Senior Android Engineer – Technical Leadership & Roadmap

Meta; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

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Job summary

Meta is seeking a highly experienced Software Engineer - Android (Technical Leadership) to guide cross-functional teams in delivering scalable Android applications and backend features. The role emphasizes setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and shaping multi-year roadmaps to align with large-scale product goals.

The position requires deep Android expertise, strong communication with executives, and a track record of delivering high-impact projects that scale to millions of users.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
• Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission
• Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions

Responsibilities

• Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient
• Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail
• Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
• Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization
• Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
• Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
• Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt

Skills

Android development

Java

Multithreading

APIs design

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Android SDK

Android Studio

APIs/SDKs

Job description

Meta is seeking a highly experienced Software Engineer - Android (Technical Leadership) to guide cross-functional teams in delivering scalable Android applications and backend features. The role emphasizes setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and shaping multi-year roadmaps to align with large-scale product goals.

The position requires deep Android expertise, strong communication with executives, and a track record of delivering high-impact projects that scale to millions of users.