Senior Android Engineer

Careerscape

San Diego, CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$140,000–$180,000 Per Year
JOB TYPE
Full-time
SKILLS
A/B Testing, Android, Animation, Budgeting, Code Reviews, Computer Science, Concurrency, Customer Relations, Establish Priorities, HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol), Input/Output, Instrumentation, Kotlin, Mentoring, On Call, Product Design, Quality Management, Reimbursement, Retrofit, Unit Test, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), iOS
LOCATION
San Diego, CA
POSTED
22 days ago

Our client is a venture-backed consumer mobile company with more than 5 million monthly active users across iOS and Android. They're hiring a remote Senior Android Engineer.

Responsibilities

  • Lead implementation of major Android features in 100% Jetpack Compose, with attention to motion, accessibility, and dark-mode polish
  • Own one or two feature modules end-to-end including their unit and instrumentation tests, A/B instrumentation, and rollout plans
  • Improve cold-start time, app size, and frame-rendering performance via measured, prioritized work
  • Partner with the product designer on every iteration; contribute back to the in-house Compose component library
  • Lead Android architecture discussions and write or review RFCs for medium-sized features
  • Maintain Crashlytics quality bar (crash-free sessions >99.7%) and own the triage rotation for your features
  • Mentor 1-2 mid-level Android engineers via code review and pair programming
  • Participate in release-on-call rotation (1 release every 6 weeks)

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional Android development with 3+ years writing production Kotlin
  • Strong, hands-on Jetpack Compose experience including animations, custom layouts, and Compose Material 3
  • Production experience with Coroutines, Flow, and structured concurrency patterns
  • Familiarity with Hilt or another modern DI framework, plus Room and a modern HTTP client (Ktor or Retrofit)
  • Track record shipping consumer-facing features through the Play Store with phased rollouts
  • Strong sense of UX polish, animation timing, and accessibility (TalkBack, dynamic type, content descriptions)
  • Comfort with Crashlytics, Firebase Analytics, and at least one A/B testing platform
  • Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

  • Base salary $140,000-$180,000 plus 10% target annual bonus
  • Meaningful equity grant (4-year vest, 1-year cliff)
  • 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision for the employee
  • 401(k) with 4% match (immediate vesting)
  • $2,500 annual learning and conference budget (Droidcon and Google I/O pre-approved)
  • $1,500 home office setup plus $100/month internet reimbursement
  • Unlimited PTO with a 15-day minimum policy
  • Annual company offsite (most recent one was in San Diego)

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