Staff Software Engineer

The Mice Groups, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Competitive salary

Job summary

The Mice Groups, Inc. is seeking a Staff Android Engineer to provide technical leadership across the Android platform. This role is highly hands-on, focusing on architecture, platform development, developer productivity, and emerging technologies.

You will spend about 80% of your time coding and 20% on design and architecture, building scalable architectures, and mentoring engineers. Remote-friendly with Pittsburgh-area candidates favored; ET hours alignment considered.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional Android development experience, including 3+ years in architectural/leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin, including Coroutines and Flow.
• Strong experience with Jetpack Compose and legacy Android XML.
• Strong understanding of modern Android architecture and state management.
• Experience with Gradle Kotlin DSL and Android build systems.
• Experience on an Android platform, foundation, or developer tooling team is a plus.
• Experience building tools, libraries, SDKs, or reusable components for other developers.
• Experience implementing or integrating AI development workflows and tools.
• Experience with MCP servers or similar AI/agent integrations is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills and mentoring abilities.

Responsibilities

• Spend approximately 80% of your time coding and 20% on architecture and design.
• Design and implement scalable, modular Android architectures.
• Build tools, libraries, and platform capabilities for other Android developers.
• Stay current with the latest Android technologies and practices.
• Drive technical decisions and determine best approaches.
• Evaluate new technologies, run proofs of concept and experiments.
• Review designs and guide complex engineering challenges.
• Shape long-term Android platform strategy and standards.
• Mentor senior engineers and lead by example.
• Create design documentation and communicate risks and tradeoffs.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Coroutines & Flow

Jetpack Compose

Android architecture

Gradle Kotlin DSL

Developer tooling

AI tooling integration

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder communication

Job description

We’re looking for a Staff Android Engineer to provide technical leadership across the Android platform. This is a highly hands-on role focused on Android architecture, platform development, developer productivity, and emerging technologies.

What You’ll Do

• Spend approximately 80% of your time coding and 20% on architecture, technical design, and implementation.


• Design and implement scalable, modular, and testable Android architectures.


• Build tools, libraries, and platform capabilities that enable other Android developers.


• Serve as an Android technology expert, staying current with the latest Android technologies, tools, and development practices.


• Drive technical decisions and help determine the best technology and implementation approaches.


• Evaluate and introduce new technologies and development approaches, including proofs of concept and experimental work.


• Review technical designs from other teams and provide guidance on complex engineering challenges.


• Help shape long-term Android platform strategy and development standards.


• Mentor senior engineers and lead by example, without direct people management responsibilities.


• Create technical design documentation and communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Explore and implement AI-enabled development workflows and integrations, with a strong focus on improving developer productivity.


• Own automated and manual testing to ensure production-ready, shippable code.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of professional Android development experience, including 3+ years in an architectural or technical leadership capacity.


• Deep expertise in Kotlin, including Coroutines and Flow.


• Strong experience with Jetpack Compose and legacy Android XML.


• Strong understanding of modern Android architecture and application state management.


• Experience with Gradle Kotlin DSL and Android build systems.


• Experience working on an Android platform, foundation, or developer tooling team is a strong plus.


• Experience building tools, libraries, SDKs, or reusable components for other developers.


• Experience implementing or integrating AI development workflows and tools.


• Experience with MCP servers or similar AI/agent integrations is highly desirable.


• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts, risks, and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.


• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction without direct people management.


• Long-term contract with potential opportunity to convert to a permanent position.


• Remote opportunity; candidates located in Pittsburgh are a plus.


• Candidates must be able to work Eastern Time hours.