Senior Software Engineer, Android

Knowtex • San Francisco, CA

5d • $180,000 - $220,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Knowtex.ai is seeking a native mobile engineer to build and scale the Android experience for its AI-driven clinical documentation platform. The engineer will work closely with the existing mobile engineer, Platform Engineering, and customer-facing teams to deliver reliable, intuitive, and performant mobile experiences in enterprise healthcare environments. The role is suited to someone experienced on small, high-impact teams who can take significant ownership and autonomy, including executing critical product features end to end.

The position is based in San Francisco, California, with in-office work three days per week. It is a full-time individual-contributor role. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available. Compensation is $120,000–$180,000 base salary, commensurate with experience, plus equity and benefits.

Knowtex describes itself as a frontier AI lab for healthcare, building AI systems for complex medical workflows and clinical intelligence. Its mobile applications support clinical documentation and are deployed across hundreds of Department of Veterans Affairs sites and a growing commercial customer base.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience building and shipping production mobile applications.
• Significant experience developing native Android applications in Kotlin.
• Strong understanding of Android platform capabilities, application lifecycle, and mobile development patterns.
• Experience integrating mobile applications with backend APIs and authentication systems.
• Experience debugging complex mobile application issues across devices and operating system versions.
• Understanding of mobile application security, performance, and reliability.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Significant experience using agentic coding tools to aid in the software development life cycle.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States; Knowtex cannot sponsor visas for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in healthcare technology or regulated environments.
• Experience deploying mobile applications in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS, and DynamoDB.

Responsibilities

• Own and expand the Knowtex Android application experience.
• Build and maintain core mobile workflows, including recording, authentication, patient selection, note review, and emerging clinical workflows.
• Support rollout and continued expansion of Knowtex mobile applications within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Drive feature parity and a consistent product experience across Android, iOS, and web where appropriate.
• Develop reliable mobile experiences that interact with real-time audio, background processes, APIs, and native device capabilities.
• Improve mobile application reliability, observability, performance, security, and release quality.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and customer delivery teams to prioritize bug fixes, improvements, and new feature development.
• Participate in technical discussions, design reviews, and code reviews across mobile and web.
• Improve system reliability, observability, and performance.
• Handle engineering escalations from customer-facing teams, including investigating issues beyond the engineer’s usual areas of responsibility.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity compensation.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Premium health, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan.
• Onboarding on the product, clinical documentation workflows, and customer base.
• HIPAA and security/compliance training, plus VA/federal training where relevant.
• Shadowing implementations and site visits.
• Direct mentorship from the CTO.

What This Job Offers

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