Sr. Android Developer - Hybrid Woodland Hills, CA

We are Farmers – where ambition meets opportunity. At Farmers, we’re not just known for an unforgettable jingle – we’re a team with a passion for purpose and making a real difference in people’s lives. We deliver peace of mind when it matters most. Our results‑driven, high‑performance culture thrives on creativity, accountability and bold solutions. Here, growth isn’t just a goal – it’s a way of life for both the organization and every individual on our team.

We tackle challenges head‑on, learn from every experience and measure our impact on the customers who trust us.

Join an award‑winning, equal‑opportunity employer, where you’ll find more than a job – you’ll find a supportive community. Enjoy competitive benefits, take part in meaningful volunteer projects, and help shape the future alongside talented colleagues across all backgrounds. At Farmers, helping others is at the heart of what we do.

Workplace:
Hybrid – at least three days in office and up to two days virtual for employees who live within fifty miles of a Farmers corporate office. Applicants beyond fifty miles may still be considered.

Farmers Insurance is seeking a Senior Android Developer to take our suite of Android applications to the next level. This is a high‑impact, senior leadership role where you’ll partner closely with business stakeholders, product managers, and fellow engineers to shape what we build and how we build it. You’ll help set technical direction, mentor others, demo products to leadership and business teams, and help define the future of mobile at Farmers.

If you’re an exceptional engineer who stays at the forefront of modern Android development and is excited about applying AI to real‑world products, we want to hear from you.

This is aHybrid opportunity. You will be located in our Woodland Hills, CA office where you will be onsite three times a week.

• Lead the architecture, design and development of feature‑rich, high‑performance Android applications.
• Help own code quality, release readiness and the overall technical health of our mobile codebase.
• Partner with business and product teams to translate ideas into validated, actionable roadmaps.
• Build proofs of concept to evaluate emerging features, technologies and AI‑driven capabilities.
• Present and demo products to business stakeholders, leadership and cross‑functional teams.
• Mentor and elevate fellow developers through code reviews, pairing and knowledge sharing.
• Drive adoption of modern tools, frameworks and best practices across the mobile team.

• 7‑10 years of professional Android development experience, with a track record of shipping production apps at scale.
• Deep mastery of Kotlin, including coroutines, Flow and modern language features.
• Expert‑level experience with Jetpack Compose and modern declarative UI development.
• Strong command of Android Jetpack libraries and architecture components (View Model, Navigation, Room, Work Manager, Data Store).
• Solid grasp of modern app architecture patterns – MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture and modularization.
• Experience with dependency injection (Hilt / Dagger), reactive programming and concurrency.
• Proficiency with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) is a strong plus.
• Strong testing discipline – unit, UI and integration testing (JUnit, Espresso, Compose testing APIs).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, app performance optimization and Play Store release management.
• Familiarity with REST/GraphQL APIs, secure data handling and mobile security best practices – especially important in a regulated industry like insurance.

• Backend & APIs – understanding of how the server side works, including REST design, authentication flows (OAuth, JWT), API versioning and debugging issues that span client and server.
• Cloud & Dev Ops Fundamentals – familiarity with cloud platforms (Heroku, GCP), CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, Jenkins) and build automation. Knowing how releases actually ship – staged rollouts, feature flags and crash monitoring (Firebase Crashlytics, Sentry).
• Security & Compliance – especially critical in insurance. Secure storage, certificate pinning, encryption,…