Lead Android Engineer

Bumble; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Mentorship

Job summary

Bumble is seeking an experienced Senior Android Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Android features using modern tooling in a hybrid Austin office. You’ll drive end-to-end delivery, mentor peers, and shape architecture while collaborating with PMs, designers, and other engineers.

You will evaluate AI tools to improve development workflow and contribute to a high-quality codebase with a focus on performance and maintainability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience building and shipping production Android applications.
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and modern Android development practices.
• Experience building UIs using Jetpack Compose and/or XML-based views, with an understanding of their tradeoffs.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining Android application architectures (e.g. MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture) in medium-to-large codebases
• Solid understanding of Android platform fundamentals, including activity/fragment lifecycle, threading, performance, and memory management
• Experience integrating and consuming networked APIs from Android clients, including error handling and offline considerations
• Experience owning Android features end-to-end, from technical design and implementation through testing and release
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, inclusive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure Bumble app features using GCP.
• Drive technically complex features from inception to delivery, owning the full lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to ship new features.
• Evaluate and apply AI-based development tools to enhance productivity and code quality.
• Lead architecture discussions and propose scalable technical solutions.
• Support junior engineers through pairing, mentoring, and code reviews.
• Guide engineering standards and best practices to maintain high-quality codebase.

Skills

Android

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Architecture patterns

UI performance

Networking APIs

End-to-end ownership

Communication

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain Bumble application features that are scalable, secure, and reliable, using GCP services.

• Drive technically complex individual product features from inception to delivery, owning the full software development lifecycle.

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other Engineers to ship new features and improvements.

• Evaluate and apply AI-based development tools and workflows to enhance productivity and code quality.

• Lead architecture discussions and propose technical solutions that support long-term scalability.

• Support junior engineers through pairing, mentoring, and code reviews.

• Guide the development of engineering standards and best practices to maintain a high-quality codebase.

About You

• 7+ years of professional experience building and shipping production Android applications

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and experience with modern Android development practices

• Experience building UIs using Jetpack Compose and/or XML-based views, with an understanding of their tradeoffs

• Proven experience designing and maintaining Android application architectures (e.g. MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture) in medium-to-large codebases

• Solid understanding of Android platform fundamentals, including activity/fragment lifecycle, threading, performance, and memory management

• Experience integrating and consuming networked APIs from Android clients, including error handling and offline considerations

• Experience owning Android features end-to-end, from technical design and implementation through testing and release

• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, inclusive mindset

Why join us?

• Own meaningful projects that directly impact millions of Bumble users.

• Learn and grow in a high-performing engineering team committed to mentorship and learning.

• Be part of a culture that values respect, excellence, curiosity, courage and joy.

• Enjoy competitive compensation, equity, and world-class benefits.

Location

• This role is based in Austin, and we ask that you’re within a commutable distance to this office, so that you’re able to come onsite regularly to collaborate across engineering teams.

• We have a hybrid environment that requires you to be in the office Monday - Wednesday.

• Please note: We are unable to offer Visa sponsorship at this time

About Us

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.

AI Fluency

AI is important to us. We’re excited by people who are curious and experimental, and who think thoughtfully about how AI can amplify their impact and outcomes.

We encourage you to use AI responsibly as you prepare your application. Please don’t use it to fabricate experiences or answer questions live in interviews. We care deeply about authenticity and want to understand your real skills, judgment and voice, because building a meaningful, genuine connection with you matters to us.

Final Compensation

Will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, skill set, and other job-related considerations.

Inclusion at Bumble Inc.

Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For Example: she/her, he/him, they/them, etc).

AI in Bumble Inc. Hiring

At Bumble, we may use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process — such as helping us record, transcribe, and summarize conversations, and supporting job alignment by comparing resumes and job descriptions to highlight skills and potential roles that may be a good match. These tools help us work more efficiently and stay focused on you during our conversations. Importantly, all hiring decisions are made by people. AI is used only to support our team’s efficiency and improve the candidate experience — not to evaluate or decide on your candidacy. Participation in AI-supported interviews and conversations is completely voluntary and will not impact your candidacy. If you’d prefer to opt out, simply let your recruiter or interviewer know at the start of a call, or anytime during the interview or conversation. Summaries and related data are retained only as long as needed in line with our internal data retention policies. If at any point you’d like a transcription or summary deleted, please contact your recruiter directly.

Fraudulent Candidate Detection

Our applicant tracking system analyzes signals relating to device, IP, email, and phone data associated with each application to protect applicants and our hiring process from fraudulent applications. These signals provide indicators for internal review only and do not constitute a definitive determination of identity or intent. No applicant is rejected, advanced, or otherwise affected based solely on this analysis without human review

For further information on how we hold and manage your data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.