Lead Android Engineer

Key Highlights:

• Position: Lead Android Engineer
• Location: In Office (Gurgaon)
• Experience: 3-5 years of hands-on experience in Android development. Strong preference to candidates with experience of scaling B2C apps to millions of active users
• CTC Range: Market‑level CTC + meaningful ESOPs (high ownership)

About Airblack & Zudo:

Airblack is India's largest alternate skilling platform, helping people become microentrepreneurs and creators. Our mission is to help the next 100 million people in the workforce get access to meaningful opportunities.

We currently operate in sectors such as beauty, fashion, nutrition, digital & home businesses, impacting over 1M learners every month. Our flagship school in the beauty space is India's #1 Beauty Academy brand, with an alumni base of over 40,000 entrepreneurs in 300+ cities in India. Our apps consistently rank in top 10 education apps in India with 1M+ users and 40M+ minutes of learning content being consumed every month.

Airblack has raised over $11 million from marquee investors such as Elevation Capital, Info Edge Ventures, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Blume Founders Fund and Better Capital, and leading angels such as Vidit (Meesho), Kunal (CRED), Deepinder (Zomato), Harshit & Shashank (Razorpay) and so on.

One of our new products, Zudo, is now India's fastest growing apps in the skilling / content space. Built with the mission of helping people get access to meaningful opportunities, it offers microcourses at Rs. 250 per month. Few numbers

• 150 days since launch
• 1M downloads / 500K MAU / growing 100% MoM
• High repeat rates & retention rates
• Over 50,000 businesses already launched in beauty / fashion / nutrition / digital sectors

Who are we looking for?

At Airblack, we're not just building software; we're crafting the future of digital learning experience. As we embark on an exhilarating journey of exponential growth, we're seeking a passionate and innovative Android Engineer to join our elite mobile development squad. If you thrive on creating smooth, intuitive user interfaces, optimizing app performance, and pushing the boundaries of what's possible on the Android platform, then this role is your ticket to an adventure of a lifetime

We're looking for someone who can transform complex ideas into sleek, user-friendly Android applications that not only meet but exceed our users' expectations. You'll be at the forefront of mobile technology, working with cutting-edge tools and frameworks to build the next generation of our Android app.

What would you be doing?

Android App Development and Performance

• Design and implement Android applications capable of scaling from thousands to millions of active users without performance degradation
• Architect and optimize app infrastructure to handle 100K+ concurrent users with sub-3 second app launch times across diverse device types
• Implement advanced performance monitoring and optimization strategies to maintain smooth operation at massive scale
• Reduce app size and memory footprint while supporting exponential user growth through efficient resource management

UI/UX Implementation

• Develop highly scalable UI components that perform consistently whether serving 10K or 10M users
• Achieve and maintain 99.9%+ crash-free rates even under extreme load conditions
• Build responsive interfaces that handle high-volume real-time data updates without UI lag or freezing
• Implement progressive loading and lazy rendering techniques to ensure smooth user experience at scale

Data Management and Offline Functionality

• Design distributed caching strategies capable of handling millions of user sessions simultaneously
• Implement efficient data synchronization algorithms that scale linearly with user growth
• Architect offline-first functionality that can handle TB-scale local data across the entire user base
• Build robust conflict resolution mechanisms for concurrent data modifications from millions of users

Innovation and Technology Adoption

• Implement cutting-edge performance optimization techniques proven to work at million-user scale
• Design and deploy features that reduce server load by 50%+ through intelligent client-side processing
• Achieve sub-100ms response times for critical user actions regardless of concurrent user count
• Pioneer adoption of new Android technologies that enable better scalability and performance at massive scale

What makes you a suitable candidate?

We're looking for an Android maestro who brings:

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in Android development, with proven track record of working on scalable apps
• Demonstrated experience in scaling Android applications from startup to million-user scale
• Deep understanding of performance optimization, memory management, and scalability patterns for high-traffic mobile applications
• Proficiency in Kotlin and Java with focus on writing highly performant, scalable code
• Expert-level knowledge of Android SDK, Jetpack libraries, and modern Android architecture components with emphasis on scalability
• Experience with distributed systems concepts, caching strategies, and handling high-volume API traffic
• Familiarity with performance profiling tools, APM solutions, and large-scale app monitoring
• Familiarity with MMP and product analytics tools like Mixpanel, Firebase, Cleveratap etc
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines optimized for high-frequency deployments
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code that scales with team and user growth
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments

About the Team at Airblack

We are a lean team (under 30 members) with a high curiosity quotient and talent density. We like to partner with highly ambitious people who like to set high benchmarks for themselves, and have backed it up with actions in the past. Current management team:

• Videt: Founder; Product & Business; Ex-Elevation Capital, BCG, NSIT, 2X founder
• Vaibhav: Founder, Engineering; Ex-Goldman Sachs, IIT Roorkee CS
• Nirmal: Business & Category; Ex-Urban Company, Vedanta, IIT Madras
• Shreyash: Growth; Ex-Fibr, GlobalBees, IIT Bombay
• Harleen: BD & Culture; Ex-Spicejet, Education Entrepreneur
• Hrishikesh: Operations, Ex-Teach for India