Software Engineer (Android)

New York · Posted 14D AGO

About the role We're hiring an Android engineer to scale our Android app alongside the founding Android engineer who built it from scratch and shipped it to Google Play. Since launch, it's grown to 60,000 installs, 8,500 DAU, a 4.8 rating, and localization across Brazil, Latin America, and Italy. One engineer did all of it. It's time for the next.
You'll work alongside the iOS engineers and designers to keep parity where it matters and diverge where it makes the app better. real-time co-editing, offline playback, background uploads, subscription infrastructure, the foundations are in place. now we make it deeper. What you'll do

Ship features across the Android app end to end
Design and ship alongside engineers, designers, and the founders
Partner closely with our iOS engineers to keep parity where it matters and diverge where it makes the app better
Own performance, responsiveness, and quality across devices
Find bottlenecks and fix bugs
Contribute to architecture, test coverage, and engineering process for Android

What we're looking for

7+ years of Android engineering
Deep expertise in Kotlin and the Android framework
Experience integrating Android apps with backend services
Strong grasp of architecture, design patterns, and the mobile lifecycle
A complex client-side system you personally architected and shipped. you can explain every decision, what you chose not to do, and what broke
Shipped real work at startups or small teams
Side projects or apps you've put into the world. things you built because you wanted them to exist
Exploratory communication. you think out loud, name tradeoffs, stay low-ego when corrected
Comfort with ambiguity and high autonomy
Passion for craft. you treat UI like art

Bonus points

Cloud messaging APIs and push notifications
Strong opinions on UI/UX and Material Design
Performance and memory optimization
Audio engineering experience
Outsized love for music and creative tools
Comfort designing async server systems (you'll be asked to in the systems interview)

Benefits

Flexible days in office
Free lunch in the office
Competitive salary and equity
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Opportunities for professional growth and development
A collaborative environment that values craft and creativity

Compensation

Competitive base salary
Competitive equity package
Medical, dental, and vision benefits

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