Android Engineer II

Zello • Austin, TX

4d

About The Position

This role is on Zello's Android team, the team that builds and ships the apps carrying 80% of Zello's revenue. You'll join a four-person team where your work is visible from day one and what you ship is felt by every Zello customer running on Android.

After a successful first year, you will:
Have owned and shipped multiple features across a focused area of the Android codebase, with clean code, appropriate test coverage, and minimal regressions in production.
Have made a concrete contribution to Android 2.0 — migrated a module to the new Hilt-based pattern, completed a plugin migration, or built a new component in the target architecture.
Have driven a measurable quality outcome in your area: reduced crash rate, fixed a top customer-impact bug, or shipped a stability/performance win that landed in production.
Have become fluent in Zello's AI-assisted dev workflows (CLAUDE.md, .cursor/ rules, bug-hunter skill, AGENTS.md) and contributed at least one improvement back.

Requirements

• Shipped production Android in Kotlin for at least 2 years.
• Java doesn't scare you when you navigate legacy code.
• Worked in modern Android architecture (DI, modular Gradle, MVVM or MVI) on real codebases — not just toy projects.
• Definition of "done" includes tests, low crash impact, and clean code review.
• Use AI-assisted dev as a default, not a novelty. You have a point of view on what works and what doesn't.
• Take ownership of focused scope and ship without hand-holding.
• Take code review feedback well and come back better — no ego, no chase.

Responsibilities

• Own and ship features end-to-end across a focused area of the Android client.
• Write production Kotlin daily, with Java when navigating legacy code.
• Treat tests, code review, and stability as part of "done" — not afterthoughts.
• Contribute to Android 2.0 rearchitecture: Hilt-based DI, modular Gradle, plugin patterns, MVVM/MVI.
• Use Zello's AI-native dev workflows daily — and contribute improvements back to the team's agent library.
• Pair, review, and align on shared standards with a four-person team.

Benefits

• competitive pay
• equity with significant upside
• flexible schedules
• time off
• sabbatical after every five years of service
• ping-pong table
• free snacks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed