Android Software Engineer — Kotlin | Hybrid Work | Impact

LinkedIn; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness programs

Paid time off

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a mobile engineer to design and deliver native Android features for the LinkedIn app, leveraging cutting-edge OS frameworks and Google's libraries. This role requires strong fundamentals in data structures, OOP, and multithreading, and offers hybrid work flexibility in Mountain View, CA.

The position emphasizes performance, testing, and production-readiness, with opportunities for technical leadership across large-scale initiatives and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience.
• 1+ years of industry experience.
• 2+ years of relevant work experience.
• MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• Foundation in computer science with a strong understanding of data structures, object-oriented programming, and algorithms.
• Knowledge of common mobile application design patterns (MVC, MVVM, MVP, etc.)
• Familiarity with API design and client/server communication principles.
• Understanding of best practices for multithreading and performance optimizations.
• Knowledge of Android debugging tools including profiling app performance.
• Experience writing automated tests for Android apps.
• Programming experience in Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement user-facing features for the Android LinkedIn app using OS frameworks.
• Use Google's latest libraries to build responsive native Android apps.
• Build scalable native mobile apps using LinkedIn's internal libraries.
• Make architectural trade-offs and deliver code with speed and quality.
• Produce high-quality, unit-tested code checked in via CI.
• Provide technical leadership for large-scale cross-functional programs.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity.

Skills

Android Development

Kotlin

Mobile Application Development

Android SDK

Software Architecture

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS or PhD in CS

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a mobile engineer to design and deliver native Android features for the LinkedIn app, leveraging cutting-edge OS frameworks and Google's libraries. This role requires strong fundamentals in data structures, OOP, and multithreading, and offers hybrid work flexibility in Mountain View, CA.

The position emphasizes performance, testing, and production-readiness, with opportunities for technical leadership across large-scale initiatives and cross-functional teams.