Lead Software Engineer - Android

We are seeking someone who will participate in the definition of product requirements, being able to articulate how the engineering effort will align to those requirements and provide accurate estimates of the effort. You will also be involved in platform architectural discussions and initiatives paving the way for optimizations and performance alongside.

You will also be working with a team of engineers through the development process, including implementing standards around code, tooling, metrics, progress reporting and interactions with the QE team to ensure a quality first approach to any work.

Drive the architectural direction and design of Android applications

Evangelize new tools, frameworks, and processes for continued innovation and development efficiency

Prepare architectural diagrams and technical specifications for the engineering team to deliver high quality, maintainable software

Lead architectural discussions around feature development and software development best practice

Involvement in performance and playback optimizations, overall app stability and profiling

Design, develop, test, and deploy new solutions as well as maintaining, integrating and improving existing solutions using modern technologies and industry best practices

Ensure robust performance, responsiveness, and quality of applications, troubleshooting and debugging as needed

Leverage AI-driven coding assistants like Copilot, Cursor, or Claude as a core component of the daily engineering lifecycle, including architectural design, implementation, and refactoring

Partner with technical leadership to establish and optimize safe, high-impact practices for utilizing AI tools within the development team

Drive cross-functional initiatives to integrate LLM and ML capabilities into product features, such as advanced search, discovery, and personalized content understanding

Mentor mid- and senior-level engineers, sharing technical expertise and guiding professional growth

Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and consistency across the team

Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to clarify requirements

Coordinate with backend services and APIs to ensure seamless integration and feature delivery

Enhance software development processes and policies, driving continuous improvement in code quality, development speed, and overall team productivity

Stay current with emerging Android technologies, libraries, and trends, recommending their adoption where beneficial

Partner closely with the Android Engineering Manager on development strategies

Identify technical risks and potential bottlenecks, proposing solutions to mitigate them

Proficient in Kotlin and Java, with a solid understanding of the Android SDK and different Android versions

Deep knowledge of Architecture Patterns and Material Design (e.g., MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, Compose UI)

Proven ability to design scalable, high-performing, and secure Android applications

Solid experience in writing unit tests, UI tests, and automated tests using frameworks like JUnit, Espresso, and others

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Ability to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, including memory leaks, slow rendering, and network inefficiencies

Skilled in using performance profiling and optimizations (e.g., Android Profiler, Leak Canary)

Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to engineers, stakeholders, and executives

Strong mentoring skills, with a track record of developing and inspiring high-performing teams

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

7+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 6 years focused on Android development

Demonstrated history of leading and delivering multiple large-scale Android projects in a production environment with multiple scrum teams in an agile process

Proven track record of architectural ownership and driving technical decisions

You should have strong interpersonal skills. You will need to facilitate conversations with business partners. This includes discussions during project definition, business requirements definition, and functional design sessions.

Hands on software development on the Android/Android TV/Amazon/Amazon Fire TV platform

Have shipped one or more apps to the Google Play and/or Amazon app store

Experience working remotely with globally distributed and multiple interdisciplinary teams

Experience with assistive technologies such as JAWS/VoiceOver, ZoomText, and keyboard-only input methods

Experience evaluating front-end code against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

Experience in creating accessible front-end designs. This includes using TalkBack properties in XML, like labelFor and contentDescription. It also involves making TalkBack announcements, scaling text dynamically, and ensuring responsive design.

Hands-on, daily use of AI coding assistants such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent, with a clear sense of what these tools are good and bad at

Comfort writing effective prompts, structuring context, and evaluating AI-generated diffs critically before they land in the codebase

Working understanding of LLMs, embeddings, retrieval, and prompt engineering, enough to design client integrations and reason about latency, cost, and failure modes

You should have useful experience in shipping or prototyping at least one product feature that uses machine learning (ML) or large language models (LLM). This could include features such as search, ranking, personalization, content understanding, or in-app assistants.

Judgment about responsible AI use: privacy, IP, attribution, and when a human review gate is required

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The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.

This position is bonus eligible.

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