Staff Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain mobile build and release infrastructure and productivity tools for hundreds of Android engineers.
• Lead projects from planning through delivery, including prioritization, estimation, stakeholder alignment, and architectural reviews.
• Analyze systems and processes to identify opportunities for automation and improvements in performance, security, privacy, and maintainability.
• Contribute to existing tools and open-source technologies, and prototype infrastructure improvements such as Bazel remote execution.
• Build mobile-specific AI agent workflows to improve developer productivity, migration efficiency, and codebase alignment.
• Maintain Android Studio, Android versions, and third-party library dependencies.
• Write tested, readable, maintainable code and debug, triage, and resolve issues across applications and tools.
• Share knowledge through technical talks, brown bags, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers, support onboarding, participate in hiring, and contribute to engineering community initiatives.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of software engineering industry experience.
• Experience supporting large Android builds; Bazel experience is a bonus.
• Experience building command-line tools with Python or Bash.
• Experience maintaining a high-performance CI pipeline.
• Strong Kotlin knowledge; Jetpack Compose experience is a bonus.
• Deep understanding of native mobile testing, including unit, snapshot, and UI testing.
• Experience shipping large-scale Android applications or maintaining and operating large-scale infrastructure.
• Strong product sense and attention to usability and design of developer tools.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with low ego across cross-functional teams.
• Experience guiding teams through planning, prioritization, and execution, and helping build motivated teams with strong ownership.
• Side projects or open-source project experience is a bonus.
• Experience with AI, agentic programming, and developer-productivity tools such as Cursor is a bonus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs for enrolled members.
• Mental health, family building, child care, and pet benefits.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Twelve observed holidays and paid time off policies based on salaried or hourly status.
• Eighteen weeks of paid parental leave for biological, adoptive, and foster parents.
• Subsidized commuter benefits, monthly Lyft credits, and complimentary Lyft Pink membership.
• Hybrid in-office schedule requiring work on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year.