Medium - Senior Android Engineer
Requirements
• You've spent several years building production Android apps and you're genuinely fluent in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, coroutines and Flow, and modern Android architecture • You're an expert with all things Android engineering, but you can also hold your own on at least one other platform (web, iOS, or backend) and can work credibly there when a feature calls for it • You think like a product engineer. You don't just build what's asked, but can own and appreciate the impact at a product impact altitude of your work.You understand the problem underneath the request, push back when something doesn't add up, and care about whether it actually worked once it shipped • You've worked closely with designers and engineers on other platforms before. You're good at explaining a technical tradeoff in a way that actually lands for someone who isn't an engineer • You have good instincts about systems, you're adaptable, and you're genuinely eager to learn. You can advocate for an approach while staying open to a better one. We care a lot about collaboration and psychological safety here. We want someone who adds to it • You have the ability to push forward in ambiguity and make great trade off decisions to keep a project moving • Experience using AI to improve a team's leverage, reach, output and impact • You've owned product direction yourself rather than just executing someone else's plan • You personally use Medium and are genuinely excited to contribute to its mission, which is empowering humans to write meaningfully for other humans
Responsibilities
• Own Android features end to end. Understand the problem, build it, ship it, and see how it actually does • Shape what gets built, not just how it gets built. Push back on scope, propose simpler solutions, and raise platform constraints early rather than after the fact • Write idiomatic, well-tested Kotlin and Compose UI that fits naturally into the team's existing architecture • Work directly with iOS, web, or backend engineers depending on what a feature needs, and help decide where functionality should live • Partner with our leadership team, design team, and engineers in the US and France to turn a rough idea into something that actually ships well on Android • Bring superb judgment to ambiguous requests. You can ask good questions, spot edge cases early, and propose reasonable first steps when the full scope isn't clear yet • Own shaping product and feature spaces, maintaining and driving a sense of forward momentum even when the final destination of your work may not be clear • Help raise the bar for the mobile team on code quality, testing, and product thinking • Attend Medium's twice-yearly, in-person offsites (hosted in locations around the U.S.)
Benefits
• In addition to the new skills you'll pick up, here's what else you'll enjoy by working at Medium: • Working with a fully distributed team: We’re fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France • Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents • Generous parental leave policy • Mental health support through Spring Health (or find a provider through Rula or Kaiser Mental Health Network) • Financial wellness support through Northstar • Stipends for co-working, professional development, wifi, and a one-time home office bonus • Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays • A discounted Medium membership • We're a small team doing meaningful work. Beyond guiding your team's execution, you'll have real influence over engineering strategy, culture, and direction. You'll work alongside people who are genuinely good at what they do and who care about building something worth building. • At Medium, inclusion, diversity, and equity are core to how we work and what we build. We believe a more inclusive team creates a better product—one that’s intuitive, thoughtful, and serves a wide range of users. We strive to foster a supportive, fun, and challenging environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. • We welcome applicants from all walks of life and strongly encourage those from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Our hiring process is built to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for everyone. Even if your experience doesn’t match every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you—your perspective and passion matter more than checking every box. • Learn more about our mission, operating principles, and culture: • Yes to a diverse community • Be part of a better internet • Operating Principles
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