
Senior Android Engineer, Kotlin
Aligned (previously Squadformers)
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $80 - $110 per hour
Job Level
About the role
- Own development of medium-to-large features, ensuring accountability and quality from concept to release.
- Write performant, testable, and maintainable code across improvements, user-facing features, and bug fixes.
- Partner with product managers and designers in cross-functional discussions to translate requirements into elegant solutions.
- Propose and design creative approaches to challenging problems, contributing to product direction and feature design.
- Collaborate with an agile, distributed team of developers and QA engineers—sometimes leading, sometimes supporting, but always contributing to team success.
- Continuously optimize app performance, stay up to date with modern Android practices, and champion best-in-class engineering standards.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional Android development experience, including publishing and maintaining apps in production.
- Expert-level proficiency with Kotlin, Gradle, Android Studio, and Jetpack Compose.
- Strong grasp of Android architecture, design patterns (MVVM, MVI, etc.), and unit testing frameworks.
- Solid understanding of version control (Git), CI/CD practices, and modern development workflows.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills—you can articulate complex ideas clearly, influence decisions, and thrive in cross-functional teams.
- A collaborative, growth-minded approach—passionate about learning, sharing ideas, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on Android.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- 100% remote work
- Internal company events like meditations and yoga
- Most of our positions are flexible for 1099 or W2 positions. If you are a W2 employee, we offer the following benefits:
- Generous PTO accrual
- Paid holidays
- Parental leave
- FSA and HSA
- Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, with options for Life insurance and more
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Android developmentKotlinGradleAndroid StudioJetpack ComposeMVVMMVIunit testingversion controlCI/CD
Soft Skills
communicationinterpersonal skillscollaborationproblem-solvinginfluencegrowth-minded approacharticulation of complex ideasteam success contributioncreative thinkingadaptability