Senior Software Engineer, Android

Current
New York, NY
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience building native Android apps with Kotlin Coroutines and a genuine interest in personal finance.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in publishing and maintaining Android apps on Google Play and a passion for personal finance
    — “Have published and maintained apps on the Google Play Store”
  • Candidates experienced in modularized app architecture and Jetpack components like ViewModel and Navigation
    — “Familiarity working within a modularized app architecture, including unidirectional data flows, MVVM, and use of Gradle modules”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of autonomy in ambiguous challenges with direct impact on user financial outcomes
    — “motivated self-starter who feels at ease working through ambiguous challenges in a fast-paced environment”
  • Geographic constraints may apply, as the role is based in New York and the office is located there
    — “Our modern NYC based office with open floor plan, stocked kitchen, and catered lunches”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with Kotlin Coroutines and modularized architecture in your resume and interview stories.
    — “Expertise in using Kotlin for Android development, including Kotlin Coroutines”
  • Emphasize your ability to own end-to-end projects and deliver them from concept to launch.
    — “Owning the end-to-end delivery of key business initiatives from product discovery, to system design, all the way to feature launch”
  • Showcase your contributions to improving code consistency and engineering velocity through mobile frameworks.
    — “Building and maintaining scalable and reusable mobile frameworks to improve code consistency and engineering velocity”
  • Demonstrate your understanding of Android fundamentals like component lifecycles and Jetpack components.
    — “Solid understanding of Android fundamentals including component lifecycles, dependency injection (Hilt), multi-threading, persistence, and usage of Jetpack components”
  • Position yourself as an expert in optimizing UI performance and reducing jank.
    — “Experience with profiling and optimizing UI performance (smooth animations, reducing jank, etc)”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • building and maintaining scalable mobile frameworks
  • improving engineering velocity
  • enhancing user financial management experiences
Typical background
mobile developmentbackend integration

Skills & requirements

Required

KotlinAndroid DevelopmentGrpcJetpack ComponentsModularized App Architecture

Preferred

UI Performance OptimizationSecure App DevelopmentPlatform Component Building

Stack & domain

KotlinGrpcProtobufAndroid Development

About the role

Original posting from Current

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, ANDROID

Current is a leading consumer fintech platform transforming financial access for everyday Americans with over 6 million members. We provide access to financial solutions that seamlessly work together to solve the needs of our members and enable all Americans to build better financial futures. Based in NYC, our results-driven environment drives us to build better products, grow faster and empower everyone on our team to have an impact on our business and mission to improve financial outcomes.

Our mobile engineers are responsible for building the full suite of user experiences for our members, leveraging our proprietary backend banking core. The mobile apps are native (Kotlin/Swift) and primarily use gRPC to interface with our backend. Being the primary interface for our members to manage their finances (there isn’t a web app), the mobile experience needs to be highly performant and intuitive to use. This forces our engineers to think through foundational layers of application infrastructure, reusable UI components, and the collection of data that drive these decisions. Join us for an opportunity to work in a fast-moving environment where your work is highly visible and has a direct impact on our members’ financial outcomes!

We are looking for an Android engineer to join our team in New York. This role has a salary range of $170,000 - $250,000. The ideal candidate should have a background in mobile development working with native mobile applications. This person should also be a motivated self-starter who feels at ease working through ambiguous challenges in a fast-paced environment. 

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Be a part of a small and nimble mobile engineering team working closely with our product, design, and backend engineering teams to enable new end-to-end experiences for our users

Owning the end-to-end delivery of key business initiatives from product discovery, to system design, all the way to feature launch

Building and maintaining scalable and reusable mobile frameworks to improve code consistency and engineering velocity

Evolving the company standards for engineering excellence by helping to improve architecture, testing, and monitoring practices

Helping Current's members build better financial futures through products like Paycheck Advance, Build Card, and Savings Pods

A strong culture of code and architecture review

ABOUT YOU:

Expertise in using Kotlin for Android development, including Kotlin Coroutines

Solid understanding of Android fundamentals including component lifecycles, dependency injection (Hilt), multi-threading, persistence, and usage of Jetpack components (Compose, Material 3, Navigation, ViewModel, etc)

Familiarity working within a modularized app architecture, including unidirectional data flows, MVVM, and use of Gradle modules

Have published and maintained apps on the Google Play Store

A genuine interest in the personal finance space!

BONUS:

Experience with profiling and optimizing UI performance (smooth animations, reducing jank, etc)

Experience with using gRPC (Google Remote Procedure Call) and Protobuf (Protocol Buffers) schemas for networking

Experience with building highly secure Android apps

Experience working on a team building platform components

BENEFITS:

Competitive salary

Meaningful equity in the form of stock options

401(k) plan

Discretionary performance bonus program

Biannual performance reviews

Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100% for you and your dependents

Flexible time off and paid holidays

Generous parental leave policy

Commuter benefits

Fitness benefits

Healthcare and Dependent care FSA benefit

Employee Assistance Programs focused on mental health

Healthcare advocacy program for all employees

Access to mental health apps

Team building activities

Our modern NYC based office with open floor plan, stocked kitchen, and catered lunches

Source: Current careers

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