Senior Android Application Software Engineer, OrbMini
Tools for HumanityTools for Humanity is hiring a Senior Android Application Software Engineer, OrbMini in Device — San Francisco. The overview below is synthesized from the employer posting on jobs.ashbyhq.com: factual requirements and scope are preserved, but prose is rewritten with editorial context. Verify details and apply via the employer link.
About the Company
Company context from the listing:
Tools for Humanity (TFH) designs and builds technology behind World. World is building a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI.
World is already running at a global scale. More than 17 million people across 160 countries have verified with World ID, and more new Orb verifications take place each week.
Founded in 2019, TFH has more than 400 people across hardware, software, AI, cryptography, mobile engineering, and global operations. Our teams come from OpenAI, Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Google, Stripe, Meta, Coinbase, Palantir and MIT Media Lab.
TFH and World have been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, highlighted in Fast Company’s Next 5 in Fintech, and explored in a Bloomberg deep dive. ⇧JOBLINK:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/technology/w
Location
San Francisco, USA
About the Team
Company context from the listing:
The Device Organization at Tools for Humanity is responsible for all aspects of driving development of world-class hardware devices reaching billions of people globally. We are a rapidly growing, highly cross-functional team that strategically partners with industrial design, optics, hardware development, and product teams to define product requirements and execute on development of our next generation family of devices.
About the Role
Day-to-day scope for the Senior Android Application Software Engineer, OrbMini as described in the posting:
Tools for Humanity is looking for a Senior Application Development Engineer to join as one of our first application focus software engineers at our new San Francisco office. This is a great opportunity to join a newly formed, dynamic team as a Senior Application Development Engineer, and contribute to the development of our next generation proof of human devices.
Key Responsibilities
Day-to-day scope for the Senior Android Application Software Engineer, OrbMini as described in the posting:
- Own the architecture, development, maintenance, and debugging of software applications on upcoming consumer electronics devices
- Design and implement high performance user facing applications
- Create the user interfaces and user experience of core applications running on our internally developed devices
- Participate in design reviews and provide input over all system architecture
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams on concept integration into product roadmap with a focus on stability, power, and performance
- Author and maintain documentation for application architecture, testing procedures, and validation results
- Coordinate with software engineers to validate system-level behavior and address hardware/software integration issues
- Support production system debug as needed
- Support user research studies for development of user interfaces
About You
Company context from the listing:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in Android application development
- 6+ years of software development experience
- Experience developing user interfaces for consumer electronics systems at large scale
- Strong proficiency in Kotlin
- In depth knowledge of the Android SDK
- Experience with testing methodologies including unit testing and UI testing
- Ability to work independently on complex projects and take full ownership of deliverables
- Ability to debug complex cross-domain issues in a fast-paced, iterative development environment
- Committed to rigorous documentation and testing practices
- Comfortable working in a start-up or high-velocity team environment, with a proactive, hands-on approach
Pay transparency statement (for CA and NY based roles):
The reasonably estimated salary for this role at TFH ranges from $246,500 - $290,000, plus a competitive long term incentive package. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.
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