Staff Android Engineer (Founding)

The role

You will design the architecture and technical foundations for a greenfield native Android app. You will ship consumer-facing features and set engineering standards for the growing Android team.

What you will do

• Design the architecture and technical foundations for the native Android app
• Ship consumer-facing features to help clients discover and manage care
• Set coding standards, tooling, and engineering practices for Android
• Own the path to production including CI/CD, Google Play release management, observability, and quality and security practices
• Partner with product, design, iOS, and backend teams
• Drive cross-functional decisions and represent the Android roadmap to stakeholders

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Majority of experience in native Android development with Kotlin
• Experience leading technical direction for an Android app or platform from an early or 0-to-1 stage or through a major re-architecture
• Production depth in Jetpack Compose, Kotlin coroutines and Flow, dependency injection, modularization, and Gradle build tooling
• A considered testing strategy
• Strong product instincts
• Use of AI development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)

Nice to have

• Personal connection to mental health care or a strong pull toward Grow's mission
• A considered view on Kotlin Multiplatform and shared-code strategies
• Experience building mobile apps in a regulated or healthcare setting
• Experience helping uplevel an Android team through hiring, mentoring, and standards

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
• No cost access to therapy through the Grow platform (available to US employees)
• Retirement savings programs and equity opportunities
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, and Winter Break
• Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave and a new child stipend
• Dedicated weekly flexible time for self care
• Annual wellness and development stipend
• Pre tax commuter benefits
• Support for home workspace and meal benefits
• Wellness memberships, virtual care, pet insurance discounts, and global travel assistance

About the company

Grow Therapy is a three-sided marketplace that empowers providers, augments insurance payors, and serves patients to make mental health care more accessible. The company has received more than $328M in funding.