ENGINEERING MANAGER, ANDROID (Mobile)

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Android Engineering Manager leads mobile engineering for Fortune Brands' Android applications while managing a team of Android engineers across multiple product lines. This role balances people leadership with technical ownership—building high-performing teams through rigorous performance management while driving Android platform excellence through craft mastery and strategic technical leadership.

POSITION LOCATION

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule based out of Deerfield, IL. Onsite days are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

1. Mission-Focused Leadership

Execute organizational decisions with full commitment while connecting team work to organizational purpose and Fortune Brands' mission.

2. Functional Excellence Through Craft Mastery & People Engagement

Define and champion Android engineering standards through practitioner involvement. Conduct fortnightly 1:1s starting with "How are you doing?" and ending with "How can I help?" Build genuine relationships and create psychological safety for the team.

3. Performance Management & Development

Provide continuous honest feedback, differentiate performance levels appropriately, invest most time in high performers, coach solid performers toward growth, and address underperformance decisively.

4. Support & Escalation Management

Respond to escalations with solutions not blame, deploy capabilities to resolve critical issues, and create psychological safety while maintaining accountability.

5. Talent Optimization

Match engineers' strengths to role requirements, focus development on building strengths not fixing weaknesses, and help engineers build cross-organizational relationships.

6. Creating Organizational Capability

Develop team independence, transfer knowledge deliberately, identify and develop future leaders, and measure success by team function without constant intervention.

Android Platform Ownership

Own Android delivery across product lines, serve as Android subject matter expert, drive platform initiatives (architecture modernization, Jetpack Compose adoption, performance optimization), and establish Android standards and patterns.

Engineering Excellence & Quality

Integrate quality metrics into dashboards, champion comprehensive testing practices, drive CI/CD improvements, and establish quality indicators (crash-free rates, performance benchmarks).

Cross-Platform Collaboration

Collaborate with iOS, Backend, Firmware, QA, and Design teams to ensure platform parity, resolve dependencies, and deliver cohesive customer experiences.

Technical Leadership

Provide hands-on contribution when needed, conduct architectural code reviews, mentor on advanced Android topics, and stay current with Android ecosystem evolution.

Straight Talk

Deliver difficult feedback directly, escalate problems with solutions, give credit to your team while taking responsibility to leadership.

Stewardship

Ensure engineers have what they need before accountability, remove obstacles proactively, fight for team needs with leadership.

Standards & Accountability

Evaluate engineers solely on performance to standard, differentiate performance honestly, document decisions with rationale.

Responsibilities

Team Performance: Quality and reliability of Android applications, crash-free rates, app store ratings; People Development: Engineer growth and retention, promotion readiness, engagement scores; Delivery Excellence: Meeting commitments, velocity trends, technical debt management; Technical Leadership: Quality of decisions, architectural improvements, platform standardization; Cross-Functional Partnership: Effectiveness of collaboration across iOS, Backend, Product, Design, and QA

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience; 8+ years software engineering experience with 5+ years focused on Android development; 2+ years engineering management experience with direct reports; Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin, Android SDK, and modern Android development (Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Flow); Deep understanding of Android architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI) and dependency injection (Dagger, Hilt); Experience with Android testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and mobile performance optimization; Proven track record coaching engineers and improving team execution; Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills

Nice to have

Experience managing Android teams across multiple product lines; Deep knowledge of Android security best practices; Familiarity with IoT, Bluetooth LE, or connected device integration; Background in mobile analytics, crash reporting, and monitoring tools (Firebase, Crashlytics); History of leading engineers through promotions or leadership development; Experience with feature flags, A/B testing, and app store optimization