Lead Android Engineer

Job Title

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

$225,000 - $260,000 a year

Inclusion at Bumble Inc.

Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example: she/her, he/him, they/them, etc).