Senior/Lead Android Engineer

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Android Engineer to design, build, and maintain features that power Bumble’s consumer-facing dating experience. You will work in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose and XML-based views, owning features end-to-end from technical design through release, while integrating and supporting AI and LLM-powered features in production. The role includes mentoring junior engineers, contributing to Android architecture standards, and leveraging AI-assisted development tools as a core part of the daily engineering workflow.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain high-quality Android features that power consumer-facing experiences;
• Partner closely with Product Managers and Designers to shape product vision, influence the roadmap, and translate ideas into Android implementations;
• Own Android features end-to-end, from technical planning and implementation through testing, release, and iteration;
• Contribute to and evolve Android architecture and engineering standards while balancing maintainability and product development needs;
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools and workflows to improve productivity, code quality, and developer experience;
• Help mature the team’s approach to AI usage by sharing best practices, tools, and learnings with other engineers;
• Support and mentor other Android engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.

Must haves

• 5+ 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;
• Proven experience using AI-powered development tools such as Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT as part of engineering workflows;
• Hands-on experience integrating and supporting AI/LLM-powered features or services in production systems;
• Proven experience designing and maintaining Android application architectures such as MVVM, MVI, or Clean Architecture in medium-to-large codebases;
• Solid understanding of Android platform fundamentals, including activity and 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;
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to proactively identify risks, dependencies, and open questions;
• Comfortable making reasonable technical decisions and adjusting based on feedback;
• Upper-intermediate English level.