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If you're an Android engineer who takes pride in building polished, high-performance mobile experiences and wants to see your work used at real scale, this is the role for you.\n**This is a hybrid position with the expectation that you will be onsite in NYC 2-3 days a week.**\nAbout the Role:\nCollaborate closely with designers, backend engineers, and product managers in order to deliver our high-quality, user-friendly rider application\nOwn the development and continuous improvement of Via's rider Android app - building new features across booking, account management, and the core rider journey while keeping the experience fast, reliable, and intuitive\nArchitect and evolve the mobile infrastructure services that power Via's apps, making thoughtful decisions about app architecture patterns, performance optimization, and memory management that the whole team benefits from\nDiagnose and resolve critical production issues under pressure, minimising disruption to riders and acting as a key line of defence when things go wrong in live environments\nMentor and guide engineers on the team - sharing your expertise in Android development, reviewing code thoughtfully, and helping others grow\nAbout You:\n5+ years of hands-on Android development experience, with deep proficiency in Kotlin and strong knowledge of the Android application lifecycle - activities, fragments, view models, and services\nStrong grasp of Android app architecture patterns, Jetpack Compose, and RESTful APIs. 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