Wayfair Android Engineer OpportunityThe App Platforms team plays a pivotal role in the seamless functioning of Wayfair's suite of 10

• native Android apps. We act as a force multiplier for the rest of the mobile organization. While we own the "paved road" infrastructure that ensures efficient builds and releases on a high-velocity weekly cadence, our primary mission is providing the core libraries, frameworks, and architecture that feature teams rely on to build delightful user experiences.

We are seeking an experienced Android engineer who is passionate about "how things work under the hood." Unlike a typical product role focused on customer-facing features, this role lives at the boundary of Mobile Engineering.

You will spend the bulk of your time developing and maintaining the shared codebasesfrom Design Systems to Networking layersthat power the Wayfair app, while also pitching in to support the CI/CD tooling (Gradle/Buildkite) that delivers it.

What You'll DoCore Frameworks & Architecture (Primary Focus)Maintain & Evolve Core Libraries: You will build and support critical frameworks used by all feature teams, including our Networking Framework (Apollo/GraphQL integration), Logging/Performance frameworks, and Feature Toggle systems.

Design System Engineering: Support UI consistency by maintaining our reusable Design System components, focusing on the adoption and support of Jetpack Compose and core UI primitives.

Testing Infrastructure: Contribute to the stability of the app by enhancing our Testing Frameworks, specifically tooling for Unit, UI (Espresso), and Snapshot testing execution.

Privacy & Compliance: Assist in the technical implementation of privacy standards, including Google Play Data Safety requirements and GDPR tracking policies.

Dependency Management: Ensure the health of our codebase through automatic dependency updates (Renovate) and SDK management within our mono-repo.

Infrastructure & Developer Experience (Secondary Focus)CI/CD & Build Support: Assist in maintaining our Gradle build logic and CI/CD deployment (Buildkite) to ensure a stable development lifecycle.

Release Operations: Collaborate with the team on release reporting, dashboarding, and troubleshooting issues with the merge train to maintain our weekly release cadence.

Tooling: Help identify opportunities to automate workflows using local tooling (Kotlin Scripting, Gradle plugins, or Bash) to increase developer productivity.

Collaboration & Best PracticesCode Review: Review code and provide guidance to other developers, believing that constructive feedback is the bedrock of a healthy team.

Documentation: Ensure that documentation for framework usage and build tools stays up to date for the onboarding of new Android engineers.

What You'll Need

Experience

2

• years of professional Android software development experience.

Technical Foundation: Strong understanding of Kotlin and the Android SDK.

Experience with modern UI development using Jetpack Compose.

Familiarity with architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI, Clean, etc.) and Android internals.

Platform Curiosity: An interest in deep-diving into how apps are built, not just how they look. You are curious about build tools (Gradle, Android Studio) and dependency management. You are naturally eager to learn, vet, and adopt new technologies that can accelerate developer efficiency.

Tooling Familiarity: Experience or strong interest in CI/CD systems (e.g., Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and scripting languages (Bash, Python, or Ruby) is a plus.

Mindset: A drive to learn about new releases (Google I/O), changes to the Android ecosystem, and a desire to reduce complexity for other engineers.

Nice to HaveEfficiency Mindset: Experience leveraging AI-driven development tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate coding workflows.

GraphQL

Experience

Familiarity with Apollo Android client.

Testing: Exposure to Snapshot testing or automated UI testing frameworks.

Observability: Experience leveraging industry-standard observability tools like Datadog or Splunk to monitor app health and operational excellence.