solid experience with RESTful API integration, Firebase, and Google Cloud Platform.
Demonstrated leadership skills: ability to inspire, guide, and hold accountable a team of senior engineers.
Excellent communication skills u2013 able to articulate complex technical concepts to both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience engaging with vendor engineering teams in technical reviews and collaborative development.
Passion for consumer product development with a strong eye for quality, design, and user experience.
**Who we are:**
We started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better u2013 great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is fuelled by our purpose and values. It shapes our culture and drives business success. As a family nurturing families, we embed DE&I into everything we do. We know that it takes open minds and respect for distinct perspectives to create engaging workplaces, inclusive customer experiences and strong community partnerships. We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.
**What we offer:**
Our Total Rewards package is designed to help our teammates thriveu2014physically, financially, and emotionally. While offerings vary by role and employment types; eligible teammates may receive:
Comprehensive Benefits Package with health and dental coverage, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
Access to Virtual Health Care and an Employee and Family Assistance Program for personalized support.
Retirement and Savings Plan to help you build financial security.
10% In-Store Discount at participating banners, plus additional discount programs.
Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP), giving you the opportunity to invest in the companyu2019s success.
Learning and Development Resources to support your career growth.
Parental Leave Top-Up to assist growing families.
Paid Vacation and Days Off to help you recharge.
Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth.
To learn more about this opportunityu2014including expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required u2014please click the u201cIu2019m interestedu201d button above.
Individual Compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.
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To drive our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week.
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support efficiencies in the candidate screening, assessment, and recruitment processes. These AI tools do not make hiring decisions on behalf of the Company, these decisions are made by our Hiring Teams.
If you feel that this describes the kind of work you want to do and you are excited about what Sobeys has to offer, then please apply by the posting end date indicated above. We encourage candidates to submit a resume and take the time to ensure that their application highlights what makes them uniquely qualified for this opportunity!
Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process.
Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.
**Job Details**
**Job Family**
Information Technology
**Job Function**
Information Technology - Solution Design & Delivery
**Pay Type**
Salary
**Hiring Min Rate**
73,334 CAD
**Hiring Max Rate**
100,834 CAD