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You would own Android features end-to-end, from understanding user needs through implementation, shipping, and performance monitoring, while collaborating with design and cross-functional teams. | The role requires several years building production Android apps with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and modern architecture, plus experience on another platform and strong product thinking. | About Medium Medium is one of the world's most influential writing platforms, connecting millions of readers with ideas that matter. We're a small, dedicated team that cares deeply and takes real ownership of the problems we tackle, moving fast while building something that lasts. Our actions and decision-making are guided by four principles: Humans First, Deepen Understanding, Orient for Impact, and Ladder Together. About the Role We're looking for a Senior Mobile Engineer to help build and evolve the Android experience that millions of readers and writers rely on every day. You'll own Android features end to end. That means digging into what users actually need, building it, shipping it, and paying attention to how it actually performs once it's out in the world. You'll work closely with our design team the whole way through. This is a product engineering role at heart. We don't have a dedicated product team, so you won't be handed a fully-specified ticket and told to go build it. Rather, you'll be the one figuring out what's worth building in the first place, partnering with design and other engineers, and making good calls when the ask is vague or doesn't quite solve the real problem. Android is where you'll spend most of your time, but we want someone who can also hold their own on at least one other platform, whether that's web, iOS, or backend. That range matters: it means you can see how a feature fits into the bigger picture, make good calls about where logic should live, and work credibly with whoever owns that other platform. What You'll Do Own Android features end to end. Understand the problem, build it, ship it, and see how it actually does Shape what gets built, not just how it gets built. Push back on scope, propose simpler solutions, and raise platform constraints early rather than after the fact Write idiomatic, well-tested Kotlin and Compose UI that fits naturally into the team's existing architecture Work directly with iOS, web, or backend engineers depending on what a feature needs, and help decide where functionality should live Partner with our leadership team, design team, and engineers in the US and France to turn a rough idea into something that actually ships well on Android Bring superb judgment to ambiguous requests. You can ask good questions, spot edge cases early, and propose reasonable first steps when the full scope isn't clear yet Own shaping product and feature spaces, maintaining and driving a sense of forward momentum even when the final destination of your work may not be clear Help raise the bar for the mobile team on code quality, testing, and product thinking Attend Medium's twice-yearly, in-person offsites (hosted in locations around the U.S.) What You Have You've spent several years building production Android apps and you're genuinely fluent in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, coroutines and Flow, and modern Android architecture You're an expert with all things Android engineering, but you can also hold your own on at least one other platform (web, iOS, or backend) and can work credibly there when a feature calls for it You think like a product engineer. You don't just build what's asked, but can own and appreciate the impact at a product impact altitude of your work.You understand the problem underneath the request, push back when something doesn't add up, and care about whether it actually worked once it shipped You've worked closely with designers and engineers on other platforms before. You're good at explaining a technical tradeoff in a way that actually lands for someone who isn't an engineer You have good instincts about systems, you're adaptable, and you're genuinely eager to learn. You can advocate for an approach while staying open to a better one. We care a lot about collaboration and psychological safety here. We want someone who adds to it You have the ability to push forward in ambiguity and make great trade off decisions to keep a project moving Nice to Haves Experience using AI to improve a team's leverage, reach, output and impact You've owned product direction yourself rather than just executing someone else's plan You personally use Medium and are genuinely excited to contribute to its mission, which is empowering humans to write meaningfully for other humans Benefits In addition to the new skills you'll pick up, here's what else you'll enjoy by working at Medium: Working with a fully distributed team: We’re fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents Generous parental leave policy Mental health support through Spring Health (or find a provider through Rula or Kaiser Mental Health Network) Financial wellness support through Northstar Stipends for co-working, professional development, wifi, and a one-time home office bonus Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays A discounted Medium