Senior Software Engineer - Android

Nextdoor; United States; Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Health plans

OneMedical membership

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Nextdoor is building an AI-first Android app that connects neighbors, communities and local information. As an Android Software Engineer, you’ll join a fast-moving team of engineers, PMs and designers delivering delightful features while aligning with platform conventions.

You’ll work on networking, analytics, experiments, and modular app architecture, with ownership across the stack and a focus on high-quality, bug-free code. A hybrid work model is available and equity opportunities await.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an Engineer in Android or related domain.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering culture.
• Experience with testing using frameworks like JUnit, MockK, and Roborazzi.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve Android features and infrastructure for Nextdoor's app.
• Own engineering components from UI to analytics and testing infrastructure.

Skills

Android development

5+ years engineering

Mentoring engineers

Testing frameworks

Self-motivated

Tools

OkHttp

Retrofit

Apollo GraphQL

Jetpack Compose

Gradle

Job description

#TeamNextdoor

Nextdoor (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network. Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 350,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at nextdoor.com.

Meet Your Future Neighbors

As an Android Software Engineer at Nextdoor, you’ll join a fast moving team of developers, product managers, and designers who are passionate about using technology to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighbor they can rely on.

The Nextdoor Android team works on features and infrastructure to deliver our values to our members. We care about making an incredible Android app that respects platform conventions and is delightful to use. We’re always trying to move faster and more safely, by adopting the latest practices, such as Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and GraphQL.

At Nextdoor, we operate in an AI-first environment and expect every team member to actively use AI tools as part of their workflow. We aren't looking for prompt engineers; we’re looking for people who use tools like Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Glean to challenge their own thinking and take full ownership of AI-assisted outputs.

We also offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees. The hiring team will go over these expectations with you if you are being considered for a role near one of our offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and London.

TheImpact You’ll Make

We believe in empowering our teams to own all aspects of bringing Nextdoor to life. As such, you’ll get the opportunity to make key contributions across our Android stack - this includes developing and improving our networking, analytics, experiments, modular app structure, and testing infrastructure - in addition to making direct contributions to Nextdoor’s product.

The Feed UX Team is responsible for 75%+ of Nextdoor user traffic. We own the user experience for the main feed and post creation tools. We care about making an incredible Android app that respects platform conventions and is delightful to use.

What You’ll Bring To The Team

• 5+ years of experience as an Engineer and/or the ability to perform at an advanced level in the domain
• You crave enchanting Nextdoor’s users with delightful, polished and bug-free features, but you know how to ship consistently and quickly
• Desire to mentor junior engineers and enthusiastic about up-leveling our engineering culture
• Strong self-motivation and flexibility with excitement to improve any part of the app, from the UI components to the analytics framework
• You make a point to test your obviously bug-free code with frameworks like JUnit, MockK, and Roborazzi - just to be safe

Bonus Points

• Passionate about Nextdoor’s mission and being a good neighbor
• Expertise in Kotlin and leveraging its features to increase the safety and clarity of our codebase
• Familiar with modern networking stack, such as OkHttp, Retrofit, and Apollo GraphQL
• Passion for UI architecture best practices such as MVI and libraries including Coroutines, Mavericks, and Jetpack Compose
• Familiar with architecting a large app for efficient modularization and dependency injection via Gradle and Metro
• You think the only real Android phones are Pixels

Rewards

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from$165,000 to $250,000 USD on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. The salary range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location.

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.

When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.