Android Engineer

About the role

We’re looking for an Android Engineer to join our early stage team. You’ll work closely with the founders, product, design, and engineering teams to shape our new app from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Architect core product systems that will scale long term
• Design and implement high-fidelity, animation-heavy user experiences
• Partner with Product and Design to turn ambiguous ideas into clean, intuitive flows
• Ship experiments quickly, then iterate and expand on what works
• Improve app performance, responsiveness, and reliability at scale
• Implement networking layers and real-time updates that power live marketplace activity
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed and maintainability
• Set the bar for code quality, architecture, and engineering culture

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
• Shipping and scaling a highly interactive consumer app
• Standing up or substantially shaping an Android app from an early stage
• BUILDING complex, stateful interfaces that feel simple
• Owning features end-to-end, from design through launch
• Collaborating closely with founders, designers, and backend engineers
• Moving forward with incomplete information and executing despite ambiguity
• BUILDING for marketplace, fintech, gaming, or social apps

Qualifications

• Experience and success in these areas: strong proficiency in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, shipping and scaling a highly interactive consumer app, standing up or substantially shaping an Android app from an early stage, building complex, stateful interfaces that feel simple, owning features end-to-end, from design through launch, collaborating closely with founders, designers, and backend engineers, moving forward with incomplete information and executing despite ambiguity, building for marketplace, fintech, gaming, or social apps

Skills

• Strong empathy for the end user and appreciation for clean, functional design
• Care about craft, performance, and the details that make an experience feel effortless

Benefits

• Top-tier, category-defining Android app
• Complex actions like buying, opening, selling, and redeeming feel simple and intuitive
• The Android experience feels native to the platform, and reaches parity with iOS without sacrificing quality
• The app is fast, stable, and scales cleanly
• The architecture supports rapid iteration without accumulating technical debt
• Engineering quality becomes a visible differentiator for the company
• The experience feels polished and intuitive, with a level of design quality users recognize and trust

Pay

• Competitive compensation
• Free health insurance
• Flexible time off
• Meaningful equity

Schedule

• Flexible in-person work