What does 500,000,000+ mean to you?
That's the number of users who installed Meesho's Android app, Millions of people across Bharat empowered to buy and sell products at fair prices, many experiencing e-commerce for the very first time.
At Meesho, our Android team isn’t just building an app; we’re crafting an experience that works flawlessly on everything from ₹5K entry-level phones in small towns to flagship devices in metro cities. It’s a challenge of scale, stability, and empathy — and it drives everything we do. We take pride in delivering flagship-grade performance on the toughest devices, backed by stability metrics few even track. From flawlessly handling millions of orders without downtime to optimizing for smooth, crash-free sessions, we solve real problems that impact real people. Every engineer here brings a Founder’s Mindset — owning the product like it’s their own.
💥 The Role
We’re looking for a seasoned Android engineer to join our Platform team, combining deep technical skills with strong product intuition. As an
SDE IV Android
, you’ll work on core app quality initiatives- including improving page latency, enhancing App Vitals, and driving performance and reliability at scale.
You’ll architect shared frameworks, solve performance challenges on low-end devices, and enable teams to build faster with consistent quality. With a product-first mindset, you’ll ensure platform solutions translate into meaningful user and business impact.
This is a critical individual contributor role focused on elevating the foundation of Meesho’s Android experience.
🛠️ What You’ll Own
- Architect and build scalable, high-quality components and systems used across the Meesho Android app
- Own and improve core app performance metrics like page latency, cold start time, memory usage, and App Vitals
- Design reusable frameworks, SDKs, and libraries that power consistent experiences across multiple feature teams
- Be the go-to expert for Android best practices, from Jetpack and Compose to modularization and Gradle optimization
- Mentor and support engineers across the org — driving technical discussions, code reviews, and hands-on problem solving
- Create tooling, linters, and CI integrations to automate quality and improve developer velocity
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver delightful user experiences
- Lead deep dives into performance bottlenecks, and proactively drive platform-wide improvements
- Stay updated with the Android ecosystem — bringing in the best ideas and innovations from the community
🧠 What You Bring
- 6+ years building scalable Android apps with real user impact
- Strong Kotlin/Java skills and deep Android SDK knowledge
- Experience with Retrofit, Room, Coroutines, Jetpack, RxJava
- Solid understanding of app architecture (MVVM, Clean Architecture)
- Proven track record improving performance and platform stability
- Experience with shared libraries, modularization, and build optimizations
- Skilled with performance and observability tools (Perfetto, Systrace)
- Product mindset — focused on user experience and business outcomes
- Bonus: Experience leading cross-team platform initiatives or scaling apps
🎁 What’s In It For You
- Ownership and autonomy with no micromanagement
- A culture that values curiosity, creativity, and open, honest communication
- Opportunity to make a real impact at scale, affecting millions of users daily
- Continuous learning and collaboration with highly motivated, skilled peers
- Be part of a mission to democratize internet commerce for everyone — an objective we pursue every day with dedication
- Strong user empathy: We are committed to understanding and solving the real challenges our users face, and take pride in delivering meaningful improvements
