Software Engineer, Android

at  Grammarly Inc

Grammarly is excited to offer a remote-first hybrid working model. Grammarly team members in this role must be based in Germany, and, depending on business needs, they must meet in person for collaboration weeks, traveling if necessary to the hub(s) where their team is based.
This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that fosters trust and unlocks creativity.

THE OPPORTUNITY

To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for an Android Engineer to join our Mobile Team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to build new features and capabilities that elevate the Grammarly Android experience to a world-class standard.
Grammarly’s engineers and researchers have the freedom to innovate and uncover breakthroughs—and, in turn, influence our product roadmap. The complexity of our technical challenges is growing rapidly as we scale our interfaces, algorithms, and infrastructure. You can hear more from our team on our technical blog.
Writing effectively on mobile devices remains challenging, especially in professional settings. The Grammarly AI Writing Assistant was created to make effective and mistake-free writing accessible on mobile. Since its launch in 2023, the writing assistant has gained significant traction, with users interacting with it over seventy times daily.

Creating a seamless writing assistant experience presents unique challenges—there is no room for delays or glitches in a product that people rely on for instant responses. As an Android Engineer on our team, you will:

• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Machine Learning teams to bring new ideas from concept to production.
• Contribute to the evolving architecture of our mobile products, ensuring exceptional responsiveness and performance, even in resource-constrained environments.
• Diagnose performance bottlenecks, identify bugs, and drive improvements to deliver a delightful user experience.
• Tackle real-world communication challenges our users face daily, significantly enhancing how people communicate on mobile devices.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Has 3+ years of relevant experience in designing, developing, and maintaining features for apps published in the Google Play Store
• Has strong experience in Kotlin.
• Is well-versed in modern Android development patterns, such as MVVM
• Has solid experience with the Android SDK and commonly used Jetpack libraries.
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, best practices and building custom UI elements.
• Is skilled in multithreading and optimizing memory and performance for Android.
• Has experience with Kotlin Coroutines and Flow.
• Is proficient in writing and maintaining unit tests and instrumentation tests to ensure high-quality releases.
• Has experience integrating and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Has experience with Mobile CI/CD systems, including automating builds, testing, and deployment processes.
• Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.
• Is able to meet in person for their team’s scheduled collaboration weeks, traveling if necessary to the hub where their team is based.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Jetpack Compose.
• Experience with Websockets
• Experience with Android Accessibility Service

Please refer the Job description for details