Founding Android Lead Engineer

We’re hiring a founding Android Lead Engineer to design and build the core mobile experience — crafting motion-rich interfaces, real-time interactions, and deeply personalised journeys that redefine how people connect.

You will:

• Architect, build, and own end-to-end native Android experiences
• Lead development of motion-heavy, touch-first, highly responsive UI
• Solve for chat, notifications, and real-time interactions at scale
• Optimise for cold starts, animation smoothness, and low latency
• Mentor junior engineers, own technical roadmap, and enforce code quality
• Collaborate closely with the design, product, and backend team

You'll Be a Great Fit if You:

• Have 5+ years of experience building and scaling B2C Android apps in Kotlin with a focus on performance, UI polish, and responsiveness.
• Strong grasp of Jetpack components, Material Design, MVVM/Clean Architecture, and Coroutines/Flows.
• Solid understanding of networking (Retrofit/OkHttp), caching, memory management, and app security.
• Experience working with Firebase, Room, WebSockets, push notifications, and analytics SDKs.
• Comfort with CI/CD, Play Store releases, crash analytics (e.g., Crashlytics/Sentry), and A/B testing.
• Have built or integrated features like in-app chat, push notifications, or real-time video/audio, and know how to manage latency across devices
• Have shipped 0→1 features or apps from scratch and love iterating with product and design
• Obsess over details: gesture choreography, transitions, layout timing, and smooth-as-butter interactions
• Have led small teams or mentored junior devs, and enjoy setting the bar for code quality, architecture, and reviews
• Have worked at product-led B2C startups or consumer platforms at scale — ideally with 1M+ DAU.
• Are curious and up-to-date with the latest in Android SDK development
• Are fast-moving, comfortable with early-stage ambiguity and ownership 
• Bonus: Exposure to image processing, face detection, or integrating LLM/AI APIs.

Why Join Us:

• We are AI-native and building for global audiences 
• Founding team of repeat founders and backed by top-tier investors
• Autonomy + velocity + product-first culture
• All Engineers get ESOPs