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Navan is looking for a Senior Android Engineer to design, build, and enhance our mobile applications in the business expense management space.
As a key contributor, you will work closely with our international team of engineers and domain experts to build new features and improve our product. We are looking for engineers who can deliver high-quality work, can lead complex projects and contribute to clear technical direction.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and ship Android features in a large production app;
- Contribute to Android infrastructure so delivery stays fast and reliable.
- Review code, give feedback to other developers, and write technical documentation to improve coding practices and code quality.
- Lead development initiatives, whether by introducing new technologies or by raising the bar for existing code, practices, or architecture.
- Take part in decisions with peers and stakeholders on technology, design, and product direction.
- Triage product and application issues, and respond quickly to customer problems.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience developing high-quality Android applications.
- Strong understanding of the full app development lifecycle.
- Proficiency in Kotlin and building user interfaces with Jetpack Compose.
- Solid understanding of the Android SDK:
- App components (Activities, Services, receivers, providers) and how they fit together.
- How the Android applications you develop fit into the Android OS lifecycle: notifications, deep links, battery modes, network state, persisting data, and permissions.
- Performance tuning and optimization.
- Gradle builds and modules.
- Strong understanding of concurrency practices and experience working with coroutines;
- Must be capable of making architectural judgment calls based on real data and requirements.
- Working knowledge of MVVM and standard multi-tier architecture.
Nice to Have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and publishing to the Play Store.
- Solid foundation in data structures and algorithms, with a focus on delivering testable, scalable, and maintainable code.
- Experience using AI / LLM tools in day-to-day development, including how to keep quality, review standards, and security intact when you use them.
- Experience with modern Android frameworks such as Dagger/Hilt and OkHttp/Retrofit,
- Experience building automated test suites with Espresso/kakao and a clear view of what belongs in unit, integration, and UI tests.
- Familiarity with:
- Accessibility best practices for mobile applications.
- OAuth, mobile app authentication, and data safety.
- Material Design principles, mobile UX practices, and patterns
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience developing high-quality Android applications
- Strong understanding of the full Android application development lifecycle
- Proficiency in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
- Solid understanding of the Android SDK, application components, OS lifecycle, notifications, deep links, battery modes, network state, data persistence, permissions, performance optimization, Gradle builds, and modules
- Strong understanding of concurrency practices and experience with coroutines
- Ability to make architectural decisions based on data and requirements
- Working knowledge of MVVM and standard multi-tier architecture
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and publishing to the Google Play Store
- Foundation in data structures and algorithms
- Experience using AI or LLM tools in day-to-day development while maintaining quality, review, and security standards
- Experience with Dagger/Hilt and OkHttp/Retrofit
- Experience building automated test suites with Espresso or Kakao
- Familiarity with mobile accessibility, OAuth, mobile authentication, data safety, Material Design, and mobile UX practices
What the Team is Saying
Navan Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is considered a strong point, with comments about solid plan options, provider networks, and support for families. The offering is portrayed as a reliable foundation of the total rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited vacation is positioned as a core benefit with broad time-off flexibility. The policy can be generous when workload and manager support align.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents is described as a meaningful benefit. This support is highlighted alongside other family-friendly offerings.
Navan Insights
What We Do
Navan (Nasdaq: NAVN) is the leading all-in-one business travel, payments, and expense management platform that makes travel easy for frequent travelers. From finding flights and hotels to automating expense reconciliation, with 24/7 support along the way, Navan delivers an intuitive experience travelers love and finance teams rely on. See how Navan customers benefit and learn more at navan.com.
Why Work With Us
At Navan, we’re never satisfied with the status quo, and we know breakthrough ideas come from diverse perspectives. We are committed to cultivating a workplace that reflects the diversity of the customers we serve while fostering leadership and innovation.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
In-person connections is the foundation of Navan, the connections forged through face-to-face interactions improve company culture and what we can achieve together. We operate on a hybrid working model, which we define as four days a week in-office.
