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WhatsApp - Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Android

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BangaloreFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Android software engineer with technical leadership responsibilities for WhatsApp Services in India, focusing on building scalable, high-performance Android clients and owning architecture for payments, commerce and money-centric flows.

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship client features for WhatsApp on Android, focusing on performance, reliability and memory footprint on low- and mid-tier devices
  • Own Android client architecture for services surfaces — payments, commerce and money-centric flows
  • 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 applying new technologies
  • 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 product definition and technical approach
  • Drive engineering standards, quality and craft across the pillar, and improve team and system impact
  • Mentor senior engineers, influence cross-functional partners in product, design and data science, and co-own 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 to ship services that meet reliability and regulatory standards in India

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 aligning short-term projects to long-term mission
  • Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations

Skills

Required:Android development (Java/Kotlin)
Nice to have:Multithreading and memory managementLow-end device optimizationPayments domain / India digital payments ecosystemTechnical leadershipCross-functional collaboration
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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