Remote Senior Android Engineer for Global App Growth

Wikimedia Foundation; New Mexico; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; 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 fully remote role requires daytime overlap with a global team and offers the chance to shape Android product experiences for a multilingual, worldwide audience.

You will design, implement and optimize Android features using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and modern architecture patterns, with a focus on performance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years building Android applications.
• Proficient in Kotlin, XML, Jetpack Compose; familiar with Android architecture patterns.
• Experience optimizing Android performance across varied conditions.
• Experience adding webview-wrapped experiences to native apps and cross‑platform mobile apps.

Responsibilities

• Identifies risks early and helps the team trade off quality, velocity, maintainability, and user impact.
• Implements and improves mobile Wikipedia product experiences on Android; leads medium-sized design efforts.
• Focus on testing, observability, and instrumentation to enable analytics by Product Analysts.
• Collaborates with product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers to deliver pragmatic solutions.
• Proactively identifies high-impact opportunities and sets priorities and sequencing.
• Commits to Wikimedia Foundation's mission and values.

Skills

Kotlin

XML

Jetpack Compose

Android Architecture

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MediaWiki familiarity

Android testing frameworks

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 fully remote role requires daytime overlap with a global team and offers the chance to shape Android product experiences for a multilingual, worldwide audience.

You will design, implement and optimize Android features using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and modern architecture patterns, with a focus on performance,