Remote Senior Android Engineer – Kotlin & Jetpack Compose

Wikimedia Foundation; West Virginia; Remote; USD 130,000 - 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 Core Experiences. This is a remote-first role with collaboration across a global team and a need to overlap with 15:00–21:00 UTC work hours.

You will design scalable Android components, optimize performance, and work with product, design, and data teams to enhance the reading experience for a multilingual audience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5–10+ years of Android app development.
• Strong Kotlin, XML, Jetpack Compose skills and Android patterns.
• Experience with Android performance optimization for smooth, responsive apps.
• Experience adding webview-wrapped experiences to native apps (iOS or Android).
• Experience maintaining cross-platform mobile applications.
• Familiarity with Wikipedia/wikitext/markdown editing or CMS like MediaWiki/Drupal/WordPress.

Responsibilities

• Identify risks early and help teams balance quality, velocity, maintainability, and user impact.
• Lead Android app experience improvements for a global multilingual audience.
• Design and build accessible, scalable components and lead medium-sized projects.
• Ensure software is testable, observable, and easy to debug; instrument features for analytics.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and native app engineers to shape pragmatic solutions.
• Prioritize high-impact opportunities and align priorities with delivery timelines.

Skills

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Android Architecture

XML

Performance optimization

Webview integration

Cross-platform mobile apps

AI/data science familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's or Doctorate in CS or STEM

Tools

MediaWiki

Drupal

WordPress

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Android to advance the App Experience and App Growth teams within Core Experiences. This is a remote-first role with collaboration across a global team and a need to overlap with 15:00–21:00 UTC work hours.

You will design scalable Android components, optimize performance, and work with product, design, and data teams to enhance the reading experience for a multilingual audience.