membership Why Medium We're a small team doing meaningful work. Beyond guiding your team's execution, you'll have real influence over engineering strategy, culture, and direction. You'll work alongside people who are genuinely good at what they do and who care about building something worth building. At Medium, inclusion, diversity, and equity are core to how we work and what we build. We believe a more inclusive team creates a better product—one that’s intuitive, thoughtful, and serves a wide range of users. We strive to foster a supportive, fun, and challenging environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and strongly encourage those from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Our hiring process is built to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for everyone. Even if your experience doesn’t match every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you—your perspective and passion matter more than checking every box. Learn more about our mission, operating principles, and culture: Yes to a diverse community Be part of a better internet Medium Rules Operating Principles Read about our story here. Read our guidance on AI use for candidates. We believe human ideas have the power to change how people think, for the better. That belief shapes how we hire. We use AI tools ourselves, but we’ve thought carefully about where it adds value and where it gets in the way of something important. Salary Range $165,000—$215,000 USD GDPR Notice We will process your personal data as part of our recruitment process, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For details on how we use your data, including the legal bases for processing, how long we retain it, and your rights under GDPR, please refer to our Privacy Notice. We may retain your information for future job opportunities based on our legitimate interest in building a talent pool. 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Build and maintain reliable, performant data infrastructure and modernize legacy systems with a focus on platform reliability and user needs. | 4-6 years experience in data/backend engineering or SRE with strong Python skills, cloud infrastructure knowledge, and ability to manage legacy systems pragmatically. | About Medium Medium is one of the world's most influential writing platforms, connecting millions of readers with ideas that matter. We're a small, dedicated team that cares deeply about craft, curiosity, and building something that lasts. We make decisions efficiently and iterate fast, think carefully, and take the work seriously - without taking ourselves too seriously. About the Role We're looking for a Senior Engineer to play a key role in Medium's Data Platform team, building and evolving the data infrastructure that powers Medium's business. As a member of the data platform team, you'll own the reliability, performance, and long-term architecture of the systems that data scientists and engineers at Medium depend on every day-everything from ingestion and transformation to orchestration and observability. The work you do will ensure that readers and writers on Medium can receive personalized recommendations, view up-to-date writer stats, make subscription payments without friction, and reach the right readers with each post. This isn't a pure data engineering role; it's part data engineering, part DevOps, part SRE, and part backend software engineering, with the massive opportunity to help transform a collection of aging systems into a modern foundation that engineers across the org are proud to build on. The role is equal parts stewardship and transformation, and we're looking for someone who can keep critical systems running reliably while also moving us toward our vision of a modern, well-instrumented data platform. If you're someone who finds both of those things interesting-someone who can triage a pipeline failure in the morning and spend the afternoon thinking through a migration strategy, keeping the long-term vision in mind-this might be the role for you. What you will do (Key Responsibilities) • Build, maintain, and modernize the data infrastructure that Medium's product and engineering teams depend on to do their best work • Own reliability of our data infrastructure: Identify risks, instrument better observability, and drive improvements that reduce toil for the whole org • Bring a product mindset to platform ownership, partnering with engineers and stakeholders across teams to understand their data infrastructure needs and help design systems they can use and trust • Contribute to the long-term platform roadmap, including migration of end-of-life systems toward modern, maintainable alternatives • Write and review Python-based tooling for pipeline orchestration, data quality, and infrastructure automation • Apply DevOps and SRE best practices: think about uptime, monitoring, alerting, and deployment practices as first-class concerns • Mentor teammates and improve shared standards around reliability, documentation, and platform ergonomics • Attend Medium's twice-yearly, in-person offsites (hosted in locations around the U.S.) Who are you? (Skills, Knowledge & Expertise) • You have 4-6 years of experience across data engineering, backend engineering, DevOps, or SRE, and you're comfortable wearing multiple