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Staff Software Engineer, Android

Otter.ai
Mountain View, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/17/2026
The Opportunity

Help shape the future of mobile productivity at the cutting edge of AI. As a Staff Android Engineer, you’ll build and scale the next generation of intelligent, AI-powered mobile experiences that help millions of users work smarter. You’ll be the driving force behind Android innovation at Otter.ai, leading the creation of sleek, high-performing features that bring real-time AI capabilities like transcription, summarization, and contextual insights directly into the hands of users.

This is your chance to combine deep Android expertise with emerging AI technology, collaborating closely with top-tier engineers, product visionaries, and AI researchers. You’ll work end-to-end from concept to launch on products that are transforming how people communicate, capture knowledge, and collaborate in their daily lives.

Your Impact

  • Lead the design and development of advanced Android features that integrate seamlessly with AI-driven systems.
  • Build high-performance mobile systems that handle real-time data streams, speech processing, and on-device intelligence.
  • Collaborate with AI researchers and product teams to turn complex machine learning models into intuitive, user-friendly experiences.
  • Optimize app performance for responsiveness, scalability, and battery efficiency.
  • Champion best practices in Android architecture, testing, and deployment.

We're Looking for Someone Who

  • 10 years of application development experience, predominantly for Android devices and in Kotlin
  • Proven success shipping consumer-facing apps on Google Play, with deep ownership of end-to-end development.
  • Strong background in concurrency, memory management, and networking on Android.
  • Passion for creating world-class mobile experiences with clean, modern UI design.
  • Excellent communicator who thrives in cross-functional collaboration with AI and backend teams.
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • Experience integrating backend APIs and working with streaming or real-time data.

Nice to Haves

  • Hands-on experience or strong curiosity about building AI-enhanced mobile features (speech recognition, summarization, personalization, etc.).
  • Experience visualizing or interacting with AI insights in the UI.
  • A love of innovation, someone who wants to help shape how AI changes the mobile experience for millions.

About Otter.ai

We are in the business of shaping the future of work. Our mission is to make conversations more valuable.

With over 1B meetings transcribed, Otter.ai is the world’s leading tool for meeting transcription, summarization, and collaboration. Using artificial intelligence, Otter generates real-time automated meeting notes, summaries, and other insights from in-person and virtual meetings - turning meetings into accessible, collaborative, and actionable data that can be shared across teams and organizations. The company is backed by early investors in Google, DeepMind, Zoom, and Tesla.

Otter.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We proudly celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants throughout the hiring process.

Accessibility & Accommodations

Otter.ai is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our hiring process. If you need assistance or an accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact hr@otter.ai at least 3 business days before your interview.

  • Otter.ai does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies without a written agreement in place for permanent placements. Any resume or other candidate information submitted outside of established candidate submission guidelines (including through our website or via email to any Otter.ai employee) and without a written agreement otherwise will be deemed to be our sole property, and no fee will be paid should we hire the candidate.

Salary Range

Salary range: $210,000 to $275,000 USD per year.

This salary range represents the low and high end of the estimated salary range for this position. The actual base salary offered for the role is dependent on several factors. Our base salary is just one component of a comprehensive total rewards package.

Salary : $210,000 - $275,000

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