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WhatsApp - Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Android

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São PauloFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Android software engineer with technical leadership responsibilities to build and own architecture for WhatsApp Services in Brazil, focusing on performance, reliability, and memory efficiency on low- to mid-tier devices, and leading cross-team technical direction.

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 Brazil.

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

Skills

Required:Android development (Java/Kotlin)System architectureCross-functional collaborationData-driven problem solving

Benefits

  • Not specified in the description
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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