Senior Android Engineer for Global Knowledge Apps

Wikimedia Foundation; Pennsylvania; Remote; USD 116,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Android to support the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering group. The role is remote with a required overlap window of 15:00–21:00 UTC to enable communication across global teams.

You will deliver mobile features for a multilingual global audience, lead medium-sized system designs, and build components that are accessible, scalable, and well-instrumented for analytics.

Qualifications

• Experience building Android apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Familiarity with Android architectural patterns and performance tuning.
• Comfort working in a lean, self-driven environment.
• Commitment to Wikimedia Foundation’s mission and values.

Responsibilities

• Deliver medium complexity Android initiatives from discovery to delivery.
• Lead design for medium projects; build accessible, scalable components.
• Ensure tests, observability, and quality; enable product analysts.
• Collaborate with product, design, analytics, and native teams.
• Identify high-impact opportunities and align priorities with the team.
• Follow team standards for code reviews, design, testing, and docs.
• Plan work with awareness of downstream and upstream effects.

Skills

Kotlin

XML

Jetpack Compose

Android architecture

Performance optimization

Lean environment

Autonomy

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Android to support the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering group. The role is remote with a required overlap window of 15:00–21:00 UTC to enable communication across global teams.

You will deliver mobile features for a multilingual global audience, lead medium-sized system designs, and build components that are accessible, scalable, and well-instrumented for analytics.