Remote-First Android Full-Stack Engineer: IM Chat Platform

Binance; Australia; Remote; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shape the future of finance

Flat structure

Autonomy in challenging projects

Career growth opportunities

Remote-first / work-from-home

Job summary

Binance in Australia is seeking a Client Full-Stack Engineer focused on the IM chat platform with Android emphasis. Design, develop, and maintain Android-first client apps delivering real-time chat, group chat, media messaging, offline support, and push notifications.

Collaborate with backend teams on API design, integrations, and production issues; leverage AI tools for cross-stack frontend work and mentor junior engineers while ensuring a consistent UX across Android, iOS, and Web.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline
• Engineer: 1-3+ years of experience; Senior Engineer: 3-5+ years
• Solid production experience in Android development (Kotlin and/or Java)
• Good understanding of Android SDK, Jetpack components, asynchronous programming, and modern client-side architecture
• Required: ability to use AI-powered development tools for cross-stack frontend development
• Able to read, understand, debug, and make reasonable changes in iOS or Web codebases with AI tool support
• Familiarity with WebSocket, MQTT, gRPC, or similar real-time communication protocols
• Understanding of messaging concepts: message delivery, read status, sync, local persistence, offline support, push notifications
• Good understanding of client-side performance optimization, memory management, multithreading, and security best practices
• Familiar with Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and Agile processes
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, ownership, and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain client-side applications for an instant messaging platform, with Android as the primary focus
• Build core messaging features: real-time chat, group chat, media messaging, message sync, offline messaging, push notifications
• Participate in client-side architecture design, ensuring consistent UX across Android, iOS, and Web
• Use AI-powered tools to support cross-stack frontend development - read, debug, and modify iOS/Web codebases
• Integrate RESTful APIs and WebSocket/MQTT/gRPC real-time communication protocols
• Handle local storage, offline-first experience, message state management, and cross-platform sync logic
• Optimize client performance: startup speed, memory, battery, network efficiency, UI responsiveness
• Collaborate with backend teams on API design, integration, and production issue investigation
• Senior level: mentor junior engineers, contribute to technical design decisions

Skills

Android development

Kotlin/Java

Real-time messaging

AI-assisted development

WebSocket/MQTT/gRPC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

TypeScript

React

Vue

Next.js

WebRTC

Job description

Binance in Australia is seeking a Client Full-Stack Engineer focused on the IM chat platform with Android emphasis. Design, develop, and maintain Android-first client apps delivering real-time chat, group chat, media messaging, offline support, and push notifications.

Collaborate with backend teams on API design, integrations, and production issues; leverage AI tools for cross-stack frontend work and mentor junior engineers while ensuring a consistent UX across Android, iOS, and Web.