Major League Baseball

Senior Android Engineer, MLB App Feature Teams

New York, New York · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$185kDetected 2 days ago

KotliniOSAndroidJetpack ComposeCode ReviewGitDatadogGraphQLRESTLLMsA/B TestingFigmaDesign SystemsLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

This role is for an engineer who can operate independently in a large consumer app, make sound architecture decisions, raise the quality bar for the team, and use modern developer tools, including generative AI, responsibly and effectively.
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism.

Build high-quality Android features in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose across app, media, and shared platform modules
Translate product requirements and Figma designs into polished, accessible, production-ready UI while maintaining cross-platform consistency with iOS
Design and implement clean, maintainable feature architecture that fits a modular Android codebase
Own production issues from diagnosis through resolution, including root-cause analysis and follow-up prevention work
Drive measurable improvements in build time, delivery throughput, code quality, and engineering efficiency
Validate AI-assisted work through tests, code review, static analysis, observability checks, and secure coding practices before merge
6+ years of professional experience building production Android applications
Experience working in modular Android codebases with shared core modules, design systems, and established architectural patterns
Practical experience using GenAI developer tools to support software delivery, with the judgment to review, adapt, test, and explain generated code

Strong Kotlin, Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, coroutines, and modern Android architecture expertise
Proven testing discipline across unit, integration, snapshot, and UI testing, including experience running tests in CI
Experience diagnosing production issues using logs, metrics, crash reporting, analytics, and observability tools
Familiarity with push notifications, deep links, widgets, feature flags, experimentation, and release management

Media, video streaming, sports, live events, or real-time data experience
Experience in large shared repositories with many contributors and multiple release trains
Technical leadership experience, including mentoring, architecture reviews, and cross-team delivery
Familiarity with responsible GenAI practices, including prompt/context hygiene, AI-assisted test creation, and evaluation of generated code quality
Makes pragmatic tradeoffs across quality, speed, maintainability, performance, and user impact
Understands the broader codebase and internal tooling deeply enough to make changes safely across module boundaries
Uses metrics and production signals to guide decisions rather than relying only on intuition
Senior-Level Competencies

$150,000 - $185,000 (Base Salary) + Bonus
As a candidate for this position, your salary and related aspects of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision.
In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees.

Partner with Product, Design, iOS, Backend, QA, and Test Engineering to clarify requirements, shape technical plans, and define test coverage early
Monitor feature rollouts and production behavior using Firebase, Datadog, crash reporting, analytics, and release health signals
Competitive Benefits Package
Paid Time Off and Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Top MLB Perks & Benefits
Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at accommodations@mlb.com.

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