Mobile Android Engineer

About the Role

SpaceX is seeking an exceptional Android engineer to join a small, high-impact team dedicated to creating the world's most valuable AI application. You will shape cutting-edge mobile experiences, blending technical mastery with a keen product sense to deliver brilliance that resonates with users. You will work on the most critical product or technical challenge at any given time.

Key Responsibilities

• Craft delightful, intuitive user experiences that redefine how people interact with the app
• Obsess over every pixel, animation, and interaction, ensuring the experience feels magical and seamless
• Build blazing-fast, highly performant systems where every millisecond counts
• Drive technical and product decisions, collaborating with designers, backend, iOS, and web engineers
• Own the quality of the products you build - including running a/b tests, finding issues, and proactively making improvements
• Be proactive in finding ways to improve the app - from user feedback and from your own daily experience on the app

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines and Flow

Qualifications

• Very strong product sense – you spot problems in a live product and turn them into solutions that move the business forward
• A proven track record of delivering projects in production apps
• Deep expertise in the Android stack and tooling (Android Studio, Gradle, etc.)
• Experience beyond Android, such as iOS, web or backend development
• Understands analytics and data, and uses metrics to measure impact and guide product decisions
• Solid understanding of the Android platform: its strengths, limitations and trade-offs
• Experience working on large-scale production apps with millions of daily active users
• Strong ownership. You take problems from idea to release and see them through
• Works autonomously and knows when to pull others in
• Clear communicator who can explain trade-offs and decisions to engineers, designers and product partners
• High craft bar – builds intuitive, delightful user experiences and optimizes for performance, stability and reliability

Compensation and Benefits

• $140,000 - $225,000 USD
• Equity
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Various other discounts and perks