Join Our Team

Your Impact

Launching an Android app is Kanary’s next major milestone. Our team has built a web app loved by over 20,000 members, raised venture capital from top funds like YC & 2048, grown to profitability, and recently launched an iOS app. We're bringing our core privacy service to Android, leveraging Kanary Copilot iOS app as a blueprint. We’re looking for a talented Android developer to help us lay the foundation for a high impact beta release.

This is a contract project that will last at least 12 weeks, starting as soon as possible, with an option to extend the contract or move to full time.

What does the day to day look like?

Architecture & Foundation

• Set up project following clean architecture principles

• Implement MVVM pattern with Jetpack Compose

• Design and implement data layer

• Set up dependency injection

• Configure CI/CD pipelines

Core Implementation

• Implement secure data storage and credential management

• Build network layer for Django API integration

• Create reusable Compose UI components and screens with parity to iOS

• Set up analytics and crash reporting

Performance & Security

• Implement proper memory management

• Optimize app startup and runtime performance

• Ensure secure data handling

• Implement proper credential storage

• Set up proper ProGuard rules

Teamwork

• Participate in architecture discussions

• Perform code reviews in Github

• Document architectural decisions

• Guide best practices for Android development

Technical requirements

• Experience with Jetpack Compose for UI development

• Expertise in dependency injection

• Experience with coroutines and asynchronous operations

• Knowledge of security best practices and secure data storage on Android

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for Android apps

• Google Play Store release & process management

• iOS ecosystem familiarity and experience porting Swift UI components

What makes you a good fit?

You have architected and launched at least 3 Android apps. You embrace and master modern Android development standards. You have experience working with small start up teams who move fast. You are transparent and measured about the tradeoffs between code quality, scalability, and maintainability versus speed.

It’s a plus if you’ve worked on privacy and security-focused applications or built/maintained apps deployed to both iOS and Android.

Is this full time or part time?

We prefer full time. But if you are a great fit and do not have full time availability, please still reach out and let us know how you'd like to help.

Is this a remote position?

Yes, our team is fully remote with a hub in Seattle. Preference may be given to folks available to work on PST timezone, or local to Seattle.

What is the compensation?

We're open to meeting folks of all comp and experience levels, in any market. Comp could be $60/hr - $150/hr.

What is the interview process?

Email [email protected] with a brief intro about yourself, what interests you about building Kanary's Android app, your experience with Android development and Jetpack Compose (and links to apps you've launched), and your worst Play Store approval story.

I'll get back to you within a week, set up an intro, then scope a trial project.

Your impact

As the lead designer on the team, you’ll drive the clarity, efficiency, consistency, and delightfulness of everything we do at Kanary. You’ll report to the founder and work closely with the engineering team and our customers. While the mobile app will be your main focus, your work will influence marketing, community, sales, support, and engineering. This is a unique opportunity to improve the online safety of thousands of people (soon to be millions) by leveling up Kanary’s user experience and design.

What does the day to day look like?

User Research

• Help shape and evolve our ideal customer profiles. Clearly connect our work to who we are building for.

• Dive into other products our members love. Understand their habits & problems.

• Discuss and iterate on theories, ideas, and mocks with the team.

• Rapidly prototype and get feedback from members on Discord (and other channels).

UX Strategy & Design

• Clearly translate user stories and functional requirements into user journeys.

• Align on high-level business outcomes before moving into high fidelity design.

• Review product analytics. Identify patterns impacting key metrics like churn.

What is the compensation?

• Salary ranges between $90k-$150k

• Generous founders equity

• Healthcare stipend

• 2-3 meeting free days per week

• Unlimited vacation, 4 weeks encouraged, 1.5 weeks off at end of year

• Fully remote team, hub in Seattle

• Quarterly in-person off-sites (fully paid) with nice views

What is the interview process?

• Intro with founders

• Portfolio review

• Design exercise

• Intros with engineers

• Contract to hire project (est 2 weeks, flexible)

• Offer

We are moving quickly and this process takes 3-5 weeks.

Email [email protected] with a brief intro on who you are, what about Kanary Copilot excites you, your portfolio, and why you think you’re a good fit.

Your impact

At the beginning of this year, our team prioritized making Kanary simpler and more effective, especially for people responding to urgent issues. If you're an engineer who is excited to tackle both product and engineering challenges, keep reading. This is a unique opportunity to improve the online safety of thousands of people (soon to be millions) by leveling up Kanary’s product engineering.

What does the day to day look like?

Building

• Implement features, bug fixes, and improvements according to sprint plan

• Join super fast stand ups to flag blockers and unblock teammates on high impact work

• Explore on-device capabilities like authentication, LLMs, and background tasks

• Tools: iOS/Swift UI, Python/Django, Typescript/React, Github, AWS

Planning

• Share product ideas to improve metrics like Weekly Active Users

• Scope new projects from functional requirements to technical plan

• Support quarterly success criteria evaluation and backlog grooming with the team

• Tools: Notion, Figma, Miro, Zoom, Slack

Analysis

• Review, summarize, add product statistics to determine fixes or features to amplify

• Build SQL dashboards focusing on the top indicators of customer engagement

• Present opinionated arguments for adding or killing features with a learning mindset

• Tools: Posthog, Metabase, Sentry

What makes you a good fit?

You like tackling engineering, UX, and growth challenges, especially for direct to consumer products. You’ve worked on customer-facing teams that prioritize design and UX. You’re passionate about online safety and security, but you are a pragmatist.

It’s a big plus if you’ve previously worked on or started a product-focused startup in the early stages (sub 100 people).

If you don’t have these experiences, are a strong developer, and see this as a dream opportunity to grow as a product engineer, still reach out.

What is the compensation?

• Salary ranges between $140k-$180k USD

• Generous founders equity

• Healthcare stipend

• 2-3 meeting free days per week

• Unlimited vacation, 4 weeks encouraged + scheduled team mental health days

• Quarterly in-person off-sites (fully paid) with nice views

What is the interview process?

• Intro with founders

• Technical interview

• Product interview

• Team case study

• Contract to hire (flexible)

• Offer

We are moving quickly and this process takes 3-5 weeks.

Email [email protected] and share who you are, what about Kanary excites you, and if you have any questions. Please share links to previous projects on GitHub or the App Store.