Android Developer

Android Frontend Developer (Native)

About Us

We are a fast-growing, product-led, innovative company building fintech product. Our mobile app is at the core of what we do, and we take pride in shipping a product that is fast, reliable, and beautifully crafted. We're looking for an Android developer who holds that same standard.

The Role

We're hiring a Native Android Frontend Developer to join our mobile engineering team and take ownership of building and evolving our Android application. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on crafting high-quality, performant, and pixel-perfect native Android experiences using Kotlin and the modern Android stack.

You'll work directly from UI/UX designs to bring screens and interactions to life — collaborating closely with designers and backend engineers to ship features that users genuinely love. You care about the details: smooth animations, responsive layouts, intuitive gestures, and an app that feels truly native.

What You'll Do

Native Android Development

• Build and maintain high-quality native Android UI screens and components using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose (or XML/View system where applicable)
• Implement responsive and adaptive layouts that work seamlessly across a wide range of Android devices and screen sizes
• Develop smooth animations, transitions, and micro-interactions that elevate the feel of the app
• Integrate with RESTful APIs and backend services, handling data presentation cleanly on the frontend
• Ensure all UI implementations faithfully match design specs with attention to spacing, typography, color, and behavior

Performance \& Quality

• Profile and optimize app performance — focusing on rendering speed, frame rates, memory usage, and startup time
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following SOLID principles and Android best practices
• Conduct code reviews and maintain high engineering standards across the mobile codebase
• Identify and resolve UI bugs, crashes, and layout issues across various Android versions and manufacturers

Collaboration \& Delivery

• Work closely with UI/UX designers to understand design intent and flag technical constraints early in the process
• Partner with backend engineers to define efficient API contracts that support the frontend experience
• Participate in sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives within an Agile/Scrum workflow
• Contribute to architectural decisions that improve the scalability and maintainability of the app

What We're Looking For

Experience \& Technical Skills

• 3–6 years of professional Android development experience with a strong focus on the UI/frontend layer
• Expert proficiency in Kotlin — clean, idiomatic, modern Kotlin is your default
• Strong hands-on experience with Jetpack Compose for building declarative UI
• Solid understanding of the Android View system (ConstraintLayout, RecyclerView, Fragments) for legacy and hybrid scenarios
• Deep knowledge of Jetpack libraries — Navigation, ViewModel, LiveData/StateFlow, Room, WorkManager
• Experience consuming REST APIs using Retrofit, OkHttp, or similar networking libraries
• Familiarity with dependency injection frameworks such as Hilt or Dagger
• Understanding of MVVM and other modern Android architecture patterns (MVI, Clean Architecture)
• Experience with the Google Play Store release process — build variants, signing, staged rollouts
• Comfortable using Android Studio, Profiler, Layout Inspector, and debugging tools

Mindset \& Soft Skills

• A strong eye for UI detail — you notice when a shadow is off or an animation doesn't feel right
• Passion for building native experiences rather than cross-platform workarounds
• A collaborative team player who communicates technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and non-engineers
• Self-motivated with the ability to take a design or ticket and run with it independently
• Committed to writing code that's not just functional, but maintainable and readable for your teammates

Nice to Have

• Experience implementing custom views, Canvas drawing, or complex gesture handling
• Familiarity with Lottie for animation playback
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices on Android (TalkBack, content descriptions, touch targets)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for Android — GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Fastlane
• Understanding of push notifications via Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM)
• Contributions to open-source Android projects or a public GitHub profile
• Exposure to offline-first architecture and local data sync strategies

Agentic Engineering — Strong Plus

Experience building LLM-powered products and proficiency with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar AI development tools are highly valued.

We’re looking for someone whose mindset is:

“Give me the product problem. I’ll figure out how to ship it.”

Application Questions

Please answer the following briefly:

• Have you independently developed and shipped any web or mobile apps? What are they? Share links if available and describe your role.
• Have you owned an app end-to-end, including development, deployment, app store releases, and production support? Give an example.
• What is your experience with native Android (Kotlin/Jetpack Compose), React Native, or iOS development?
• How do you use AI coding tools such as Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor in your daily development workflow?
• Tell us about a feature you built from a rough idea or design spec to production. What decisions did you make independently?

Pay: $10.00 - $12.00 per hour

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Android development: 3 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location: Remote