Top Android Developer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Develops, tests, debugs, monitors, and maintains Android software applications. Translates wireframes into working mobile experiences, integrates REST or GraphQL APIs, applies software design patterns and computer science fundamentals, writes unit tests, and contributes to scalable, maintainable code. Collaborates with teammates and stakeholders, supports small projects, identifies inefficiencies, resolves production issues using monitoring tools, and builds technical expertise while connecting team goals to business needs.

Design, develop, test, operate, and maintain iOS applications and mobile SDKs. Write production-ready, testable code, ensure scalability, reliability, and security. Troubleshoot issues across mobile and backend, perform code reviews, and work within agile and DevOps practices to support high-scale production systems.

Build and maintain Android applications in a modular monorepo, including customized Launcher functionality, Jetpack Compose UI, shared libraries, and new features. Diagnose and resolve ANRs, crashes, performance issues, and memory problems using production telemetry. Own app modules, architecture, bugs, and design over time while shipping features through Remote Config and A/B testing. Collaborate effectively across time zones and continuously improve development practices.

Develop scalable enterprise Android applications using Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Jetpack, and modern architecture patterns. Build accessible interfaces, integrate backend services, implement asynchronous processing and data persistence, and develop commerce features such as search, checkout, payments, and order processing. Write automated tests, troubleshoot production issues, support releases and CI/CD, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with product, design, backend, and QA teams. Travel and relocation across unanticipated U.S. locations are required.

Develop and maintain Unity platform support for Android mobile, laptop, and hybrid devices. Design scalable editor features, optimize runtime performance, analyze benchmarks, resolve platform bugs, document technical solutions, and collaborate across teams. The role requires advanced C++, C#, and Android systems programming, plus experience with multithreaded codebases, managed runtimes, memory marshalling, automated testing, debugging, and performance profiling.

Develop and modify Android system services, privileged APIs, and OS-level AI integrations. Build interfaces for AI agents to interact with Android functionality while managing permissions, IPC, application lifecycles, background execution, performance, and resource consumption. Collaborate with agent engineers and debug Android Framework or AOSP components. Preferred experience includes custom ROMs, AOSP contributions, C++, System UI, background services, and power management.

Develop and modify Android Framework components, system services, privileged APIs, and secure AI-agent integrations. The role focuses on application lifecycle, permissions, background execution, first-party app integration, OS stability, performance, and collaboration with agent engineers. Candidates need strong Android development experience, Java or Kotlin proficiency, AOSP knowledge, and familiarity with Binder IPC, permissions, and complex Android debugging. Custom ROM, C++, Linux, Android security, power management, and system-level shipping experience are preferred.

Develop and maintain Android applications for public safety customers, covering requirements, architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and performance tuning. The role requires Java and Kotlin expertise, Android SDK and Studio experience, strong debugging abilities, and familiarity with C/C++, networking, wireless communication, Agile practices, and configuration management. The developer will lead technical solutions, mentor engineers, manage multiple projects, and collaborate effectively within distributed teams.

Designs, codes, integrates, and tests Android mobile applications for aircraft avionics and defense systems. Collaborates with architects to develop product architectures, software requirements, test procedures, and system integration activities. Supports verification, validation, effectiveness analysis, troubleshooting, and innovative software solutions within a technical team.

Develop and optimize Unity platform support for Android devices, including mobile, laptop, and hybrid form factors. Build Unity Editor features and workflows, improve runtime performance, analyze the technology stack, resolve bugs, and maintain platform stability. The role requires collaboration across teams, technical documentation, design reviews, automated testing, code reviews, and development within a large multithreaded codebase.

Build and deliver Android features for rewards discovery, shoppable content, partner integrations, and purchase attribution. Develop within a large modular Kotlin and Jetpack Compose codebase, collaborate with product, design, backend, data, and marketing technology teams, and improve performance, reliability, engagement, and rewards redemption through testing, profiling, and scalable architecture.

Develop and release Android features for rewards discovery, shoppable content, partner integrations, and purchase attribution. Build within a large modular architecture using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Hilt, Room, and modern Android tooling. Collaborate with product, design, backend, data, and marketing technology teams while improving performance, reliability, engagement, and rewards redemption across Fetch’s mobile platform.