hats (sometimes at once). You're a generalist who thrives in ambiguity who doesn't need the perfect playbook; but you can figure out what the right thing to do is and do it! • You're proficient in Python. Our data platform is primarily Python-based, and strong Python skills are essential. We'll expect candidates to demonstrate Python proficiency during the interview process. • You're comfortable working across the stack. You've worked with data pipeline tooling (Snowflake, dbt, Spark, or similar), cloud infrastructure (AWS), and at least some backend services work. You don't need to be an expert in all of them, but you need to be able to learn quickly in any of them. • You approach legacy systems with curiosity. You can assess tech debt pragmatically, work within short-term constraints, and advocate for sustainable improvements over time. • You care about your downstream users and understand that the measure of a great platform is whether the engineers who depend on it can do their jobs well • Experience with Snowflake, Kubernetes, data observability tooling, or ML infrastructure is a plus. • You have good instincts about systems, and are adaptable and eager to learn. You can advocate for an approach while remaining genuinely open to better ideas. This is a team that values collaboration and psychological safety, and we want someone who adds to that culture. Nice to Haves • Experience using AI to improve a team's leverage, reach, output and impact • You're comfortable operating without a dedicated PM layer: you've owned product/platform direction, not just technical execution • You personally use Medium and are genuinely excited to contribute to its mission: empowering humans to write meaningfully for other humans Benefits In addition to the new skills you'll pick up, here's what else you'll enjoy by working at Medium: • Working with a fully distributed team: We're fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France • Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents • Generous parental leave policy • Mental health support through Spring Health (or find a provider through Rula or Kaiser Mental Health Network) • Financial wellness support through Northstar • Stipends for co-working, professional development, wifi, and a one-time home office bonus • Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays • A discounted Medium membership Why Medium At Medium, inclusion, diversity, and equity are core to how we work and what we build. We believe a more inclusive team creates a better product-one that's intuitive, thoughtful, and serves a wide range of users. We strive to foster a supportive, fun, and challenging environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and strongly encourage those from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Our hiring process is built to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for everyone. Even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you-your perspective and passion matter more than checking every box. We actively track representation across our hiring pipelines and hold ourselves accountable to building inclusively. Learn more about our mission, operating principles, and culture: • Yes to a diverse community • Be part of a better internet • Medium Rules • Operating Principles Read about our story here. Read our guidance on AI use for candidates. We believe human ideas have the power to change how people think, for the better. That belief shapes how we hire. We use AI tools ourselves, but we've thought carefully about where it adds value and where it gets in the way of something important.

Build and maintain reliable, modern data infrastructure and platform systems with a focus on reliability, performance, and long-term architecture. | 4-6 years experience in data engineering/backend/DevOps, strong Python skills, familiarity with data pipeline tooling and cloud infrastructure, and ability to manage legacy systems pragmatically. | About Medium Medium is one of the world's most influential writing platforms, connecting millions of readers with ideas that matter. We're a small, dedicated team that cares deeply about craft, curiosity, and building something that lasts. We make decisions efficiently and iterate fast, think carefully, and take the work seriously - without taking ourselves too seriously. About the Role We're looking for a Senior Engineer to play a key role in Medium's Data Platform team, building and evolving the data infrastructure that powers Medium's business. As a member of the data platform team, you'll own the reliability, performance, and long-term architecture of the systems that data scientists and engineers at Medium depend on every day-everything from ingestion and transformation to orchestration and observability. The work you do will ensure that readers and writers on Medium can receive personalized recommendations, view up-to-date writer stats, make subscription payments without friction, and reach the right readers with each post. This isn't a pure data engineering role; it's part data engineering, part DevOps, part SRE, and part backend software engineering, with the massive opportunity to help transform a collection of aging systems into a modern foundation that engineers across the org are proud to build on. The role is equal parts stewardship