WhatsApp - Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Android

Meta; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta’s WhatsApp Services in India seeks an experienced Android Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) to push the boundaries of a mobile app. You will own Android architecture for Payments and Commerce, ship high-performance client features, and collaborate across teams to design robust APIs.

You will mentor engineers and guide multi-team initiatives while advancing product outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
• Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
• Experience planning multi-year roadmaps
• Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations

Responsibilities

• Build and ship Android client features with focus on performance and memory footprint
• Own Android client architecture for services surfaces including payments and commerce
• Collaborate across Kotlin and Java with Android SDK and server teams on API design
• Set technical direction across multiple teams and lead architecture for major product areas
• Lead org-wide initiatives, drive engineering standards, and improve system impact
• Mentor senior engineers and partner with product, design, data science, and operations

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Mentoring senior engineers

Roadmap planning

Technical leadership

Data-driven problem solving

Architectural direction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

PhD (preferred)

Tools

Android SDK

Java

Kotlin

Multithreading

Job description

More than 3 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. In India, it is also where a great deal of everyday life gets done — people message businesses, coordinate their families, and increasingly send money as easily as they send a message.We are building a new team to take WhatsApp further in that direction. The newly established WhatsApp Services team is focused on making WhatsApp more useful for more of what people already use it for, and on building what comes next.The WhatsApp Services team is treated as a zero-to-one effort so we can move fast, take risks and build as we go — staffed and prioritized, like every other WhatsApp team, from day one. Payments on WhatsApp aren't a bet on paper: live and growing in India, with the existing WhatsApp payments engineering team moving across as the foundation.As an Android engineer at WhatsApp you will use your start-up mindset and your full range of engineering skills to produce elegantly simple products. You'll be expected to push the boundaries of what's possible in a mobile app, while sharing in our commitment to quality and attention to detail. You will set technical direction across multiple teams, own the architecture for a major area of the product, and shape what WhatsApp Services becomes in India.WhatsApp - Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Android Responsibilities:Build and ship client features for WhatsApp on Android, with a focus on performance, reliability and memory footprint on the low- and mid-tier devices that dominate the market.Own Android client architecture for services surfaces — payments, commerce and the everyday money-centric flows people already come to WhatsApp for.Work across Kotlin and Java with the Android SDK, and partner with server and platform teams on API design.Identify and solve the hardest technical problems across the pillar, including finding where new technology can address previously intractable problems.Set technical direction across multiple teams and own the architecture for a major area of the product.Lead initiatives of org-wide scope, resolving ambiguity in both product definition and technical approach.Drive engineering standards, quality and craft across the pillar, and make teams and systems work better to increase their impact.Mentor senior engineers, influence cross-functional partners in product, design and data science, and act as a credible co-owner of product outcomes.Collaborate with cross-functional teams in product management, design, data science and operations to build innovative application experiences.Partner with payments, legal, compliance and local operations partners to ship services that meet the reliability and regulatory bar expected in India.Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhDExperience communicating and working across functions to drive solutionsExperience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutionsExperience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering effortsProven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term missionExperience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizationsPreferred Qualifications:Experience building Android applications in Java or Kotlin using the Android SDKExperience with multithreading programming and mobile memory managementExperience optimising for low-end devices, constrained networks and app sizeExperience building for the Indian market, including familiarity with UPI and India's digital payments ecosystemIn-market experience in India, or experience at an India-based consumer technology or fintech company operating at scaleExperience designing and operating payment systems at scale, including the reliability, correctness and regulatory requirements they carryBackground in monetization, payments, commerce or AI/ML productsExperience establishing the technical foundations of a 0-to-1 organization or a new product areaExperience setting technical strategy for global, multi-market products, particularly in emerging marketsFamiliarity with messaging platforms or mobile-first consumer products, including super-app or founder-led product experience in marketDemonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologiesAbout Meta:Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.