Founding Android Lead Engineer

As a founding Android Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and building the core mobile experience, focusing on crafting motion-rich interfaces, real-time interactions, and deeply personalized journeys that redefine how people connect. Your responsibilities will include: - Architecting, building, and owning end-to-end native Android experiences - Leading the development of motion-heavy, touch-first, highly responsive UI - Solving for chat, notifications, and real-time interactions at scale - Optimizing for cold starts, animation smoothness, and low latency - Mentoring junior engineers, owning the technical roadmap, and enforcing code quality - Collaborating closely with the design, product, and backend team You will be a great fit for this role if you: - Have 5+ years of experience building and scaling B2C Android apps in Kotlin with a focus on performance, UI polish, and responsiveness - Possess a strong grasp of Jetpack components, Material Design, MVVM/Clean Architecture, and Coroutines/Flows - Have a solid understanding of networking (Retrofit/OkHttp), caching, memory management, and app security - Have experience working with Firebase, Room, WebSockets, push notifications, and analytics SDKs - Are comfortable with CI/CD, Play Store releases, crash analytics (e.g., Crashlytics/Sentry), and A/B testing - Have built or integrated features like in-app chat, push notifications, or real-time video/audio, and know how to manage latency across devices - Have shipped features or apps from scratch and enjoy iterating with product and design - Obsess over details such as gesture choreography, transitions, layout timing, and smooth interactions - Have led small teams or mentored junior devs, and enjoy setting the bar for code quality, architecture, and reviews - Have worked at product-led B2C startups or consumer platforms at scale ideally with 1M+ DAU - Stay curious and up-to-date with the latest in Android SDK development - Are fast-moving, comfortable with early-stage ambiguity and ownership - Bonus: Have exposure to image processing, face detection, or integrating LLM/AI APIs Joining us means: - Being part of an AI-native company building for global audiences - Working with a founding team of repeat founders and being backed by top-tier investors - Enjoying autonomy, velocity, and a product-first culture - All Engineers getting ESOPs,