Android Engineer, Client Architecture

Staff Android Engineer, Client Architecture – Duolingo for Schools

We’re looking for a seasoned Android engineer to lead architecture and influence the largest‑scale Android organization at Duolingo for Schools. Join us to shape the future of learning for half a billion global users.

As an engineer on the Client Architecture team, you’ll be responsible for evaluating and setting the direction of Android architecture. This includes evolving our MVVM architecture, exploring and integrating modern technologies like coroutines and Jetpack Compose, and leading the adoption of these across a large‑scale Android organization.

• Represent the team in architectural discussions and stakeholder conversations, serving as a bridge between Client Platform and Product feature teams.
• Work within our Client Platform area to create and maintain the foundational building blocks of our application infrastructure.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence and mentor engineers of all experience levels.
• Explore, prototype, and implement improvements to our existing application architecture to enable engineers to build stable, performant, and well‑tested product features.

• Strong Android software engineering experience, developing scalable production software and an excellent command of engineering fundamentals.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin and coroutines concurrency primitives.
• Proficiency in native Android development using standard tools and frameworks.

• Knowledge of Android SDK performance tools and optimization techniques.
• Experience developing and leading long‑term technical strategy.
• Deep understanding of testing best practices.
• Working knowledge of modern AI tooling.

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$200,000—$300,000 USD

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