Lead Android Engineer

Bumble Android Engineer What You'll Do Design, implement, and maintain Bumble application features that are scalable, secure, and reliable, using GCP services. Drive technically complex individual product features from inception to delivery, owning the full software development lifecycle. Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other Engineers to ship new features and improvements. Evaluate and apply AI-based development tools and workflows to enhance productivity and code quality. Lead architecture discussions and propose technical solutions that support long-term scalability. Support junior engineers through pairing, mentoring, and code reviews. Guide the development of engineering standards and best practices to maintain a high-quality codebase. About You 7+ years of professional experience building and shipping production Android applications Strong proficiency in Kotlin and experience with modern Android development practices Experience building UIs using Jetpack Compose and/or XML-based views, with an understanding of their tradeoffs Proven experience designing and maintaining Android application architectures (e.g. MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture) in medium-to-large codebases Solid understanding of Android platform fundamentals, including activity/fragment lifecycle, threading, performance, and memory management Experience integrating and consuming networked APIs from Android clients, including error handling and offline considerations Experience owning Android features end-to-end, from technical design and implementation through testing and release Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, inclusive mindset Why Join Us? Own meaningful projects that directly impact millions of Bumble users. Learn and grow in a high-performing engineering team committed to mentorship and learning. Be part of a culture that values respect, excellence, curiosity, courage and joy. Enjoy competitive compensation, equity, and world-class benefits. Location This role is based in Austin, and we ask that you're within a commutable distance to this office, so that you're able to come onsite regularly to collaborate across engineering teams. We have a hybrid environment that requires you to be in the office Monday - Wednesday. Please note: We are unable to offer Visa sponsorship at this time About Us Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products. Bumble