Develop and deliver native iOS features for MyFitnessPal’s AI-powered food logging experience. Responsibilities include implementing user interfaces, optimizing performance and network communications, building tested and secure solutions, collaborating with product and design teams, researching technical approaches, mentoring developers, and contributing to deployment and engineering best practices.

Build and scale customer-facing Android marketplace applications using Kotlin, Compose, and modern Android architecture. Own complex features end to end, lead technical direction, improve testing and CI/CD, support releases and observability, and modernize legacy codebases. Use AI tools for coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and operational efficiency while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, design, backend, platform, QA, and iOS teams.

Design, build, and maintain high-quality Android applications using Kotlin/Java. Collaborate with product, design, backend, and QA teams to implement features, fix bugs, optimize performance, and ensure code quality through testing, code reviews, and CI/CD workflows.

Leads Android feature delivery for enterprise payment and point-of-sale applications. Designs and develops production Android solutions using Java and Kotlin, ensures architecture and coding standards, guides implementation and backlog execution, mentors engineers, and promotes quality, testing, CI/CD automation, and agile engineering practices.

Own Android features end to end, from identifying user needs through development, launch, and performance evaluation. Build idiomatic, well-tested Kotlin and Jetpack Compose applications, shape product direction, and collaborate with design, leadership, and engineers across Android, iOS, web, and backend. Drive decisions in ambiguous situations, improve mobile engineering standards, and contribute to product strategy while working remotely with distributed teams.

Leads architecture, development, testing, performance optimization, and technical ownership of mission-critical Android applications. Builds modern Jetpack Compose interfaces, establishes automated testing strategies, mentors engineers, conducts code reviews, drives technical standards, and delivers concurrent initiatives. Requires deep Android, Kotlin, Java, native C/C++, debugging, profiling, and CI/CD expertise while collaborating with product and platform teams.

Lead the architecture and delivery of TeamSnap’s Android advertising platform, including native, display, and video ad experiences. Build privacy-conscious consent and measurement capabilities, optimize performance, shape Kotlin and Jetpack Compose architecture, and lead cross-team technical initiatives. Partner with advertising, product, design, legal, and data teams while mentoring engineers and establishing Android standards.

Develop and lead frontend platform engineering for native and hybrid mobile applications. Build reusable, well-tested Android and iOS SDK components, contribute to architecture and system design, collaborate with product and engineering teams, own customer-facing deliverables, and identify product improvements while maintaining strong engineering standards.

Build and own Android growth and monetization experiments across subscriptions, pricing, advertising, purchases, and upgrade flows. Partner with product, design, data science, and analytics to instrument experiments, manage staged rollouts, monitor performance, and act on results. Use AI tools throughout development, contribute to Android architecture and engineering practices, participate in on-call support, mentor engineers, and help scale reliable mobile experiences to tens of millions of users.

Build and improve scalable, accessible Android applications for Wikipedia and Wikimedia users worldwide. Responsibilities include leading technical discovery and system design, implementing Kotlin and Jetpack Compose features, optimizing performance, developing testing and observability practices, managing delivery risks and scope, and collaborating with product, design, analytics, and engineering teams.

Build and scale customer-facing Android marketplace features using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and modern Android technologies. Develop tested, production-ready software, use AI tools for coding and debugging, maintain reliability, and collaborate with Product, Design, backend, iOS, QA, and senior Android engineers. Contribute to platform concerns including authentication, analytics, feature flags, and CI while growing end-to-end feature ownership.

Design, build, and ship native Android features in Kotlin for BJAK's AI Neobank app. Integrate backend APIs, improve performance, reduce crashes, collaborate with product/design, use analytics to iterate, and add on-device AI where it improves UX.

Build and ship native Android features for onboarding, accounts, cards, payments, transfers, rewards and AI-assisted journeys. Turn complex financial flows into simple mobile experiences, own app quality (performance, crashes, loading states), integrate APIs and secure authentication, and iterate using production feedback and analytics while collaborating with product, design, backend and AI engineers.