Senior Android Engineer

Role overview

Accountabilities

• Own Android architecture, technical direction, performance, releases, and roadmap execution.
• Establish and communicate the technical vision for mobile development.
• Lead, mentor, and support existing mobile engineers.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership on strategy and mobile priorities.
• Collaborate with product and growth teams on acquisition, onboarding, engagement, and retention.
• Deliver a polished native Android experience with responsive interactions and platform-appropriate design.
• Ship features rapidly in a product-led growth and A/B testing environment.
• Instrument features, analyze results, and use data and experimentation to improve the product.
• Own versioning, Google Play deployment, app-store optimization, crash monitoring, and performance tracking.
• Resolve complex technical issues and improve application stability and performance.
• Help shape the future mobile engineering function as the product and team grow.

Requirements

• At least five years of professional experience in native Android development.
• Strong Kotlin proficiency and experience shipping high-quality consumer Android applications.
• Hands-on experience with Jetpack Compose and traditional Android Views.
• Knowledge of Android frameworks, architecture patterns, and state management.
• Experience with Firebase, push notifications, Google Play Console, and Play Store deployment.
• Proficiency with Android Studio, automated testing, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Experience with application stability, crash analysis, and performance monitoring.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or technically guiding engineers.
• Ability to work independently, own ambiguous problems, and make sound technical decisions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and growth.
• A product-oriented mindset focused on experimentation, data, and user feedback.
• Java experience is a plus; iOS development with Swift is also a plus.

Workplace and employment

• The position is fully remote within Europe, with a preference for Western or Continental Europe.
• Portugal relocation sponsorship may be available.
• The source describes full-time employment or independent contractor arrangements.

Benefits and environment

• Compensation has no fixed budget and may be determined competitively based on experience and profile.
• The role may include stock options and work on a consumer AI product with an international user base.
• The position offers high ownership over Android architecture, engineering practices, and product direction.
• The environment includes experimentation, A/B testing, growth, data-driven product development, and modern mobile, web, backend, and cloud technologies.