Software Developer - Android (US)

About the role

We believe that communication belongs to everyone. TextNow is redefining how people connect by combining simplicity, intelligence, and accessibility. We’re a team of curious builders using technology to make communication more affordable and powerful for millions of users every day.

As a Software Developer - Android, you won’t just build apps—you’ll shape the systems, architecture, and tooling that make them possible. At TextNow, Members of Technical Staff combine leadership and hands-on coding to enable the highest leverage opportunities possible. Being able to operate strategically, as well as diving into the lowest leveldetails, is a must. You’ll take technical ownership of key mobile domains and work across mobile, backend, and data to create faster, smarter, more reliable products.

AI and automation are at the core of how we build. You’ll use them to accelerate development, improve performance, detect and resolve issues faster, and continuously raise the bar for mobile development excellence.

We’re hiring Members of Technical Staff across multiple levels (intermediate/senior/staff+). Whether you’re an experienced developer looking to lead complex systems, or an early-career developer eager to grow, we’ll align your title and scope based on experience and impact.

This role is about impact at scale. You’ll shape how TextNow builds and operates its backend systems—using AI and automation to make development faster, decisions smarter, and experiences more seamless for millions of users worldwide.

What You'll Do

- Design, develop, and sustain high-performance Android applications using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Java.

- Lead architectural modernization and modularization to improve scalability and cross-platform reuse.

- Define and own the entire lifecycle of your systems: feature ideation, API design, instrumentation, deployment (CI/CD), live-traffic monitoring, unit/UI/e2e testing, user telemetry & data analysis, experiment design (A/B tests), and continuous iteration.

- Influence and evolve our architecture: propose and lead initiatives to decompose monoliths, build shared libraries and frameworks, improve modularization, enable reuse across Android, iOS, and Web; evaluate new Android platform capabilities (e.g., new OS releases, device types, form factors, architectures) and lead their adoption.

- Apply AI-driven tools and automation frameworks to speed up development, code analysis, testing, and reliability.

- Leverage intelligent telemetry, analytics, and optimization pipelines to improve app performance and user experience.

- Define observability standards, telemetry pipelines, and fault-tolerance strategies for production-grade systems.

- Partner closely with product, design, backend, and data teams to deliver seamless, high-quality user experiences.

- Drive technical discussions, mentor developers, and influence strategic direction across mobile platforms.