Senior Android Engineer

Duolingo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 144,000 - 294,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to join their Math team. In this role, you will develop innovative features that enhance the learning experience for users globally. The position offers opportunities for mentorship, collaboration, and impactful work in a fun environment. Ideal candidates have a strong background in Kotlin and experience in building reactive Android applications.

Qualifications

• 5 years of programming experience building reactive Android apps.
• Ability to communicate technical issues effectively.
• Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects.
• Develop, release, and maintain native Android application features in Kotlin.
• Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers on the team.

Skills

Kotlin

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

Job description

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Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems, running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About The Role

Math Team:

• As an Android engineer on the Math team, you will help build the technology that changes how people around the world learn Math. The features that you ship will help learners to develop core math skills in a fun, engaging way. We’re looking for engineers who love building new products and features.
  
  

You will...

• Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects
• Develop, release, and maintain native Android application features in Kotlin
• Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers on the team
  
  

You have...

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Programming experience in Kotlin on Android
• The ability to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to relocate to New York, NY
  
  

Exceptional candidates will have...

• 5 years of programming experience building reactive Android apps
• Demonstrated self-direction, with a desire both to learn new techniques and mentor others
• Outstanding leadership and negotiation skills
• Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs
• Experience writing unit tests and testable code
  
  

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This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range

$144,500—$294,000 USD

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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