Remote Senior Android Engineer — Global Wikipedia Apps

Wikimedia Foundation; Wilmington (VT); Remote; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

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 availability for at least four hours daily between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC and focuses on delivering high-quality, scalable Android experiences for a global audience.

Responsibilities include designing medium-sized projects, improving performance, and collaborating across product, design, and data

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree and 5–10+ years of professional Android experience.
• Strong Kotlin, XML, Jetpack Compose, and Android architectural pattern knowledge.
• Experience with Android performance optimization for diverse devices.
• Experience adding webview-wrapped experiences to native apps.
• Experience maintaining cross-platform mobile applications.
• Experience building mobile games or interactive mobile experiences.
• Experience with data science, ML, or AI and familiarity with Wikipedia content formats.
• MediaWiki or Wikimedia project experience preferred.
• Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate in CS or related STEM field.
• Prior Wikimedia project experience is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Identify risks early and guide tradeoffs between quality, velocity, maintainability, and user impact.
• Lead Android design for medium-sized projects and build scalable components.
• Improve app experiences for a multilingual global audience.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and engineers to align priorities and sequencing.
• Continuously instrument features for testing, observability, and analytics.
• Support the Foundation's mission and values.

Kenntnisse

Kotlin

XML

Jetpack Compose

Android patterns

Performance tuning

Webview integration

Cross-platform

MediaWiki familiarity

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's or Doctorate (preferred)

Tools

Android Studio

GCM/FCM

Jobbeschreibung

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 availability for at least four hours daily between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC and focuses on delivering high-quality, scalable Android experiences for a global audience.

Responsibilities include designing medium-sized projects, improving performance, and collaborating across product, design, and data