Hark

Hark

Mobile Android Engineer

San Jose · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$450kDetected 83 days ago
KotlinAndroidJetpack ComposeWebSocketsMachine LearningAgentic AICommunication

About the role

  • That means shipping an app that feels instant, handles streaming AI responses gracefully, and integrates voice, text, and vision into a single coherent experience.
  • The bar is high: this is the primary way millions of people will interact with Hark.
  • This is a high-ownership role on a small team.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and develop a high-performance native Android application using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
  • Implement real-time speech, audio, and video streaming capabilities for multimodal AI interactions.
  • Build efficient interfaces to backend AI services, optimizing for latency and responsiveness.
  • Own the full mobile lifecycle from development through deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
  • Collaborate with design to create intuitive UI that showcases advanced AI capabilities.
  • Optimize performance at every level of the stack - UI rendering, network calls, background processing, and power consumption.
  • You'll work directly with designers, platform engineers, and the people building the models.
  • Optimize performance at every level of the stack
  • You'll build the Android experience for Hark: a native app that brings a real-time, multimodal AI agent into people's pockets.
  • Hark is an artificial intelligence company building advanced, personalized intelligence.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional Android development experience.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and the Android SDK.
  • Strong understanding of Android architecture patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture) and dependency injection.
  • Track record of shipping polished, high-quality applications to the Play Store.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Nice to have

  • Experience integrating ML/AI features into mobile applications.
  • Background in audio/video processing, real-time communication, or 3D graphics on mobile.
  • Contributions to open-source Android projects or published technical writing.
  • Passion for exploring new interaction paradigms between humans and AI systems.
  • The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

Compensation

  • The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $180,000 - $450,000 annually.
  • The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • The total compensation package may also include additional components and benefits depending on the specific role.
  • This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

Benefits

  • One that is proactive, multimodal, and capable of interacting with the world through speech, text, vision, and persistent memory.

This listing is sourced directly from Hark's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.