Software Engineer III, Android

Build and maintain AI-powered Android tools and 24/7 agents that boost velocity and quality.

Evaluate, integrate, and customize AI-native development tools for Tinder’s Android codebase and workflows.

Develop prompts, templates, and agentic workflows aligned with Tinder’s architecture and coding standards.

Measure and report AI tooling impact across the Android guild using clear velocity and quality metrics.

Partner with engineers across teams to identify pain points and build tooling that removes friction.

Drive guild-wide adoption of AI-native practices through documentation, workshops, pairing, and onboarding.

Relentless curiosity about how things work today and a drive to make them better.

Solid Android development experience in Kotlin with a deep understanding of large codebases and developer workflows.

Strong experience with Android build systems, Gradle, and CI/CD pipelines.

Demonstrated daily use of AI-native development tools (e.g., Claude, Codex, Cursor or similar).

Hands-on experience with agentic coding workflows for code generation, refactoring, tests, migrations, and code review at scale.

Experience building developer tools and automation (Python, Bash, Gradle plugins, custom lint rules, or similar).

Systems-thinking mindset, able to see workflows end-to-end and spot high-leverage automation opportunities.

Strong communication skills to evangelize new tools and practices, write clear documentation, and build buy-in across the guild.

Collaborative and open to feedback, with empathy for other engineers’ workflows and pain points.

Experience with prompt engineering and fine-tuning AI tools for domain-specific codebases

Experience building custom MCP servers, IDE plugins, or developer experience tooling

Familiarity with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) for building custom AI-powered developer tools

Background in developer experience, developer productivity, or platform engineering

Experience measuring and improving engineering velocity metrics