Senior Android Engineer – Real-Time AI & Immersive UI

Cantina, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

42 days of paid time off

Parental leave & fertility support

401(k) retirement plan

Lifestyle spending account

Complimentary lunch and snacks

One Medical membership

Job summary

Cantina, Inc. is seeking an Android Engineer to lead the development of high-performance Android features, from personalized feeds to AI-powered media capabilities. You will work with Product, Design, and QA to ship impactful updates for a large user base.

Join a small, fast-moving team, applying deep Android internals knowledge, custom UI work, and real-time media expertise to push the boundaries of Cantina’s flagship experiences.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Android development experience.
• Expert-level Kotlin with coroutines and Flow.
• Deep Jetpack Compose expertise and animation APIs.
• Strong MVVM and Android architecture components knowledge.
• Hands-on DI with Koin or Hilt in production apps.
• Experience with media pipelines and real-time features.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship high-quality Android features using Jetpack Compose and modern patterns.
• Develop and optimize video/audio pipelines and real-time media effects on Android.
• Craft immersive custom UI with deep Compose animations and motion design.
• Leverage Android internals knowledge to ensure smooth performance.
• Maintain clean MVVM architecture with separated UI, domain, and data layers.
• Set up dependency injection and ensure scalable, testable module graphs.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA to deliver polished experiences.
• Take ownership of features in a fast-moving team serving a large user base.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

MVVM

Dependency injection

Android internals

ExoPlayer

MediaFrameworks

REST APIs

Git

Animation/Motion design

AI-driven media features

Tools

Koin

Hilt

CameraX

Camera2

Jetpack Navigation

Job description

Cantina, Inc. is seeking an Android Engineer to lead the development of high-performance Android features, from personalized feeds to AI-powered media capabilities. You will work with Product, Design, and QA to ship impactful updates for a large user base.

Join a small, fast-moving team, applying deep Android internals knowledge, custom UI work, and real-time media expertise to push the boundaries of Cantina’s flagship experiences.