Working collaboratively with a brilliant cross-functional, cross-timezone team to make Grindr the best app it can be for its users.
Able to work across multiple work streams and use ambiguity as an opportunity for high-level thinking.
Create innovation by guiding data-driven decisions to adopt new technologies, architectures, and workflow.
Elevate your team's technical proficiency; help your team adopt new tools and ways of working.
Building Android applications, including proficiency with:
Programming in Kotlin.
Managing large codebases and maintaining clean, structured code that is easier to understand, modify, and debug.
Performance optimization for large, complex applications to provide a smooth user experience.
Designing applications with scalability in mind.
Software engineering collaboration best practices and design patterns including MVVM, Coordinator, one-way data flow, and modular architecture.

You love taking ownership. You think beyond your team and know how to implement change across your organization.
You have at least 6 years of experience building complex Android applications.
You have a well-built technical experience that inspires individual contributors' creativity and innovation.
You have experience with product leadership and technical decision-making and know how to leverage that for good judgments and tradeoffs between product and code.
You have been working closely with various levels of business stakeholders, from the c-suite, VP level, and down.
You can jump into the code on a deep level but can also contribute to long-term initiatives by mentoring your team.
Strong practical knowledge of software engineering best practices and design patterns such as MVVM, Coordinator, one-way data flow, modular architecture, performance optimization & metrics.
Experience with Architecture at scale and have worked with different tech stacks outside of mobile.

Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
Family Formation Up to $200,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.
Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
Gender-Affirming Care: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
Time Off & Rest Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch

Staff Software Engineer, Android

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