Staff Engineer - Android (REMOTE)

fanaticsinc; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Inc. is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead Android development for a flagship sports platform. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on coding to deliver scalable features for a large monthly active user base.

You will set engineering standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and design to align technical decisions with business goals. Expect on-call rotations and strong emphasis on quality, testing, and documentation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building scalable Android apps using MVI architecture.
• Expert in Kotlin with mentoring capability.
• Deep Android domain knowledge including platform best practices and trends.

Responsibilities

• Drive development, testing, documentation, and deployment of scalable Android software into production.
• Lead end-to-end technical execution of complex features from ideation to deployment.
• Define engineering principles, guidelines, and best practices for the mobile team.
• Collaborate with product, design, and stakeholders to balance business goals with long-term scalability.
• Lead on-call incident resolution and improve operational metrics.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

MVI architecture

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile/SCRUM

Communication

Tools

Jetpack Compose

Dependency Injection

Service Locator

GoLang

Swift

Java

Job description

Role overview

This Staff Engineer role focuses on Android development for a flagship sports platform mobile application. The position calls for a recognized technical leader who operates both strategically and hands-on, setting standards while delivering ambitious features at scale. The work centers on a unified consumer app that brings together free-to-play games, live events, ecommerce, and emerging product experiences for a large monthly active user base.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development, testing, documentation, and deployment of high-quality, scalable Android software into production
• Lead end-to-end technical execution of complex features and systems, from ideation and architecture through deployment and refinement
• Define and enforce engineering principles, guidelines, and best practices across the mobile team
• Partner with product, design, and other stakeholders to make high-impact technical decisions that balance business goals with long-term scalability
• Lead incident resolution as part of an on-call rotation, diagnosing and remediating critical issues quickly
• Conduct and elevate code reviews, mentor engineers at all levels, and champion improvements to documentation, testability, and operational metrics

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building highly scalable Android applications using MVI architecture
• Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin, with the ability to mentor others in idiomatic usage
• Deep Android domain expertise, including platform best practices, current trends, and end-user considerations
• Hands-on experience with Jetpack Compose and either Direct Injection or ServiceLocator patterns
• Strong communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to engineers, executives, and non-technical audiences
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally within large enterprise environments and drive Agile/SCRUM delivery

Nice to have

• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform
• Familiarity with Material Design, ideally Material 3
• Background in client API design and client/backend integration
• Working knowledge of GoLang, Swift, or Java