About the Role

A Series A consumer fintech startup — building a mobile-first personal finance app that helps everyday users manage cash flow, access earned wages early, and build credit — is looking for a Senior Android Software Engineer to join its small, product-focused engineering team in San Francisco.

You'll be a core contributor to the Android app, working closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to ship meaningful features that directly impact user happiness and financial wellbeing. The team values pragmatic problem solving, strong craftsmanship, and cross-functional collaboration. Visa sponsorship is available.

What You'll Do

Design, implement, and maintain a consumer-facing Android application used by a growing base of real users
Contribute to platform-level architecture decisions and help scale the app's foundation
Collaborate with product and design to shape features and product direction from the ground up
Work cross-functionally with backend, product, and business teams to deliver end-to-end experiences
Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers on the Android team
Pragmatically solve complex engineering challenges in a fast-moving startup environment

What We're Looking For

Required (Dealbreakers)

2+ years of professional experience building and shipping production Android applications
Strong Kotlin expertise with demonstrated experience using Jetpack Compose and modern app architecture patterns (MVVM or Clean Architecture)
Experience building consumer-facing mobile applications (not exclusively B2B)

Required Skills

Proficiency with Android testing strategies — unit tests, instrumentation tests, and UI tests
Experience maintaining and working with CI/CD pipelines for mobile app development
Experience integrating Firebase services: Authentication, Firestore/Realtime Database, and Cloud Messaging
Familiarity with backend data formats and APIs common in mobile apps: protobufs, REST, and gRPC
Demonstrated mentorship or technical leadership experience guiding junior engineers
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills across product, engineering, and business teams

Nice to Have

Experience with platform-level Android development and architecture
Experience contributing to product design and direction decisions
Familiarity with Dagger Hilt for dependency injection
Background in fintech, payments, or financial services applications

Tech Stack

Mobile: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Firebase, Dagger Hilt
Backend / Infra: Go, gRPC, protobufs, GCP, BigQuery, MySQL

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $160,000 – $200,000 USD annually
Equity participation in a Series A fintech company
Visa sponsorship available

Location

This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates should be prepared to work from the San Francisco office.

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