This role is hybrid opportunity for candidates to work in office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from our Seattle, San Francisco, or Detroit offices and work remotely all other days . We can consider highly qualified candidates on a remote only basis who reside outside of these three areas.
Redfin is revolutionizing the $75 billion real estate industry. We use data, beautiful software, and innovative design to put customers first at every step in the home-buying and selling process. Get ready to dive headfirst into our award-winning mobile apps, solving complex business problems in a highly visible, customer-centric way. If you value doing great work in a collaborative environment, join our team!
Redfin is continually improving and expanding our app to include new features, and options for our customers. As a Sr. Android Mobile Software Engineer, you'll join a passionate team working to enable Redfin's app developers to build and ship the top-rated real estate apps. We support the infrastructure to ensure our app is fast and stable. We also build the core frameworks, mobile design system, and tooling to support building features for our customers that allow them to interact with the home buying experience while on the move.
About the role
You will design and implement complex, technical projects that enable Redfin's app developers to build and ship the top-rated real estate apps.
Contribute to the long-term strategy of the Android platform, considering technical and product-level concerns.
Collaborate with your teammates by reviewing code, writing documentation, refining best practices, and building maintainable and testable codebases.
Work closely with our product and design teams to understand user and business needs.
Drive the team forward in Android best practices and design principles, bringing in cutting-edge industry trends.
Using and evangelizing approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code
About you
You continually obsess over improving the user experience, whether it's collaborating with product managers and designers to build beautiful products or finding and squashing performance bottlenecks.
You have 5+ years of development experience with at least 3 years of Native Android experience.
You have practical experience building Android applications in Kotlin and Java, and a solid understanding of computer science and engineering fundamentals.
Effective communication: you can collaborate across distances and experience levels, and you can disagree constructively with respect for everyone’s opinions and ideas.
You have a passion for well-architected, clean, well-written code.
You are curious about mobile CI/CD and cloud development technologies, such as Bitrise and Jenkins.
You have deep knowledge of at least one AI code generation tool, such as GitHub CoPilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar
What you’ll get
Our team members fuel our strategy, innovation and growth, so we ensure the health and well-being of not just you, but your family, too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We’ve got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks.
This role may include participation in an on-call rotation to support production systems and ensure service reliability. On-call responsibilities may include coverage during nights and weekends. If applicable, frequency and scheduling will be determined by team needs and communicated accordingly.
About us
Redfin is revolutionizing the $75 billion real estate industry. We use data, beautiful software, and innovative design to put customers first at every step in the home-buying and selling process. Get ready to dive headfirst into our award-winning website and mobile apps, solving complex business problems in a highly visible, customer-centric way. If you value doing great work in a collaborative environment, join our team!
This job description is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position and may be modified at the discretion of the company at any time. Decisions related to employment are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. The company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations in completing the application and/or participating in the application process should contact a member of the Human Resources team, at [email protected].
The compensation information below is provided in compliance with all applicable job posting disclosure requirements. The compensation for this position is $166,900.00-$203,900.00 . The position may also be eligible for an annual bonus, incentives, and other employment-related benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401K retirement plan, and paid-time off. More information regarding these benefits and others can be found here. The information regarding compensation and other benefits included in this paragraph is the company’s current, good faith estimate at the time of posting. [Compensation and benefits are subject to modification from time to time as the Company, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deems appropriate.] The Company may determine during its future reviews of the proposed compensation and benefits provided for this position, that the compensation and benefits for such position should be reduced. In no event will the Company reduce the compensation for the position to a level below the applicable jurisdictional minimum wage rate for the position. Los Angeles County and San Francisco Candidates only: qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment per the Fair Chance Ordinance and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of development experience with at least 3 years of Native Android experience.
- Practical experience building Android applications in Kotlin and Java.
- Solid understanding of computer science and engineering fundamentals.
- Deep knowledge of at least one AI code generation tool (GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar).
- Effective communication and ability to collaborate across distances and experience levels.
- Passion for well-architected, clean, well-written code.
- Curiosity or experience with mobile CI/CD and cloud development technologies (e.g., Bitrise, Jenkins).
Rocket Companies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Rocket Companies and has not been reviewed or approved by Rocket Companies.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage includes medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield or Kaiser in CA), dental (Delta Dental), vision (Heritage Vision), life and disability insurance, and employee assistance with no‑cost mental health support. Wellbeing resources extend to pet insurance and on‑site fitness classes.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid leave supports birth, adoption, and fostering, alongside fertility benefits and adoption assistance up to $10,000. Family resources include childcare supports, daycare discounts, and Care.com membership.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off allows up to four weeks in the first year. Time away also includes seven company holidays and additional personal significance days.
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What We Do
Rocket Companies® is a Detroit-based company made up of businesses that provide simple, fast and trusted digital solutions for complex transactions. The name comes from our flagship business, now known as Rocket Mortgage®, which was founded in 1985. Today, we’re a publicly traded company involved in many different industries, including mortgages, fintech, real estate, automotive and more. We’re insistently different in how we look at the world and committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard.
