Senior Software Engineer, Android – Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +29 more states.

📋 Description

• Assist the App Experience and App Growth teams within the Core Experiences engineering division.

• Execute medium-complexity projects from technical discovery through to delivery.

• Decompose initiatives into features, facilitate estimation, manage project scope, identify risks, and make sensible trade-offs.

• Enhance mobile Wikipedia experiences for a diverse, multilingual Android user base.

• Spearhead system design for medium-scale projects and develop accessible, adaptable, and scalable components.

• Create software that is testable, observable, and easy to debug.

• Implement features to allow for in-depth analysis by Product Analysts.

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and native app developers.

• Recognize technical opportunities and risks, clarify priorities and timelines, and ensure team alignment on outcomes.

• Adhere to standards for code review, technical design, testing, documentation, accessibility, observability, and decision-making.

• Organize work with an understanding of upstream and downstream impacts.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 5-10+ years of relevant professional experience, particularly in developing Android applications.

• Significant professional experience and expertise in Kotlin, XML, and Jetpack Compose.

• Understanding of architectural patterns utilized in Android development.

• Experience with performance optimization techniques for Android.

• Proven experience working in a self-motivated, lean environment.

• A strong commitment to the mission and values of the Wikimedia Foundation.

• Availability for at least four hours of the workday between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC.

• For non-US candidates, valid work authorization in the location of employment.

• Preferred qualifications include experience with webview-wrapped native mobile applications, cross-platform mobile apps, mobile games or interactive experiences, data science/machine learning/AI, Wikipedia/wikitext/markdown or content management systems, agentic coding, MediaWiki/Wikimedia projects, open-source contributions, and an optional bachelor's/master's/doctorate in computer science, MIS, or STEM (or equivalent certification).

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work opportunities.

• Salary adjusted according to the country of hire for candidates outside the US.

• Compensation determined by skills, experience, and geographic location.

• Commitment to equal opportunity and an inclusive workplace.

• Disability accommodations provided during the application process.