Senior Android Engineer
Designer Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech companies using design to improve health, sustainability, or prosperity for people. It backs founding teams, particularly those with design backgrounds, across sectors like fintech, healthcare, climate tech, and developer tools.
About Designer Fund
Designer Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in tech companies leveraging design to drive positive outcomes in health, sustainability, and financial prosperity. Its portfolio spans a wide range of sectors including financial infrastructure (Stripe), preventative health (Omada), collaborative tools (Notion), developer tools (Netlify), product management (Linear), payroll and benefits (Gusto), design tools (Framer), and healthcare infrastructure (Commure), among dozens of other companies across fintech, climate tech, healthcare, EdTech, and AI. The firm also runs 'Designer Founders,' a community and platform highlighting designers who have gone on to found and lead companies, reflecting its focus on backing design-driven founders and design-centric startups from early stages through growth and acquisition.
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About the Role
You'll be a core member of the rider mobile team, owning the Android experience that millions of riders depend on every day — from booking rides and managing accounts to the underlying mobile infrastructure that makes it all work seamlessly. You'll work on a product that has real, tangible impact on how people move through their cities, collaborating closely with designers, backend engineers, and product managers who care deeply about the quality of what they ship. This is a hybrid position with the expectation that you will be onsite in NYC 2-3 days a week.
Requirements
- 5+ 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
- Strong grasp of Android app architecture patterns, Jetpack Compose, and RESTful APIs
- Expertise in performance optimization, memory management, and debugging complex issues
- Knowledge of concurrent programming using Kotlin Coroutines or RxJava
- Experienced with Android frameworks including Location Services and Google Maps API, and familiar with third-party mapping tools such as Mapbox
- A natural collaborator and mentor who takes ownership of work and shares knowledge generously
- Proactive and genuinely curious about new technologies
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to deliver a high-quality, user-friendly rider application
- Own the development and continuous improvement of Via's rider Android app, building new features across booking, account management, and the core rider journey
- Architect and evolve the mobile infrastructure services that power Via's apps, making decisions about app architecture patterns, performance optimization, and memory management
- Diagnose and resolve critical production issues under pressure, minimizing disruption to riders
- Mentor and guide engineers on the team, sharing expertise in Android development and reviewing code
Benefits
- Free medical plans
- 401K matching
- Catered lunch on Wednesdays