Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Android

About the role

We're looking for early members of our Android team at the Senior and Staff levels. These aren't maintenance roles — you'll help define the architecture and experience of a product that's genuinely changing how the world makes music. You'll work directly alongside the founding team, shaping technical and product decisions from the ground up.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build Suno’s Android app across creation, discovery, playback, and social experiences
• Create foundational abstractions and libraries for performant, highly interactive media experiences
• Own feature development from zero to one and beyond — scoping, shipping, and iterating post-launch
• Collaborate closely with product and design to shape the feel, flow, and direction of the app
• Optimize for performance, responsiveness, and delight — from render times to audio latency to micro-interactions
• Instrument and monitor the app’s health, and iterate rapidly based on real user data
• Data the technical direction for the Android platform and define architectural patterns the team builds on
• Mentor engineers and raise the bar for code quality, abstractions, and engineering culture

Required

• 5+ years shipping production Android apps
• Advanced expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development frameworks and best practices
• Experience building fluid, polished animations and translating design prototypes into robust, production-grade code
• A keen understanding of what’s distinct about Android — and how to leverage that in a media-rich application
• Strong sense for performance: you profile, benchmark, and fix across UI rendering, memory, and network efficiency
• An obsession with great user experience — you care about the details that most engineers skip
• A collaborative spirit and strong communication — you work fluidly with designers, PMs, and backend teams
• Strong Plusses
• Prior experience with ExoPlayer and Media3 for audio/video playback
• Experience working with audio streaming pipelines or real-time audio on Android
• Experience with social product features: feeds, follow graphs, notifications, publishing flows
• Background designing or consuming mobile-first APIs in close collaboration with backend engineers
• Track record building 0→1 consumer products at a fast-moving startup
• Technical leadership or mentorship experience (especially important for Staff candidates)
• A genuine love of music — listening, creating, or performing

Compensation

The annual salary range for this role is $200K – $300K + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k)

Perks & Benefits

• Company Equity Package
• 401(k) with 3% Employer Match & Roth 401(k)
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (PPO with HSA & FSA options)
• 11 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Creative Education Stipend
• Generous Commuter Allowance
• In-Office Lunch (5 days per week)

Additional Notes

This role is a 5 day a week in-office role in our LA, Venice Beach or Chelsea, NYC locations

Applicants must be eligible to work in the US

Suno is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances.