Software engineer (Android)

Untitledinbrackets; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Free lunch in the office

Competitive equity

Job summary

Untitledinbrackets is hiring an Android engineer to scale our Android app alongside the founding engineer who built it. You will ship features end-to-end, own performance, and collaborate with iOS engineers to maintain parity where it matters.

We value deep Kotlin expertise, backend integration experience, and a track record of architecting and shipping complex client-side systems. Flexible in-office days with strong craft and design focus will define the role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Android engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin and the Android framework.
• Experience integrating Android apps with backend services.
• Strong grasp of architecture, design patterns, and the mobile lifecycle.
• A complex client-side system you architected and shipped; able to explain decisions.

Responsibilities

• Ship features across the Android app end to end.
• Design and ship with engineers, designers, and founders.
• Collaborate with iOS engineers to maintain parity where it matters.
• Own performance, responsiveness, and quality across devices.
• Find bottlenecks and fix bugs; contribute to architecture and test coverage.

Skills

Kotlin

Android framework

Backend integration

Architecture

Mobile lifecycle

Job description

We're hiring an Android engineer to scale our Android app alongside the founding Android engineer who built it from scratch and shipped it to Google Play. Since launch, it's grown to 60,000 installs, 8,500 DAU, a 4.8 rating, and localization across Brazil, Latin America, and Italy. One engineer did all of it. It's time for the next.

You'll work alongside the iOS engineers and designers to keep parity where it matters and diverge where it makes the app better. real-time co-editing, offline playback, background uploads, subscription infrastructure, the foundations are in place. now we make it deeper.

What you'll do

Ship features across the Android app end to end

Design and ship alongside engineers, designers, and the founders

Partner closely with our iOS engineers to keep parity where it matters and diverge where it makes the app better

Own performance, responsiveness, and quality across devices

Find bottlenecks and fix bugs

Contribute to architecture, test coverage, and engineering process for Android

What we're looking for

7+ years of Android engineering

Deep expertise in Kotlin and the Android framework

Experience integrating Android apps with backend services

Strong grasp of architecture, design patterns, and the mobile lifecycle

A complex client-side system you personally architected and shipped. you can explain every decision, what you chose not to do, and what broke

Shipped real work at startups or small teams

Side projects or apps you've put into the world. things you built because you wanted them to exist

Exploratory communication. you think out loud, name tradeoffs, stay low-ego when corrected

Comfort with ambiguity and high autonomy

Passion for craft. you treat UI like art

Cloud messaging APIs and push notifications

Strong opinions on UI/UX and Material Design

Performance and memory optimization

Outsized love for music and creative tools

Comfort designing async server systems (you'll be asked to in the systems interview)

Flexible days in office

Free lunch in the office

Competitive salary and equity

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Opportunities for professional growth and development

A collaborative environment that values craft and creativity

Compensation

Competitive equity package

Medical, dental, and vision benefits