Senior Android Software Engineer

Clera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship available

Job summary

Clera, a Series A fintech company, is seeking a Senior Android Software Engineer to join its product-focused team in San Francisco. This role involves designing and maintaining consumer-facing Android applications and solving complex technical challenges while mentoring junior engineers.

We're looking for candidates with strong Kotlin skills, experience in shipping mobile apps, and proficiency in modern Android architecture. The position offers competitive compensation and potential for significant impact on product direction.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in mobile engineering.
• Strong Kotlin expertise with Jetpack Compose and modern Android architecture.
• Hands-on experience building consumer-facing mobile apps.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain a core consumer-facing Android application.
• Contribute to product design decisions and overall direction.
• Mentor junior engineers on the Android team.

Skills

Kotlin expertise

Jetpack Compose

Experience with consumer-facing mobile apps

Backend data formats and APIs

Firebase services integration

Android testing strategies

Strong communication skills

Tools

Firebase

Dagger Hilt DI

GCP

Go

Protobufs

BigQuery

MySQL

Job description

About the Role

A Series A fintech company is looking for a Senior Android Software Engineer to join a product-focused team building consumer financial products. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to craft high-quality mobile experiences, leveraging multiple datasets to drive clear objectives. This role offers meaningful impact on product direction and user happiness through pragmatic problem solving and cross-functional collaboration.

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain a core consumer-facing Android application
• Assist in building and scaling platform infrastructure
• Pragmatically solve complex technical and product problems
• Contribute to product design decisions and overall direction
• Communicate and collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and business teams
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers on the Android team

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 2+ years of experience in mobile engineering
• Strong Kotlin expertise with Jetpack Compose and modern Android architecture (MVVM / Clean Architecture)
• Hands-on experience building and shipping consumer-facing mobile apps (B2C experience is a must)
• Experience with backend data formats and APIs common in mobile apps, including protobufs, REST, and gRPC
• Experience integrating Firebase services (Authentication, Firestore/Realtime Database, Cloud Messaging)
• Proficiency with Android testing strategies (unit and instrumentation/UI tests) and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for mobile
• Strong communication skills and a track record of cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and business stakeholders

Nice to Have:

• Mentorship or technical leadership experience guiding junior mobile engineers

Tech Stack

• Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Firebase, Dagger Hilt DI, GCP, Go, Protobufs, BigQuery, MySQL

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $160,000 – $200,000 USD annually
• Visa sponsorship available

Location

This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA.