Android Team Lead

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets TEGNA reaches more than100 million people monthly across the web mobile apps streaming and linear television. Together we are building a sustainable future for local news.

We are looking for an experienced Android Team Lead to join our Engineering department. This role involves leading and mentoring our Android development team driving technical excellence and delivering exceptional mobile experiences to our audience across TEGNAs digital properties. Based in Knoxville TN this role requires strong collaboration across multiple teams and a commitment to our core engineering values of transparency accountability and continuous improvement. In partnership with product and design leadership this position will be instrumental in helping to driving the strategic vision and defining the requirements of the products we build.

Responsibilities:
Lead mentor and support a team of Android developers ensuring alignment with our technical standards and engineering culture
Collaborate closely with product managers designers and other engineering teams to define requirements and deliver outcome-focused features
Architect and develop robust scalable and maintainable Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
Facilitate sprint planning retrospectives and stand-ups driving agile practices and continuous improvement
Proactively manage technical debt emphasizing long-term maintainability and platform consistency
Ensure comprehensive testing and monitoring strategies are implemented and maintained
Lead code reviews provide technical direction and promote best practices across the team
Oversee the deployment and release process ensuring smooth launches and updates

Requirements:
57 years of professional Android development experience with a strong focus on Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
Proven experience leading development teams and mentoring junior engineers
Deep understanding of modern Android architecture patterns (MVVM Clean Architecture)
Solid experience integrating RESTful APIs and managing asynchronous operations
Strong knowledge of automated testing strategies (JUnit) and CI/CD best practices
Exceptional communication collaboration and leadership skills
Ability to balance technical excellence with rapid iteration and delivery
Nice To Have
Previous experience in digital media streaming platforms or video delivery (HLS advertising integration)
Familiarity with DevOps practices infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native application architectures
Why TEGNA
At TEGNA youll be at the forefront of building innovative media experiences for millions of users. Our team fosters a culture of accountability transparency and collaboration empowering you to make meaningful contributions and continually develop your skills. Join us to lead innovate and shape the future of media technology.

Benefits:

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNAs 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctors appointments with a physician through Teladoc and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We areproud to be an equal opportunity employer hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race color religion national origin sex gender age marital status personal appearance sexual orientation gender identity or expression family responsibilities disability medical condition enrollment in college or vocational school political affiliation military or veteran status citizenship status genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilitiesin accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application please email

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