Staff Android Engineer

We’re taking our learnings thus far and embarking on a compelling new vision to help transform the on-device experience on Android together with our OEM partners. Our early efforts are already deployed on hundreds of millions of devices globally and we need your help to expand on this and take it to the next level! If you love the mobile space, relish a challenge, and want to dabble in advanced Android while collaborating with a world-class team building complementary services, come join Branch Discovery as a Staff Android Engineer! 

As a Staff Android Engineer, you’ll get to:

• Design, develop and scale on-device services powering an advanced app search and recommendations platform. 
• Build and ship a high-quality library (SDK) that enables our partners to integrate with our platform and provide delightful experiences to end-users. 
• Implement performance optimizations focused on achieving low latency and memory footprint.
• Architect the library for “observability” in the absence of direct access to end users.
• Ideate and develop features that our partners integrate into their device experience to help us realize our product vision.
• Innovate on ways to manage the evolution of the SDKs as partner and product needs change.
• Dive deep into advanced Kotlin, Android profiling & SQLite. 
• Own entire projects (often beginning with ambiguous requirements) via scoping, defining, and leading technical design and implementation across multi-functional teams.
• Collaborate with product managers, infrastructure, platform, and data engineers to refine requirements, architect, and implement complex systems. 
• Debug hard problems - that’s a given! When things break, and they will, you will find yourself debugging those challenging bugs and will be eager and able to fix things. 
• Learn something new regularly -- whether it’s new technology, data pipelines, the quirk of a language, or a whole new language. If this gives you joy and you're eager to dive in, you’ll be right at home!

You’ll be a good fit if you have:

• 6+ years of experience in shipping software with 3+ years of experience building Android applications or services. 
• Deep experience building Android services or middleware-like components.
• Proficiency in Java & Kotlin, as well as a comfort in diving into other languages & technology. 
• Experience building and debugging complex systems in a collaborative setting. 
• A self-starter mentality & ability to drive projects to completion. 
• A passion to ship high-quality software. 
• A willingness to continually improve, an ability to “work in the grey” and adapt, a high attention to detail, and a high level of self-awareness.

This role will be based at our Austin, TX office and follows a Hybrid schedule that will be aligned with our Return to Office guidelines. However, we are also open to full-time remote candidates in Texas. This role does not qualify for relocation or visa sponsorship.

In accordance with applicable law, the following represents a reasonable estimated compensation range for this role: the estimated pay range for this role, if based in Austin, TX, is $169,000 to $216,000

Please note that this information is provided for those hired in Austin, TX only. Compensation for candidates outside of Austin, TX will be based on the candidate’s specific work location. 

Actual compensation will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location and may be more or less than the amount shown above.