Medal · 22 hours ago
Android Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$150K/yr - $220K/yr
5+ years expMedal is redefining the way gamers connect and share their in-game moments. They are looking for a Senior/Lead Android Engineer to enhance their mobile app, working on features that impact millions of gamers and collaborating with a talented team to shape the product's direction.
GamingOnline GamesVideo GamesVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Own major parts of the Android codebase and contribute to architecture decisions
Build features used by millions of gamers, from sharing workflows to profile pages and chat
Collaborate cross-functionally with design, backend, and product to ship fast without sacrificing quality
Advocate for user experience, performance, and accessibility
Help mentor junior engineers and uphold a high bar for code quality and engineering culture
Stay on top of Android best practices and help us keep the tech stack modern and efficient
Work on-site at our NYC office 5 days a week
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience shipping Android apps
Expertise in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flow, and AndroidX
Strong grasp of app architectures (MVVM or MVI), navigation, theming, and Material 3
Experience with complex real-time apps, video/media-heavy workflows, or social applications
Obsession with the quality of code and interfaces
Interest in product and taking ownership of broad product areas (likes to run experiments, talk to users, and use the product avidly)
Practiced at using analytics, A/B testing, user feedback, bug/crash reports to inform development
Experience using REST (Retrofit/OkHttp) and working with backend teams to accomplish product goals
A love for gaming, however you define it!
Excellent written and verbal communication; strong async/sync collaboration skills
Preferred
Can develop on both Android and iOS
History as a Medal user – share a clip or your profile!
Deep media stack expertise: ExoPlayer, MediaCodec, CameraX, low-latency pipelines, background uploads, and offline sync
Performance tooling: Baseline Profiles, Macrobenchmark, Startup/Memory profiling, frame rendering analysis
Experience with Push/FCM, App Widgets, Shortcuts, and Play Integrity/Android app signing & release management
CI/CD experience for Android (Gradle, GitHub Actions/CircleCI, Play Console tracks)
Benefits
Competitive salary
Equity options
Comprehensive health insurance
401k
Company
Medal
Medal is a developer of a short-form gaming video clips platform to share digital game clips and highlights with gamers.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$85.5MKey Investors
OMERS VenturesMakers FundHorizons Ventures
2024-07-11Series Unknown· $13M
2021-12-14Series C· $45M
2020-01-01Series B· $15M
Leadership Team
Iggy Harmsen
Product
J
Joshua Lipson
Chief Architect
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