Remote Android Senior Software Engineer – App Experience

Wikimedia Foundation; Lorida (FL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Android to advance the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering group. This remote-first role requires daily collaboration within a four‑hour window between 15:00 and 21:00 UTC and supports a global, multilingual audience.

You’ll drive medium‑scale system design, optimize Android apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, and collaborate across product, design, and analytics to deliver high‑impact

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5-10+ years building Android apps.
• Strong Kotlin, XML, Jetpack Compose skills and Android patterns.
• Experience optimizing Android performance across devices.
• Experience adding webview-wrapped experiences to native apps.
• Experience maintaining cross‑platform mobile applications.
• Experience building mobile games or interactive mobile experiences.
• Familiarity with Wikipedia / wikitext / CMS (MediaWiki, Drupal, WordPress).

Responsibilities

• Identifies risks early and helps tradeoffs across quality, velocity, maintainability, and user impact.
• Implementation - improve Android experiences for a global multilingual audience and lead medium‑scale system design.
• Quality, testing and observability - build testable, observable software; instrument features for analytics.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, analysts, and native engineers.
• Prioritisation - identify high‑impact opportunities and clarify priorities with the team.
• Commitment to Wikimedia Foundation's mission and values.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

XML

Performance optimisation

Cross-platform apps

Data science / ML familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / STEM

Master's or Doctorate (preferred)

Tools

MediaWiki

Drupal

WordPress

WebView integration

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Android to advance the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering group. This remote-first role requires daily collaboration within a four‑hour window between 15:00 and 21:00 UTC and supports a global, multilingual audience.

You’ll drive medium‑scale system design, optimize Android apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, and collaborate across product, design, and analytics to deliver high‑impact