[Hiring] Lead Android Software Engineer @Skylight
Mar 25, 2025 - Skylight is hiring a remote Lead Android Software Engineer. 💸 Salary: $210k-233k based on experience. 📍Location: USA.
Role Description
This is a Staff or higher level position. Our ideal candidate is a deeply experienced Android engineer with expert-level command of Android App development, Kotlin, MVVM architecture, and Jetpack Compose. They are an incredible technical leader who can set a technical vision, drive a platform roadmap that enables fast and safe shipping, and mentor a team of Senior-level Android engineers to do their best work. They communicate clearly across tech stacks and with non-technical partners, and they push our tools and practices forward—helping us deliver features with a level of speed and excellence that surprises even seasoned Android teams.
- Serve as the technical lead and platform engineer for Android at Skylight
- Drive architectural direction with buy-in from and support of the rest of the Android team
- Implement best practices in our Android build and deployment processes
- Mentor and guide other Android engineers on the team
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to develop and implement new features for our Android application
- Write high-quality, reusable, and maintainable code in Kotlin
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive test suite to ensure the quality and stability of the application
- Optimize application performance and improve the user experience
- Ensure that our Android architecture enables scaling both our team and user-base
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve code quality
- Contribute to processes for monitoring performance, device logs, and exceptions
Qualifications
- Extensive experience (10+ years) developing native Android applications
- Expertise in Kotlin programming language and Android SDK
- Strong understanding of Android application architecture and design patterns
- Expertise in the release management cycle
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate effectively with others
- Passion for learning and staying up-to-date with new technologies and trends in Android development
Benefits
- Competitive Salary + Equity Package
- 401K matching
- Wellness, learning, and home-office budgets
- Health, Dental & Vision Medical Plans
- Tremendous autonomy to set the direction of your work
- Unlimited PTO
- Company holidays on the first Friday of every month
Company Description
Skylight is a technology startup based out of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Our mission is to connect loved ones by creating the world’s simplest products and services that improve family life. We make consumer products, like Skylight Frame and Skylight Calendar, that are loved by millions of people across the globe. Our founders are former venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs, who have scaled this business to $180M+ in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped. We think often about the millions of smiles we are able to put on our customers’ faces each day, and it fills our hearts with purpose. That’s why we have been working hard to expand our team and invent so that we can continue to bring the magic of Skylight to millions more loved ones throughout the world.
- At Skylight, we have three core principles that guide our work and help us manage the business day to day: autonomy, rigor, and care.
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Salary
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$210k-233k based on experience
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Remote
Location
USA
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 25, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: USA |
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