and transformation, and we're looking for someone who can keep critical systems running reliably while also moving us toward our vision of a modern, well-instrumented data platform. If you're someone who finds both of those things interesting-someone who can triage a pipeline failure in the morning and spend the afternoon thinking through a migration strategy, keeping the long-term vision in mind-this might be the role for you. What you will do (Key Responsibilities) • Build, maintain, and modernize the data infrastructure that Medium's product and engineering teams depend on to do their best work • Own reliability of our data infrastructure: Identify risks, instrument better observability, and drive improvements that reduce toil for the whole org • Bring a product mindset to platform ownership, partnering with engineers and stakeholders across teams to understand their data infrastructure needs and help design systems they can use and trust • Contribute to the long-term platform roadmap, including migration of end-of-life systems toward modern, maintainable alternatives • Write and review Python-based tooling for pipeline orchestration, data quality, and infrastructure automation • Apply DevOps and SRE best practices: think about uptime, monitoring, alerting, and deployment practices as first-class concerns • Mentor teammates and improve shared standards around reliability, documentation, and platform ergonomics • Attend Medium's twice-yearly, in-person offsites (hosted in locations around the U.S.) Who are you? (Skills, Knowledge & Expertise) • You have 4-6 years of experience across data engineering, backend engineering, DevOps, or SRE, and you're comfortable wearing multiple hats (sometimes at once). You're a generalist who thrives in ambiguity who doesn't need the perfect playbook; but you can figure out what the right thing to do is and do it! • You're proficient in Python. Our data platform is primarily Python-based, and strong Python skills are essential. We'll expect candidates to demonstrate Python proficiency during the interview process. • You're comfortable working across the stack. You've worked with data pipeline tooling (Snowflake, dbt, Spark, or similar), cloud infrastructure (AWS), and at least some backend services work. You don't need to be an expert in all of them, but you need to be able to learn quickly in any of them. • You approach legacy systems with curiosity. You can assess tech debt pragmatically, work within short-term constraints, and advocate for sustainable improvements over time. • You care about your downstream users and understand that the measure of a great platform is whether the engineers who depend on it can do their jobs well • Experience with Snowflake, Kubernetes, data observability tooling, or ML infrastructure is a plus. • You have good instincts about systems, and are adaptable and eager to learn. You can advocate for an approach while remaining genuinely open to better ideas. This is a team that values collaboration and psychological safety, and we want someone who adds to that culture. Nice to Haves • Experience using AI to improve a team's leverage, reach, output and impact • You're comfortable operating without a dedicated PM layer: you've owned product/platform direction, not just technical execution • You personally use Medium and are genuinely excited to contribute to its mission: empowering humans to write meaningfully for other humans Benefits In addition to the new skills you'll pick up, here's what else you'll enjoy by working at Medium: • Working with a fully distributed team: We're fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France • Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents • Generous parental leave policy • Mental health support through Spring Health (or find a provider through Rula or Kaiser Mental Health Network) • Financial wellness support through Northstar • Stipends for co-working, professional development, wifi, and a one-time home office bonus • Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays • A discounted Medium membership Why Medium At Medium, inclusion, diversity, and equity are core to how we work and what we build. We believe a more inclusive team creates a better product-one that's intuitive, thoughtful, and serves a wide range of users. We strive to foster a supportive, fun, and challenging environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and strongly encourage those from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Our hiring process is built to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for everyone. Even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you-your perspective and passion matter more than checking every box. We actively track representation across our hiring pipelines and hold ourselves accountable to building inclusively. Learn more about our mission, operating principles, and culture: • Yes to a diverse community • Be part of a better internet • Medium Rules • Operating Principles Read about our story here. Read our guidance on AI use for candidates. We believe human ideas have the power to change how people think, for the better. That belief shapes how we hire. We use AI tools ourselves, but we've thought carefully about where it adds value and where it gets in the way of something important.

