Android Engineer (Team Lead)

Our Mission :

ButterflyMX is on a mission to empower people to open and manage doors & gates from a smartphone. Our products are installed in more than 20,000+ multifamily, commercial, gated communities, and student-housing properties worldwide, including properties developed, owned, and managed by the most trusted names in real estate. Our features are designed for developers, owners, property managers, and tenants and our products lower operating costs and improve tenant satisfaction.

Our Solution :

Developers and owners no longer need to run building wiring or install in-unit hardware. Property managers can grant building access, revoke permissions, and review entry logs from an online dashboard. Residents can open doors from their smartphones, issue visitor access, and see who is trying to enter the building.

Our Culture & Values :

Fantastic people are the key to our success. As a distributed, primarily remote workforce, we’re looking for more intelligent, passionate, collaborative, ai-forward, and down-to-earth individuals to join our growing team. We’re driven by a shared commitment to excellence and innovation, grounded in our core values : We delight our customers, We take ownership, We are a community of collaborators, We speak up, We think big and do small, and We are tenacious.

Role Overview :

ButterflyMX is looking for an Android Team Lead to join our innovative engineering team! This role is ideal for a technically strong, hands-on leader who can take ownership of complex Android projects while guiding and mentoring a team of engineers. The ideal candidate will not only architect high-quality solutions and deliver maintainable code but also bridge understanding between Android and iOS development, helping the team make informed decisions across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of the Android mobile application and SDK, ensuring reliability, stability, and high performance.
• Develop secure, scalable cloud-based features that facilitate real-time audio and video interactions, integrating them seamlessly with hardware for access control systems.
• Apply modern Android development patterns (e.g., MVVM, unidirectional data flow, Jetpack libraries) to improve code maintainability and team productivity.
• Refactor legacy codebases to improve scalability and maintainability with minimal disruption to ongoing development.
• Propose and integrate tools, frameworks, automations, and processes that enhance engineering efficiency and code quality.
• Collaborate with product management, UX, and cross-functional teams to provide engineering trade-offs and solutions to customer challenges.
• Participate in agile processes to deliver high-quality software iteratively.
• Read and understand Swift / iOS codebases, draw analogies between Android and iOS frameworks, and evaluate platform-specific capabilities and limitations.
• Mentor, guide, and manage the performance of team members, setting clear goals, providing constructive feedback, and promoting professional growth.
• Leverage AI tools to improve the efficiency of your own work and drive adoption of AI-assisted workflows across the team.

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits

ButterflyMX is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. You must have the authorization to work in the US to become an employee. We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates and employees. If you need reasonable accommodations during the application or the recruiting process, please let our recruiting team know.