Senior Android Engineer — Remote, Growth of Wikipedia App

Wikimedia Foundation; Williamstown (NJ); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Android, to advance the App Experience and App Growth within the Core Experiences engineering group. This remote role requires four hours daily between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC to ensure communication with global teams.

You will design and build scalable Android components, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver accessible experiences for a multilingual audience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's and 5-10+ years related professional experience with significant experience building Android applications.
• Strong Kotlin, XML, Jetpack Compose proficiency and familiarity with Android architecture patterns.
• Experience optimizing Android performance to ensure responsive apps.
• Experience adding webview-wrapped experiences to native apps and maintaining cross-platform mobile apps.
• Familiarity with MediaWiki or Wikimedia projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify risks early and help the team trade off quality, velocity, maintainability, and user impact.
• Lead Android mobile experience improvements and design scalable, accessible components.
• Ensure software is testable, observable, and debuggable with instrumentation for analytics.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and native app engineers to balance user needs and constraints.
• Prioritize high-impact technical opportunities and align with project timelines.

Skills

Kotlin

XML

Jetpack Compose

Architecture patterns

Performance optimization

WebView in Android

Cross-platform mobile

AI / data science familiarity

MediaWiki familiarity

Scaling engineering teams

Education

Bachelor's in CS / related

Master's in CS / related

PhD in CS / STEM

Tools

Android Studio

Git

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Android, to advance the App Experience and App Growth within the Core Experiences engineering group. This remote role requires four hours daily between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC to ensure communication with global teams.

You will design and build scalable Android components, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver accessible experiences for a multilingual audience.