Staff Android Engineer

FOX Direct to Consumer; New York (NY); On-site; USD 143,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

FOX Direct to Consumer is seeking a Staff Android Engineer to shape the technical direction of mobile and CTV Android apps. You will architect, build, and optimize high-performance experiences for FOX News users, collaborating with product, design, backend, and other mobile engineers.

The role requires deep Android expertise, strong architectural skills, and a passion for mentoring. You will drive engineering excellence, automate workflows, and explore AI-powered solutions to improve developer

Qualifications

• 7+ years of native Android development with Kotlin.
• Deep understanding of Android SDK, Jetpack libraries, and modern architectures.
• Experience with Jetpack Compose and traditional UI frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, DI (Hilt/Dagger), and async programming.
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and development of scalable Android apps.
• Build performant, reliable features for large-scale streaming apps.
• Collaborate with product, design, backend, QA, and DevOps.
• Set engineering standards and influence platform direction.
• Mentor engineers through reviews and design discussions.
• Champion testing, automation, observability, and CI.
• Improve app performance, stability, and security.
• Promote AI-assisted tooling and internal developer tools.

Skills

Kotlin

Android

Jetpack Compose

Architectural patterns

CI/CD

AI-assisted development

Mentoring

REST APIs

Tools

ExoPlayer

Firebase Crashlytics

Cursor

Claude Code

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY
Fox Corporation Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

JOB DESCRIPTION
About The Role
The Staff Android Engineer is responsible for shaping the technical direction of our mobile and CTV Android applications. As a technical leader, you will architect, build, and optimize high-performance applications that deliver exceptional experiences for millions of FOX News users, using modern engineering practices, including agentic AI workflows. You\'ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and fellow mobile developers to deliver intuitive, scalable, and reliable experiences.

This role requires deep Android expertise, strong software architecture skills, and a passion for mentoring engineers while driving engineering excellence across the organization. You’ll also identify opportunities to improve developer productivity through automation, internal tooling, and agentic AI workflows, helping the team ship high-quality features at lightning speed.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable Android applications using modern Android technologies and best practices.
• Build performant, reliable, and maintainable features for large-scale consumer streaming applications.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Backend, QA, and DevOps throughout the product lifecycle.
• Drive technical strategy, establish engineering standards, and influence platform direction.
• Mentor and coach engineers through technical leadership, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Champion software quality through testing, automation, observability, and continuous integration.
• Identify opportunities to improve application performance, stability, security, and developer productivity.
• Champion adoption of AI-assisted development tools across the team, and identify opportunities to build internal developer tools and automations, including AI-powered solutions, to improve engineering workflows.
• Own application performance, stability, and crash-free rate targets, including modularization, build performance, and adoption of modern tools such as Baseline Profiles and Jetpack Compose.
• Evaluate emerging Android technologies and recommend adoption where appropriate.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to long-term technical roadmaps.
• Help foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• 7+ years professional experience developing native Android applications using Kotlin.
• Deep understanding of Android SDK, Jetpack libraries, and modern Android architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture).
• Experience with Jetpack Compose and traditional Android UI frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, dependency injection (Hilt/Dagger), and asynchronous programming.
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs and integrating backend services.
• Strong understanding of mobile application performance optimization, debugging, profiling, and memory management.
• Experience implementing automated testing including unit, integration, and UI testing.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile software development practices.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, or similar) to support software development and improve engineering productivity.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and influence engineering decisions across teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Regular, on-site attendance at the workplace a minimum of 3 days per week is an essential function of the position. Selected candidate must be able to reliably meet this requirement.

NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER

• Experience building or maintaining large-scale streaming, media, or OTT applications.
• Familiarity with ExoPlayer and adaptive streaming technologies (HLS, DASH).
• Experience with video playback, DRM, offline downloads, and media analytics.
• Knowledge of Firebase, Crashlytics, and mobile observability tools.
• Experience supporting Android TV or other connected device platforms.
• Experience working within a large consumer technology or media organization.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs or AI services into internal developer tools or consumer-facing features.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $143,000.00-205,000.00 annually. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.