Build and maintain reliable, modern data infrastructure with a focus on platform reliability, performance, and long-term architecture. | 4-6 years experience in data/backend engineering or SRE, strong Python skills, cloud infrastructure knowledge, and ability to work across the stack. | About Medium Medium is one of the world's most influential writing platforms, connecting millions of readers with ideas that matter. We're a small, dedicated team that cares deeply about craft, curiosity, and building something that lasts. We make decisions efficiently and iterate fast, think carefully, and take the work seriously - without taking ourselves too seriously. About the Role We're looking for a Senior Engineer to play a key role in Medium's Data Platform team, building and evolving the data infrastructure that powers Medium's business. As a member of the data platform team, you'll own the reliability, performance, and long-term architecture of the systems that data scientists and engineers at Medium depend on every day-everything from ingestion and transformation to orchestration and observability. The work you do will ensure that readers and writers on Medium can receive personalized recommendations, view up-to-date writer stats, make subscription payments without friction, and reach the right readers with each post. This isn't a pure data engineering role; it's part data engineering, part DevOps, part SRE, and part backend software engineering, with the massive opportunity to help transform a collection of aging systems into a modern foundation that engineers across the org are proud to build on. The role is equal parts stewardship and transformation, and we're looking for someone who can keep critical systems running reliably while also moving us toward our vision of a modern, well-instrumented data platform. If you're someone who finds both of those things interesting-someone who can triage a pipeline failure in the morning and spend the afternoon thinking through a migration strategy, keeping the long-term vision in mind-this might be the role for you. What you will do (Key Responsibilities) • Build, maintain, and modernize the data infrastructure that Medium's product and engineering teams depend on to do their best work • Own reliability of our data infrastructure: Identify risks, instrument better observability, and drive improvements that reduce toil for the whole org • Bring a product mindset to platform ownership, partnering with engineers and stakeholders across teams to understand their data infrastructure needs and help design systems they can use and trust • Contribute to the long-term platform roadmap, including migration of end-of-life systems toward modern, maintainable alternatives • Write and review Python-based tooling for pipeline orchestration, data quality, and infrastructure automation • Apply DevOps and SRE best practices: think about uptime, monitoring, alerting, and deployment practices as first-class concerns • Mentor teammates and improve shared standards around reliability, documentation, and platform ergonomics • Attend Medium's twice-yearly, in-person offsites (hosted in locations around the U.S.) Who are you? (Skills, Knowledge & Expertise) • You have 4-6 years of experience across data engineering, backend engineering, DevOps, or SRE, and you're comfortable wearing multiple hats (sometimes at once). You're a generalist who thrives in ambiguity who doesn't need the perfect playbook; but you can figure out what the right thing to do is and do it! • You're proficient in Python. Our data platform is primarily Python-based, and strong Python skills are essential. We'll expect candidates to demonstrate Python proficiency during the interview process. • You're comfortable working across the stack. You've worked with data pipeline tooling (Snowflake, dbt, Spark, or similar), cloud infrastructure (AWS), and at least some backend services work. You don't need to be an expert in all of them, but you need to be able to learn quickly in any of them. • You approach legacy systems with curiosity. You can assess tech debt pragmatically, work within short-term constraints, and advocate for sustainable improvements over time. • You care about your downstream users and understand that the measure of a great platform is whether the engineers who depend on it can do their jobs well • Experience with Snowflake, Kubernetes, data observability tooling, or ML infrastructure is a plus. • You have good instincts about systems, and are adaptable and eager to learn. You can advocate for an approach while remaining genuinely open to better ideas. This is a team that values collaboration and psychological safety, and we want someone who adds to that culture. Nice to Haves • Experience using AI to improve a team's leverage, reach, output and impact • You're comfortable operating without a dedicated PM layer: you've owned product/platform direction, not just technical execution • You personally use Medium and are genuinely excited to contribute to its mission: empowering humans to write meaningfully for other humans Benefits In addition to the new skills you'll pick up, here's what else you'll enjoy by working at Medium: • Working with a fully distributed team: We're fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France • Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents • Generous parental leave policy • Mental health support through Spring Health (or find a provider through Rula or Kaiser Mental Health Network) • Financial wellness support through Northstar • Stipends for co-working, professional development, wifi, and a one-time home office bonus • Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays • A discounted Medium membership Why Medium At Medium, inclusion, diversity, and equity are core to how we work and what we build. We believe a more inclusive team creates a better product-one that's intuitive, thoughtful, and serves a wide range of users. We strive to foster a supportive, fun, and challenging environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and strongly encourage those from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Our hiring process is built to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for everyone. Even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you-your perspective and passion matter more than checking every box. We actively track representation across our hiring pipelines and hold ourselves accountable to building inclusively. Learn more about our mission, operating principles, and culture: • Yes to a diverse community • Be part of a better internet • Medium Rules • Operating Principles Read about our story here. Read our guidance on AI use for candidates. We believe human ideas have the power to change how people think, for the better. That belief shapes how we hire. We use AI tools ourselves, but we've thought carefully about where it adds value and where it gets in the way of something important.