Senior/Lead Android Engineer ID71270
About the position We are looking for a Senior Android Engineer to design, build, and maintain features that power Bumble’s consumer-facing dating experience. You will work in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose and XML-based views, owning features end-to-end from technical design through release, while integrating and supporting AI and LLM-powered features in production. The role includes mentoring junior engineers, contributing to Android architecture standards, and leveraging AI-assisted development tools as a core part of the daily engineering workflow.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain high-quality Android features that power consumer-facing experiences
- Partner closely with Product Managers and Designers to shape product vision, influence the roadmap, and translate ideas into Android implementations
- Own Android features end-to-end, from technical planning and implementation through testing, release, and iteration
- Contribute to and evolve Android architecture and engineering standards while balancing maintainability and product development needs
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools and workflows to improve productivity, code quality, and developer experience
- Help mature the team’s approach to AI usage by sharing best practices, tools, and learnings with other engineers
- Support and mentor other Android engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience building and shipping production Android applications
- Strong proficiency in Kotlin and experience with modern Android development practices
- Experience building UIs using Jetpack Compose and/or XML-based views
- Proven experience using AI-powered development tools such as Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT as part of engineering workflows
- Hands-on experience integrating and supporting AI/LLM-powered features or services in production systems
- Proven experience designing and maintaining Android application architectures such as MVVM, MVI, or Clean Architecture in medium-to-large codebases
- Solid understanding of Android platform fundamentals, including activity and fragment lifecycle, threading, performance, and memory management
- Experience integrating and consuming networked APIs from Android clients, including error handling and offline considerations
- Experience owning Android features end-to-end, from technical design and implementation through testing and release
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, inclusive mindset
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to proactively identify risks, dependencies, and open questions
- Comfortable making reasonable technical decisions and adjusting based on feedback
- Upper-intermediate English level
Benefits
- Mentorship
- TechTalks
- Personalized growth roadmaps
- Competitive compensation
- USD-based pay
- Education budget
- Fitness budget
- Team activity budgets
- Modern solutions with Fortune 500 and top product companies
- Flexible schedule
- Remote options
- Office options
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