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Staff Android Engineer

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.

Contract Details

• 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.

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