Sr. Mobile Android Engineer

xAI•Palo Alto, NY

About The Position

SpaceXSI is seeking an exceptional Android engineer to join a small, high-impact team building an AI application. The engineer will shape mobile experiences by combining Android technical expertise with strong product judgment, and will work on the most critical product or technical challenge at any given time. The role involves delivering intuitive, polished, and high-performance app experiences, making technical and product decisions with cross-functional partners, and owning product quality and improvements.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and Flow.

Nice To Haves

Strong product sense and an ability to identify problems in a live product and turn them into business-impacting solutions.
A proven track record of delivering projects in production apps.
Deep expertise in the Android stack and tooling, including Android Studio and Gradle.
Experience beyond Android, such as iOS, web, or backend development.
Understanding of analytics and data, and ability to use metrics to measure impact and guide product decisions.
Solid understanding of the Android platform, including its strengths, limitations, and trade-offs.
Experience working on large-scale production apps with millions of daily active users.
Strong ownership and ability to take problems from idea through release.
Ability to work autonomously and recognize when to involve others.
Clear communication skills, including explaining trade-offs and decisions to engineers, designers, and product partners.
High craft standards, including building intuitive experiences and optimizing performance, stability, and reliability.

Responsibilities

Craft intuitive user experiences that redefine how people interact with the app.
Refine pixels, animations, and interactions to make the experience seamless and engaging.
Build fast, high-performance systems.
Drive technical and product decisions in collaboration with designers and backend, iOS, and web engineers.
Own product quality, including running A/B tests, finding issues, and proactively making improvements.
Identify opportunities to improve the app using user feedback and personal experience with the app.