Remote Senior Android Engineer - Global App Experience

Wikimedia Foundation

Athens (GA)

Remote

USD 160,000 - 190,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Android to join the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering group. This fully remote role requires at least four hours of daily overlap between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC to facilitate collaboration across a global team.

You will lead Android development using Kotlin, XML, and Jetpack Compose, optimize performance, and contribute to cross-platform mobile experiences.

Qualifications

Significant experience building Android applications.
Proficiency with Kotlin, XML, Jetpack Compose.
Experience optimizing Android performance for various conditions.
Experience adding webview-wrapped experiences to native apps.

Responsibilities

Identifies risks early and helps team balance quality, velocity, maintainability, and user impact.
Implementation - improve mobile Wikipedia experiences for a global audience on Android; design and build scalable components.
Quality, testing and observability - write testable, observable code for deep product analysis.
Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, analysts, and native app engineers.
Prioritisation - identify high-impact opportunities and risks and set sequencing.
Commitment to Wikimedia Foundation's mission and values.