About the Role We’re looking for a Staff Android Engineer to lead the evolution of Franki’s mobile platform and play a key role in shaping our technical direction. This is a senior, hands-on engineering role that blends architectural leadership, coding excellence, and mentorship. You’ll help define how we build scalable, maintainable, and performant Android applications that bring Franki’s product vision to life. As our Android Staff Engineer, you’ll collaborate with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver beautiful, high-performing mobile experiences. You’ll set engineering standards, guide best practices, and ensure that quality and innovation remain at the core of everything we ship. What you’ll do: - Lead the technical direction and architecture of Franki’s Android platform—ensuring scalability, modularization, and maintainability. - Develop and deliver high-quality features in Kotlin, writing clean, testable, and well-documented code. - Mentor and support engineers, leading code reviews and fostering technical excellence across the team. - Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Firebase App Distribution, and Fastlane. - Enhance testing automation—drive unit, UI, and integration test coverage across the app. - Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Backend to deliver user-first, performant mobile experiences. - Adopt and integrate new iOS/Andoroid frameworks and tools, continuously improving performance and development speed. - Monitor and optimize app performance using Firebase Crashlytics and analytics data. - Champion technical best practices and contribute to the modernization of Franki’s mobile architecture. You’re a good fit if you have... - 8+ years of professional Android development experience, including leadership or mentorship responsibilities. - Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin, Jetpack components, and a strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns. - Experience building and maintaining large-scale, modularized applications with multi-module structures. - Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Firebase App Distribution, Fastlane). - Strong background in unit testing, UI testing, and automated build workflows. - Familiarity with Firebase Crashlytics, performance monitoring, and Play Store release processes. - A passion for elegant, maintainable code and seamless user experiences. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a focus on knowledge sharing and problem solving. Bonus points if you're... - Comfortable in a fast-paced startup - Ability to collaborate with cross-time zone teams Why Franki... - Remote role with semi-flexible scheduling and collaboration across distributed teams in multiple time zones. - Opportunity to contribute to architectural modernization and scalable mobile solutions. - Exposure to modern mobile development tools and practices; continuous learning and knowledge sharing. - Engaging, inclusive culture that champions Franki values, positivity, and mutual respect. - Competitive compensation aligned with experience and market benchmarks. - Flexible work environment with emphasis on work-life balance and professional growth.

• Design and develop efficient, secure, and maintainable mobile applications • Implement secure authentication mechanisms • Manage dependency injection using Hilt • Optimize performance, stability, and user experience • Develop unit, integration, and interface tests • Collaborate in Agile practices involving CI/CD and code reviews

• Own reliability and performance for the Android platform that powers Caper devices • Design and harden connectivity layers • Integrate and secure payment terminal workflows • Build and optimize real-time data pipelines for sensors and peripherals • Modernize Android architecture and tooling • Lead cross-team technical initiatives end-to-end

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description This role involves working on the Android platform that powers Caper devices, focusing on reliability and performance. - Own reliability and performance for the Android platform, driving 99.9%+ in-store uptime. - Design and harden connectivity layers, including MQTT-based messaging, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth management, offline-first sync, and intelligent backoff/retry strategies. - Integrate and secure payment terminal workflows (e.g., EMV/contactless), partnering with vendors and internal security. - Build and optimize real-time data pipelines for sensors and peripherals (e.g., barcode, weight, camera, RFID). - Modernize Android architecture and tooling (Kotlin, Jetpack, multi-module, DI, testing, CI/CD). - Lead cross-team technical initiatives end-to-end, mentoring senior engineers and raising the engineering bar. Qualifications - 8+ years of professional Android development experience using Kotlin, including Coroutines/Flows and Jetpack. - Hands-on expertise with edge-device networking and reliability, including MQTT or similar pub/sub. - Proven experience integrating hardware peripherals on Android, such as payment terminals and sensors. - Demonstrated ability to drive cross-team technical initiatives and mentor other engineers. - Proficiency with modern Android architecture and tooling; Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience. Requirements - Experience with AOSP internals, system services, HALs, or NDK for performance-critical components. - Payments domain expertise and familiarity with secure key management on Android. - Background in sensor fusion or real-time stream processing on Android. - Experience managing large fleets of managed Android devices and OTA updates. - Success operating in mission-critical retail or point-of-sale environments. Benefits - Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits. - Remote work flexibility with a base pay range dependent on permanent work location. - Eligibility for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.