Remote Senior Android Engineer — Kotlin & App Growth

Wikimedia Foundation; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 56,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Android to advance the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences group. This fully remote role requires 4 hours daily between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC and focuses on delivering high-quality Android experiences for a multilingual global audience.

You will design and implement scalable Android components, optimize performance, and collaborate with product and design teams to ship features that improve engagement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5–10+ years of professional Android app development experience.
• Significant experience building Android applications with Kotlin, XML, and Jetpack Compose.
• Familiarity with performance optimization techniques for responsive apps.
• Experience working in self-driven, lean environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver medium complexity initiatives from discovery through delivery, breaking work into features and managing scope.
• Lead system design for medium-sized Android projects and build accessible, scalable components.
• Ensure code quality, testing, observability, and instrumentation for analysis by Product Analysts.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and native app engineers to balance user needs and technical constraints.
• Identify high-impact technical opportunities and risks; align team priorities and timelines.
• Adhere to team standards in code review, design, testing, documentation, accessibility, and transparency.

Skills

Kotlin

XML

Jetpack Compose

Android

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Android to advance the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences group. This fully remote role requires 4 hours daily between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC and focuses on delivering high-quality Android experiences for a multilingual global audience.

You will design and implement scalable Android components, optimize performance, and collaborate with product and design teams to ship features that improve engagement