Lead Software Engineer, Android at Grammarly

Qualifications

• Has 7+ years of relevant experience in designing, developing, and maintaining features for apps published in the Google Play Store.
• Experience with owning and leading projects and/or a small team of engineers.
• 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.

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.

Support for you, professionally and personally

• Professional growth: We believe that autonomy and trust are key to empowering our team members to do their best, most innovative work in a way that aligns with their interests, talents, and well-being. We also support professional development and advancement with training, coaching, and regular feedback.
• A connected team: Grammarly builds a product that helps people connect, and we apply this mindset to our own team. Our remote-first hybrid model enables a highly collaborative culture supported by our EAGER (ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable) values. We work to foster belonging among team members in a variety of ways. This includes our employee resource groups, Grammarly Circles, which promote connection among those with shared identities including BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ team members, women, and parents. We also celebrate our colleagues and accomplishments with global, local, and team-specific programs. 
• Comprehensive benefits for candidates based in Germany: Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing life care (including mental health care and risk benefits) and ample and defined time off. We also offer support to set up a home office, wellness and pet care stipends, learning and development opportunities, and more.