Staff Software Engineer, Content (Android)

Location: Bellevue, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, or San Francisco, United States; expected to work in an office 4+ days per week under hirify.global's “default together” policy.

Base salary: $195,000–$292,000 annually in Zone C, $218,000–$326,000 annually in Zone B, or $229,000–$343,000 annually in Zone A, plus eligibility for RSUs.

Company

hirify.global is a technology company operating hirify.globalchat, Specs, Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services, with engineering teams building products used by hundreds of millions of people.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and launch Android features across Friend Stories, Spotlight, Discover, and content interactions.
• Lead complex projects from architecture and implementation through experimentation, launch, and optimization.
• Improve video startup latency, prefetching, buffering, scrolling responsiveness, memory usage, and playback reliability.
• Build scalable Android systems and shared components while reducing technical debt and establishing engineering best practices.
• Partner with Product, Design, Ranking/ML, Backend, and Ads teams to shape product and technical roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, align Android, iOS, and platform teams, and use AI tools while auditing code for architecture, performance, and security.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, and modern Android development practices.
• Experience designing and delivering complex, scalable mobile applications focused on performance and reliability.
• Deep understanding of Android architecture, concurrency, multithreading, memory management, networking, and UI performance.
• Ability to independently lead large, ambiguous technical projects and deliver measurable results.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proficiency in, or strong aptitude for, using AI development tools and auditing generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience; alternatively, the specified master's or PhD education and post-graduate experience paths are accepted.
• At least 9 years of post-Bachelor's software development experience, or the applicable master's/PhD experience pathway.
• At least 1 year of technical leadership or domain-expert experience and experience with Android application development.

Nice to have

• Experience working with large-scale customer-facing mobile applications.
• Experience leading teams delivering sophisticated initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person collaboration is expected through the “default together” office policy.
• Benefits include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, and emotional and mental health support programs.
• Compensation includes potential long-term participation through RSUs.
• Work emphasizes privacy, diversity, inclusion, technical quality, security, and community impact.