WhatsApp - Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Android

Responsibilities

• Build and ship client features for WhatsApp on Android, with a focus on performance, reliability and memory footprint on the low- and mid-tier devices that dominate the market.
• Own Android client architecture for services surfaces — payments, commerce and the everyday money-centric flows people already come to WhatsApp for.
• Work across Kotlin and Java with the Android SDK, and partner with server and platform teams on API design.
• Identify and solve the hardest technical problems across the pillar, including finding where new technology can address previously intractable problems.
• Set technical direction across multiple teams and own the architecture for a major area of the product.
• Lead initiatives of org-wide scope, resolving ambiguity in both product definition and technical approach.
• Drive engineering standards, quality and craft across the pillar, and make teams and systems work better to increase their impact.
• Mentor senior engineers, influence cross-functional partners in product, design and data science, and act as a credible co-owner of product outcomes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in product management, design, data science and operations to build innovative application experiences.
• Partner with payments, legal, compliance and local operations partners to ship services that meet the reliability and regulatory bar expected in India.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
• Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
• Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission
• Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building Android applications in Java or Kotlin using the Android SDK
• Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management
• Experience optimising for low-end devices, constrained networks and app size
• Experience building for the Indian market, including familiarity with UPI and India's digital payments ecosystem
• In-market experience in India, or experience at an India-based consumer technology or fintech company operating at scale
• Experience designing and operating payment systems at scale, including the reliability, correctness and regulatory requirements they carry
• Background in monetization, payments, commerce or AI/ML products
• Experience establishing the technical foundations of a 0-to-1 organization or a new product area
• Experience setting technical strategy for global, multi-market products, particularly in emerging markets
• Experience as a technical leader across distributed teams in multiple sites
• Familiarity with messaging platforms or mobile-first consumer products, including super-app or founder-led product experience in market
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

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