Member of Technical Staff, Android
Recruiting from Scratch
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Recruiting from Scratch is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Android, to lead the Android platform on onsite basis in San Francisco. You will drive architecture, implement high-performance native apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, and own initiatives from strategy to production launch.
Collaboration with Product, Design, AI, Backend, and Infra teams is essential. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years Android experience, deep architecture knowledge, and a track record shipping production apps.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of professional Android software engineering experience.
- Proven track record shipping production Android apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
- Strong understanding of modern Android architecture, lifecycle, testing, debugging, and performance.
- Experience making architectural decisions across multiple projects.
- Mentors junior engineers to raise team quality.
- Familiar with AI-assisted development tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture, development, and evolution of native Android platform.
- Design, build, and ship high-quality Android apps using Kotlin & Jetpack Compose.
- Own product initiatives from strategy through production release and iterations.
- Define engineering standards, testing, and release processes.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, AI, Backend, and Infra teams.
- Build reusable components and scalable architecture.
- Optimize performance, reliability, observability, and maintainability.
- Leverage AI-assisted tools to boost velocity while maintaining quality.
- Mentor engineers and foster a strong mobile engineering culture.
- Influence long-term mobile roadmap for global AI expert network.
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Job description
We're representing one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies building the connection between human expertise and frontier AI models. Their platform enables millions of experts to contribute to AI development while helping leading AI labs and Fortune 500 companies capture, evaluate, and operationalize human knowledge at scale.
As mobile becomes a critical part of the expert experience, the company is investing in a next-generation Android platform used by thousands of AI experts worldwide. This role will lead the technical direction of Android development, building high-performance native applications while establishing the architecture, engineering standards, and best practices that will support the platform's continued growth.
- Lead the architecture, development, and long-term evolution of the company's native Android platform.
- Design, build, and ship high-quality Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
- Own major product initiatives from technical strategy and architecture through production launch and ongoing iteration.
- Define Android engineering standards, testing strategies, release processes, and architectural best practices.
- Partner closely with Product, Design, AI, Backend, and Infrastructure teams to deliver exceptional mobile experiences.
- Build reusable components and scalable application architecture that supports long-term product growth.
- Optimize application performance, reliability, observability, and maintainability.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering velocity while maintaining a high quality bar.
- Mentor engineers and help establish a strong mobile engineering culture as the team grows.
- Influence the long-term mobile roadmap while solving meaningful problems for a global network of AI experts.
- 5+ years of professional Android software engineering experience.
- Strong expertise building native Android applications with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
- Experience shipping and maintaining production applications through the Google Play Store.
- Deep understanding of modern Android architecture, application lifecycle, testing, debugging, and performance optimization.
- Demonstrated experience making architectural decisions and driving technical direction across multiple projects.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building scalable, maintainable mobile applications.
- Experience mentoring engineers and helping raise engineering quality across a team.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across product and engineering organizations.
- High ownership mindset with a bias toward execution and continuous improvement.
- Experience leading mobile platform architecture at a high-growth startup or technology company.
- Background building consumer-facing, marketplace, or productivity mobile applications.
- Experience designing reusable UI component libraries and shared mobile frameworks.
- Familiarity with modern Android CI/CD, release automation, and mobile observability tooling.
- Experience integrating AI-powered features or intelligent workflows into mobile applications.
- Strong product intuition with a passion for delivering polished user experiences.
- Comfortable working in fast-moving environments with evolving product priorities.
- Interest in AI infrastructure, mobile platform engineering, and developer productivity.
- Generous equity package vested over four years.
- Bi-annual performance bonus.
- Up to $15,000 relocation assistance.
- $10,000 housing bonus for employees living within 0.5 miles of the office.
- $1,500 monthly meal stipend.
- Complimentary Equinox membership.
- $200 monthly laundry reimbursement.
- $200 monthly wellness reimbursement.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Opportunity to lead the Android platform for one of the world's fastest-growing AI companies, shaping the mobile experience for thousands of experts while establishing the technical foundation for the company's long-term mobile strategy.
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