About the role

What will you do at Edward Jones?

OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEW

Team Overview

The Mobile Engineering team is responsible for designing, developing, and

supporting the Edward Jones mobile application, which enables millions of

clients to securely access and manage their financial accounts through Online

Access. The team delivers innovative, reliable, and secure mobile experiences

that help clients monitor investments, track financial goals, access account

information, and engage with Edward Jones anytime and anywhere.

Working in a highly collaborative environment, the team partners closely with

Product, User Experience, Architecture, Security, and Backend Engineering teams

to deliver modern mobile capabilities that align with the firm's digital

strategy. As part of a client-focused organization, the team is committed to

delivering exceptional mobile experiences while maintaining the highest

standards for security, performance, scalability, and reliability.

The Senior Mobile Engineer will play a key role in shaping the future of the

Edward Jones mobile platform, driving technical excellence, influencing

architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and helping deliver solutions that

enhance the financial lives of our clients.

What You'll Do

* Provide end-to-end technical leadership and architecture for Android
applications, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture standards
and long-term business objectives.
* Design and implement scalable, secure, maintainable, and high-performing
Android solutions using modern architecture patterns and industry best
practices.
* Collaborate with architecture, product, UX, API, and platform teams to design
and enhance mobile platforms, APIs, and supporting services.
* Ensure the Android codebase is modular, reusable, testable, and scalable
through the adoption of Clean Architecture, MVVM, and engineering best
practices.
* Partner with cross-functional teams to define requirements, design solutions,
develop features, and ensure successful delivery of enterprise mobile
applications.
* Enforce sound development practices, coding standards, security controls, and
quality assurance processes across Android development teams.
* Drive application performance optimization initiatives, including memory
management, startup performance, responsiveness, battery consumption, and
overall user experience.
* Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, including memory leaks,
concurrency challenges, ANRs, crashes, and performance bottlenecks.
* Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews,
technical coaching, knowledge sharing, and career development guidance.
* Stay current on Android platform advancements, emerging technologies,
security trends, and industry best practices to continually improve mobile
capabilities.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
What Experience You'll Need
* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology,
or equivalent work experience.
* 10+ years of progressive software development experience, including 8+ years
of hands-on application development and 5+ years building enterprise-scale
native Android applications.
* Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin and strong experience with Java,
developing, releasing, and maintaining applications through the Google Play
Store.
* Extensive experience with Jetpack Compose, Android Jetpack libraries,
Coroutines, Flow, Hilt/Dagger, and modern Android development frameworks.
* Deep understanding of Android architecture and design patterns including
MVVM, Clean Architecture, Repository Pattern, and modular application design.
* Thorough knowledge of the Android application lifecycle, memory management,
background processing, concurrency, data persistence, and performance
optimization.
* Experience integrating RESTful APIs, microservices, cloud-based services,
automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Espresso, MockK), and Agile software
development practices.
* Strong understanding of Android security principles, secure coding practices,
authentication, authorization, encryption, and mobile threat mitigation,
coupled with excellent communication, leadership, mentoring, and
collaboration skills.
What Could Set You Apart
* Experience leading modernization efforts from legacy Android applications to
Jetpack Compose and modern Android architectures.
* Expert knowledge of the Android Keystore System, biometric authentication,
encrypted storage, and secure data protection techniques.
* Advanced expertise in Android performance tuning, memory analysis,
application profiling, battery optimization, and application stability
improvements.
* Proven experience diagnosing and resolving memory leaks, ANRs, crash trends,
and performance bottlenecks.
* Strong understanding of Google Play Console, application publishing, release
management, and Play Store compliance requirements.
* Experience defining engineering standards, architecture governance, and
mobile development best practices.
* Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
**Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St.
Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per
week effective June 1, 2026. Before June 1, 2026, candidates that live within a
commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations
are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for
Tuesday through Thursday.**
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward
Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million
clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to
be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder
returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to
improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our
communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive
organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a
sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen,
heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place
to start or build your career.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report
[https://careers.edwardjones.com/blog/edward-jones-releases-annual-purpose-inclusion-and-citizenship-report/?codes=DIRECT&utm_source=DIRECT].
¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023.

Compensation

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AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong.

We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we

have received.

Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings

about Edward Jones

[https://careers.edwardjones.com/blog/? _sft_category=awards-accolades]

Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog

Postings about Edward Jones

[https://careers.edwardjones.com/en-CA/blogs/? _sft_category=awards-accolades-en-ca]

EEO STATEMENT

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender,

religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy,

veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable

law.

SALARY INFORMATION

Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and

prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident,

hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability,

basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic

life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward

Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings

account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays

and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of

each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for

volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All

associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more

information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit

our benefits page

[https://secure.edwardjonesbenefits.com/fleet/public/index/f914262d-0362-4682-bd1e-0ccd25f1dfb1].

Which skills does this role require?

Android developmentKotlinJavaJetpack ComposeAndroid JetpackCoroutinesFlowHiltDaggerMVVMClean ArchitectureRESTful APIsJUnitEspressoMockKPerformance optimizationAndroidMicroservicesCloud platformsAzureAWSGoogle Cloud PlatformAgileMemory managementConcurrencyPerformance tuningSecurityAuthenticationEncryptionGoogle Play StoreMobile engineeringSoftware developmentTechnical leadershipMentoringArchitectureEnterprise applicationsFinancial servicesREST APIsGCP

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