Android Engineer
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
Haystack News's standard text
Haystack News is the leading local & world news service on Connected TVs reaching millions of users! This is a unique opportunity to work at Haystack News, one of the fastest-growing TV startups in the world. We are already preloaded on 37% of all TVs shipped in the US!
Be part of a Silicon Valley startup and work directly with the founding team. Jumpstart your career by working with Stanford & Carnegie Mellon alumni and faculty who have already been part of other successful startups in Silicon Valley.
You should join us if you're hungry to learn how Silicon Valley startups thrive, you like to ship quickly and often, love to solve challenging problems, and like working in small teams.
See how Haystack is leveraging AI at Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91017834/ai-is-coming-for-your-local-weather-report
Responsibilities:
You'll be responsible for developing the Haystack News app on Android Mobile, Android TV, and Fire TV devices .
- Build engaging features to improve the reader experience in our flagship News app
- Apply the latest trends in Android development to create engaging experiences
- Use Clean Architecture to refactor existing code and increase code coverage, and build any new features conforming to that design
- Use latest from Android framework , Kotlin, Jetpack Compose
- Collaborate with software developers to integrate existing technologies (APIs) into a mobile application
Qualifications and requirements:
- Strong written and spoken English is a must!
- B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of related professional work experience
- Strong software engineering skills with expertise in Java and the Android platform.
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong communication skills (No Agencies Please)
- (IMPORTANT: Your job application has to be in English)
Some of our perks:
- Travel to team's offsite events
- 100% paid Uber rides to go to the office
- Learn about multiple platforms
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Java
Rare in Haystack News's other 8 open postings.
Standard for mobile roles
Android · Jetpack Compose · Kotlin
Common in mobile postings at any company.
61% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Haystack News's standard text, folded away below.
Read against Haystack News's other open postings on this site.
The team: Client Engineering
This role is one of 5 open in Client Engineering.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Android (4 of 5), iOS (3 of 5), CSS (2 of 5), Figma (2 of 5), HTML (2 of 5), JavaScript (2 of 5), Node.js (2 of 5)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- UX Designer posted Dec 9
- Product Designer posted Dec 9
- QA Engineer posted Jul 17
- Web Engineer posted Apr 17
From the team and dates on Haystack News's own job board.
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