Android Engineer, Social

Robinhood

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$166,000–$195,000 / yr
Posted
27 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Below market

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This role pays less than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $194,875–$247,362 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $180k versus about $221k for comparable roles.

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About Robinhood

Robinhood is a financial technology company offering commission-free stock, ETF, options, and cryptocurrency trading through its mobile app, aimed at democratizing access to financial markets. Industry: Financial Technology & Investment App

Robinhood currently has 53 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $196,000–$230,000 across 46 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Android Engineer, Social

As an Android Engineer on the Social team, you will build and improve Android experiences that help customers engage with investing in social, creator-driven, and content-rich ways. You will own features from inception to launch, contributing to feed and sharing experiences, onboarding flows, and creator-facing surfaces. Working within a full-stack team, you will partner with backend, web, product, design, and data counterparts to ship end-to-end features. The role requires proficiency in Kotlin, Java, Jetpack Compose, Android architecture components, Gradle, MVVM, Coroutines, Flow, RxJava, Retrofit, and Room. You will solve the technical challenge of helping traders form real relationships around symbols and real-time market moments by building a network where every trade is backed by a real track record to build conviction through proof.

What you'll do

  • Build smooth and stable Android products using Kotlin and the latest Android APIs.
  • Own features from initial inception through design, implementation, and final launch.
  • Develop social, creator-driven, and content-rich experiences for the Android platform.
  • Implement features across the feed, sharing experiences, onboarding flows, and creator-facing surfaces.
  • Write clean, readable, and maintainable code using Jetpack Compose and MVVM.
  • Partner with backend, web, product, design, and data teams to ship end-to-end features.
  • Improve the existing app and codebase to ensure high quality for all users.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of professional Android development experience building consumer applications at scale.
  • Proficiency in Kotlin or Java and Jetpack.
  • Experience with Kotlin and Compose (preferred).
  • Experience with MVVM, Coroutines & Flow (preferred) OR RxJava, and Retrofit & Room.
  • Ability to work in the New York office at least 3 days per week.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (preferred).
  • Strong product sense and ability to collaborate with Product Managers and Designers.
  • Excellent communication skills and passion for solving technical challenges.

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