Android Engineer (Senior-Staff Levels)
CantinaDigital Transformation company
Los Angeles, United States$180,000 - $240,000Lead
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead Android Engineer for a social AI company, building high-performance features and custom UIs.
- •As an Android Engineer at Cantina, you’ll lead the development of innovative, high-performance features
- •from crafting personalized feeds and immersive custom UIs to empowering bots with AI-driven capabilities.
- •You’ll influence the direction of a product central to the company’s mission and enjoy the autonomy to bring your ideas to life.
- •Key Responsibilities Build and ship high-quality Android features using Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, and modern Android architecture patterns.
- •Develop and optimize video/audio pipelines, real-time media effects, and AI-powered visual features on Android.
- •Craft immersive custom UI experiences with deep expertise in Compose animations, custom drawing, and motion design.
- •Leverage deep Android internals knowledge to deliver buttery-smooth performance.
- •Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA teams to deliver polished, scalable experiences.
- •Requirements 8+ years of experience developing Android applications, or equivalent.
- •Expert-level Kotlin
- •idiomatic usage, coroutines, Flow, and advanced language features.
- •Deep Jetpack Compose expertise: custom layouts, state management, animation APIs, and performance profiling.
- •Strong command of MVVM architecture and Android architecture components.
- •Strong understanding of Android internals: View system, RenderThread, Choreographer, garbage collection, and battery/memory profiling.
Required skills
KotlinJetpack ComposeAndroidGit
Domain expertise
aimedia
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary and generous company equity, Medical, dental, and vision insurance – 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina, 42 days of paid time off, Generous parental leave & fertility support, 401(k) retirement savings plan, Lifestyle spending account – $500/month to use however you’d like, Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees, One Medical membership
Tech stack
KotlinJetpack ComposeGit