The New York Times
Senior Android Developer, Games Apps
$140K–$160K
New York, NY · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years full-time as a Software Engineer; 3+ years of Android-focused experience; 2+ years of Kotlin experience.
About the job
Build and lead development of scalable Android features and platform capabilities for The New York Times Games App, improving player experiences and app quality.
What you'll do
- Architect and build Android features, and contribute to technical direction, architecture decisions, code reviews, and delivery estimates.
- Partner with product, design, data, QA, and engineering teams to turn requirements into technical specifications and shippable experiences.
- Mentor developers and promote strong Android development practices, performance, accessibility, and code quality.
What they ask for
- Experience building user interfaces with complex animations and interactions.
- At least 2 years of Kotlin experience, including unit testing, networking, data persistence, and UI.
- Understanding of modern Android technologies and app architecture patterns such as MVVM, MVI, or Clean Architecture.
- Experience translating product goals into quality shippable code.
Nice to have
- Backend architecture or high-traffic distributed systems experience; mobile game development at production scale.
- Experience leading teams and mentoring junior engineers.
Pay
$140,000 — $160,000 USD annual base salary
Tools
Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Hilt/Dagger, Room, MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture
AI focus
Expected to be knowledgeable and passionate about AI coding tools, especially for mobile development.
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