Job Details

Role Details

Title of Role: Staff Android Engineer

Location: Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid)

Company Stage of Funding: Public Company

Office Type: Hybrid (3+ days/week in office)

Salary: $200,000 - $240,000 base + bonus + equity

Employment Type: Full-time

Visa Sponsorship: Available

Company Description

We are a top-tier recruiting agency representing a leading public technology company at the intersection of social impact and mobile innovation. This company operates one of the world's largest community-driven mobile platforms, engaging millions of daily users globally and building transformative experiences through cutting-edge technology, a user-first approach, and a strong cultural mission.

With over 13 million monthly active users and a history of high growth and strong financial performance, the company continues to expand its engineering team to support rapid product evolution and technical scale. They are now hiring a Staff Android Engineer to help shape the next generation of their core mobile application.

What You Will Do

As a Staff Android Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing and building a fast, scalable, and engaging Android experience. You'll work alongside a cross-functional, cross-timezone team—including iOS engineers, product managers, and QA—to deliver user-first features that support a growing global audience.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working collaboratively with a brilliant cross-functional, cross-timezone team to make Grindr the best app it can be for its users
• Able to work across multiple work streams and use ambiguity as an opportunity for high-level thinking
• Create innovation by guiding data-driven decisions to adopt new technologies, architectures, and workflow
• Elevate your team's technical proficiency; help your team adopt new tools and ways of working
• Building Android applications, including proficiency with:
• Programming in Kotlin
• Managing large codebases and maintaining clean, structured code that is easier to understand, modify, and debug
• Performance optimization for large, complex applications to provide a smooth user experience
• Designing applications with scalability in mind
• Software engineering collaboration best practices and design patterns including MVVM, Coordinator, one-way data flow, and modular architecture

Ideal Background

• 6+ years of experience building complex, production-level Android applications using Kotlin
• Track record of leading teams or major projects involving architecture, performance, and feature development
• Familiar with large-scale mobile systems, including scalability, concurrency, and asynchronous programming models
• Strong understanding of modern Android development principles and libraries (e.g., Jetpack, Hilt, Room)
• Experienced in working cross-functionally with product leaders, design, and executives
• Effective mentor and communicator with experience uplifting teams and processes
• Passionate about delivering performant, accessible, and user-first mobile experiences

Preferred

• Hands-on experience with Kotlin Coroutines and Coroutine Flows
• Experience working across time zones or with international teams
• Familiarity with backend or full-stack systems and a willingness to collaborate cross-platform (e.g., iOS, infrastructure)
• Contributions to open source or Android communities

Additional Benefits Include

• Premium health, dental, and vision coverage (including partial dependent coverage)
• 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting
• Queer-inclusive benefits, including gender-affirming coverage, HRT stipends, and wellness support
• Monthly stipends for food, wellness, commuting, internet, and mobile
• Flexible PTO, home office stipend, and company-sponsored team events

Base salary: $200,000 - $230,000 USD base