Senior Android Engineer

Software Development Engineer – Android

Location: Bengaluru

Experience: 4–6 years

About Pocket FM

At our core, we are an AI-powered entertainment company with a deeply human-first philosophy. We believe technology should amplify creativity. Our proprietary AI systems work alongside writers, voice artists, and creative teams to help stories scale globally, faster, smarter, and with cultural depth and emotional integrity intact.

Today, Pocket FM is home to a vibrant community of 250+ million listeners, 300,000+ creators, and 100,00+ audio series. With over 140 billion minutes streamed annually, we have emerged as one of the fastest-growing media-tech companies in the world, and we are just getting started. We operate at a massive global scale, but with a startup mindset: curious, fast-moving, and deeply owner-driven. At Pocket FM, teams are encouraged to think boldly, move with intent, and build for long-term impact as we shape the future of audio-first storytelling worldwide.

About the Role

We are looking for a talented and driven Android Engineer (SDE 2) to join our mobile

engineering team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain high-quality Android

applications that serve millions of users. You will collaborate closely with product

managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver exceptional mobile

experiences.

This is an individual contributor role with meaningful ownership and the opportunity to

drive technical decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and ship robust, scalable, and maintainable Android features

end-to-end.

• Build and evolve UI components using both Jetpack Compose and the traditional

View system, choosing the right framework based on context and platform

requirements.

• Architect and implement local data persistence solutions using Room and

SQLite, ensuring performance and data integrity.

• Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code with a strong emphasis on

code reviews and engineering best practices.

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, memory issues, and crashes to

maintain a best-in-class app experience.

• Collaborate with backend teams to design and consume RESTful APIs.

• Participate actively in sprint planning, technical discussions, and architectural

decisions.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence.

• Stay current with Android platform updates, new APIs, and industry trends, and

advocate for their adoption where relevant.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional Android development experience.

• Proficiency in Kotlin; familiarity with Java is a plus.

• Strong hands-on experience with both Jetpack Compose and the traditional View

system (XML layouts) — ability to work fluidly across both frameworks and

integrate them within the same project.

• Solid experience with local data persistence using Room and SQLite, including

schema design, migrations, and query optimization.

• Deep understanding of Android app architecture patterns such as MVVM, MVP,

MVI, or Clean Architecture.

• Strong grasp of multithreading and concurrency — Kotlin Coroutines, Flow,

RxJava, and Handlers/Loopers.

• Experience with Android Studio, Profiler, and debugging tools for performance

tuning and memory analysis.

• Familiarity with dependency management tools such as Gradle and dependency

injection frameworks like Dagger/Hilt.

• Solid understanding of networking — Retrofit, OkHttp, REST APIs, and JSON

serialization/deserialization (Gson, Moshi, Kotlin Serialization).

• Experience writing unit and UI tests using JUnit, Espresso, and Mockito/MockK.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Fastlane, Bitrise, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

and Google Play Store distribution processes.

• Strong understanding of Material Design guidelines and accessibility best

practices.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or

equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Ad Tech — familiarity with mobile advertising SDKs, ad mediation,

impression tracking, click attribution, or programmatic advertising concepts (e.g.,

MRAID, VAST, OpenRTB).

• Hands-on experience with ExoPlayer and Media3 — media playback, video

streaming, audio session management, or custom video processing pipelines.

• Well-versed in leveraging GenAI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) to

enhance developer productivity — including AI-assisted code generation,

debugging, documentation, and test writing.

• Experience with modular app architecture and large-scale Android codebases.

• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong personal portfolio of Android

apps.