Nextdoor · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer - Android
Nextdoor is a neighborhood network that connects neighbors, public agencies, and businesses around local information and community connections. The Senior Software Engineer will develop and improve Nextdoor’s Android application and infrastructure, contributing to networking, analytics, experiments, modular app structure, testing infrastructure, and product features. The role will support the Feed UX experience and mentor junior engineers while helping improve engineering practices.
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H1B Sponsor Likely
Responsibilities
As such, you’ll get the opportunity to make key contributions across our Android stack - this includes developing and improving our networking, analytics, experiments, modular app structure, and testing infrastructure - in addition to making direct contributions to Nextdoor’s product
The Feed UX Team is responsible for 75%+ of Nextdoor user traffic. We own the user experience for the main feed and post creation tools. We care about making an incredible Android app that respects platform conventions and is delightful to use
You crave enchanting Nextdoor’s users with delightful, polished and bug-free features, but you know how to ship consistently and quickly
Desire to mentor junior engineers and enthusiastic about up-leveling our engineering culture
Strong self-motivation and flexibility with excitement to improve any part of the app, from the UI components to the analytics framework
You make a point to test your obviously bug-free code with frameworks like JUnit, MockK, and Roborazzi - just to be safe
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience as an Engineer and/or the ability to perform at an advanced level in the domain
You crave enchanting Nextdoor's users with delightful, polished and bug-free features, but you know how to ship consistently and quickly
Desire to mentor junior engineers and enthusiastic about up-leveling our engineering culture
Strong self-motivation and flexibility with excitement to improve any part of the app, from the UI components to the analytics framework
You make a point to test your obviously bug-free code with frameworks like JUnit, MockK, and Roborazzi - just to be safe
Preferred
Passionate about Nextdoor's mission and being a good neighbor
Expertise in Kotlin and leveraging its features to increase the safety and clarity of our codebase
Familiar with modern networking stack, such as OkHttp, Retrofit, and Apollo GraphQL
Passion for UI architecture best practices such as MVI and libraries including Coroutines, Mavericks, and Jetpack Compose
Familiar with architecting a large app for efficient modularization and dependency injection via Gradle and Metro
You think the only real Android phones are Pixels
Benefits
Meaningful equity grant for this role, with quarterly vesting; the first vest date will take place within 3 months of the start date.
Employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option.
OneMedical membership for concierge care.
Hybrid employment model, blending an in-office presence and work-from-home experience.
Company
Nextdoor
Neighborhood social network for local news, listings, and services.
H1B Sponsorship
Nextdoor has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
87%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Product Management
Accounting and Finance
Marketing
Creatives and Design
Management and Executive
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (24)
2025 (44)
2024 (31)
2023 (53)
2022 (39)
2021 (36)
2020 (20)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$723.8MKey Investors
Bond,Riverwood CapitalInsight Partners,RedpointKleiner Perkins,Tiger Global Management
2023-01-17Post Ipo Equity· $18.6M
2021-11-08Post Ipo Equity· $270M
2021-11-08IPO
Leadership Team
Nirav Tolia
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Kiernan
Chief Revenue Officer
Recent News
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