Senior Android Engineer — Remote, Global Knowledge Impact

Wikimedia Foundation; Iowa Center (IA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation, a remote-first organization, seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Android to advance the App Experience and Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering group. You will design and build scalable Android components for a global audience, collaborate across product and design, and help shape architectural decisions.

Work hours require 15:00–21:00 UTC daily to support collaboration across time zones, while remaining fully remote and distributed across many countries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and 5-10+ years building Android apps.
• Strong Kotlin, XML, Jetpack Compose and Android patterns.
• Experience with Android performance optimizations.
• Experience adding webview-wrapped experiences to existing native apps (iOS/Android).
• Experience maintaining cross‑platform mobile apps.
• Experience building mobile games or interactive experiences.
• Experience with data science, ML, and/or AI (familiarity with Wikipedia/Wikitext/Content Management Systems).
• Experience with Wikimedia projects (MediaWiki).
• Degree in CS/STEM or equivalent certification.
• Prior experience with MediaWiki or Wikimedia projects.

Responsibilities

• Identifies risks early and helps the team make pragmatic tradeoffs across quality, velocity, maintainability, and user impact.
• Improving Android product experiences for a global multilingual audience and leading system design for medium projects.
• Ensures software is easy to test, observe, and debug, and instruments features for analysts.
• Collaborates with product managers, designers, analysts, and native app engineers to shape pragmatic solutions.
• Prioritises high-impact technical opportunities and clarifies priorities and sequencing.
• Aligns work with the Wikimedia Foundation's mission and values.

Skills

Kotlin

XML

Jetpack Compose

Android patterns

Android performance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or STEM

Master’s or PhD in CS/MI or STEM

Tools

MediaWiki

Drupal

WordPress

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation, a remote-first organization, seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Android to advance the App Experience and Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering group. You will design and build scalable Android components for a global audience, collaborate across product and design, and help shape architectural decisions.

Work hours require 15:00–21:00 UTC daily to support collaboration across time zones, while remaining fully remote and distributed across many countries.