Senior or Staff Android Software Engineer

Senior or Staff Android Software Engineer

This range is provided by Skylight. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$170,000.00/yr - $210,000.00/yr

Skylight's mission is to build the OS of the family. We make consumer products, like Skylight Frame and Skylight Calendar, that are loved by millions of people across the globe. Through a singular focus on care for our customers, Skylight has scaled from a school project to over $190M in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped. We have a huge opportunity to make family life easier and more connected, and that's why we have been working hard to expand our team.

At Skylight, our engineering team is small but mighty — our software powers an experience for millions of customers. We've built a healthy, bootstrapped, and profitable business, and are scaling our Engineering team to better support our growth, improve our technical infrastructure, and continue to expand the feature set for customers.

Our ideal candidate is well‑versed in all things Android with specializations ranging from best practices in release management to UI/UX to the ins and outs of the Android SDK. We're looking for someone who loves building products and features that delight and who cares deeply about creating great user experiences. The types of projects you work on, how you are placed within our org, your title and comp, etc. will be determined by your experience, expertise, area(s) of passion, and how that aligns with Skylight's needs. We love matching the right people with the right work.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to develop and implement new features for our Android application
• Write high‑quality, reusable, and maintainable code in Kotlin
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive test suite to ensure the quality and stability of the application
• Optimize application performance and improve the user experience
• Ensuring that our Android architecture enables scaling both our team and user‑base
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve code quality

Requirements

• Extensive experience (6+ years) developing native Android applications
• Expertise in Kotlin programming language and Android SDK
• Experience with Jetpack Compose
• Strong understanding of Android application architecture and design patterns
• Expertise in the release management cycle
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate effectively with others
• Passion for learning and staying up‑to‑date with new technologies and trends in Android development
• Familiarity with Android design patterns and libraries (Coroutines, Flow, Hilt/Dagger, Room, Retrofit)

Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Equity Package
• 401K matching
• Wellness, learning, and home‑office budgets
• Health, Dental & Vision Medical Plans
• Tremendous autonomy to set the direction of your work
• Unlimited PTO
• Company holidays on the first Friday of every month

Equal opportunity employer

Skylight is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you're the best person for the job, we want you on board!

We hire across the U.S., but for legal reasons, we have to list NY and CO separately. For Colorado‑based candidates, the range being offered for this role is $180K‑220K based on experience and for California‑based candidates, the range being offered for this role is $180‑220K based on experience. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of this law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.