Senior Android Engineer — App Experience & Growth (Remote)

Wikimedia Foundation; Maryland City (MD); Remote; USD 56,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Android to advance the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering group. This remote role requires daily overlap with 15:00–21:00 UTC to enable global collaboration.

You will design and implement scalable Android components, drive performance optimizations, and collaborate with product managers, designers, and native engineers to deliver valuable features for a multilingual, worldwide audience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5-10+ years related professional experience with significant experience building Android applications.
• Strong proficiency with Kotlin, XML, Jetpack Compose, and familiarity with Android architectural patterns.
• Experience in Android performance optimisation and delivering responsive, high‑performing apps.
• Experience working in a lean, self‑driven environment and a commitment to the Foundation's mission.

Responsibilities

• Delivery and enablement of medium complexity initiatives from discovery through delivery.
• Lead system design for medium-sized Android projects and build accessible, scalable components.
• Ensure testability, observability, and debuggability of features.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, analysts, and native engineers.
• Identify high-impact opportunities and align team priorities and timelines.
• Adhere to coding standards, documentation, accessibility, and transparency.

Skills

Clear communicator

Autonomy

Feedback

Builds strong relationships

Comfortable with ambiguity

Knowledge sharing

Outcome-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kotlin

XML

Jetpack Compose

Android architecture patterns

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Android to advance the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering group. This remote role requires daily overlap with 15:00–21:00 UTC to enable global collaboration.

You will design and implement scalable Android components, drive performance optimizations, and collaborate with product managers, designers, and native engineers to deliver valuable features for a multilingual, worldwide audience.