Staff Android Tooling Engineer — Build Scalable Mobile CI

Socotra, Inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great medical, dental, and vision

Mental health benefits

401(k) with company match

Lyft credits and Lyft Pink

Job summary

Lyft is seeking an experienced Android Engineer to join the Mobile Tooling team in San Francisco. You will build and maintain mobile build and release infrastructure, enabling hundreds of engineers to move fast and ship stable apps.

The role focuses on scalable tooling, cross-functional collaboration, and improving developer experience. You will mentor teammates, contribute to open-source efforts, and explore tools like Bazel remote execution, Bazel, and AI-assisted workflows to enhance

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience supporting large Android builds; Bazel is a bonus.
• Experience building command-line tools using Python or Bash.
• Experience maintaining a high-performance CI pipeline.
• Strong knowledge of Kotlin; Jetpack Compose is a bonus.
• Deep understanding of native mobile testing practices (unit, snapshot, UI).
• Worked on large-scale Android apps or infrastructure teams.
• Experience with open-source projects or side projects is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain mobile build and release infrastructure for hundreds of engineers.
• Lead projects end-to-end with cross-functional alignment; communicate changes to the community.
• Identify and automate system improvements, plan projects, and drive architectural reviews.
• Contribute to source code and keep up with Android and industry developments.
• Prototype and implement tools to scale infrastructure (e.g., Bazel remote execution).
• Develop AI agent workflows to boost developer productivity and migration efficiency.
• Maintain Android Studio, Android versions, and third‑party library dependencies.
• Write high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code; triage and fix issues.
• Share knowledge via talks and code reviews; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Kotlin

Android

CI/CD

Python

Bash

Code reviews

Mentorship

Jetpack Compose

AI tools

Tools

Bazel

Android Studio

Git

Android SDK

Cursor AI tools

Job description

Lyft is seeking an experienced Android Engineer to join the Mobile Tooling team in San Francisco. You will build and maintain mobile build and release infrastructure, enabling hundreds of engineers to move fast and ship stable apps.

The role focuses on scalable tooling, cross-functional collaboration, and improving developer experience. You will mentor teammates, contribute to open-source efforts, and explore tools like Bazel remote execution, Bazel, and AI-assisted workflows to enhance