Software Engineer, Grammarly

Android

Salary not provided
Android
Kotlin
Flow
REST API
Senior and Expert level
Berlin
Grammarly

AI-powered writing assistant

Open for applications

Grammarly

AI-powered writing assistant

1001+ employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceLanguagesProductivityCommunicationSaaS

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Android
Kotlin
Flow
REST API
Senior and Expert level
Berlin

1001+ employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceLanguagesProductivityCommunicationSaaS

Company mission

Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.

Role

Who you are

  • Has 7+ years of relevant experience in designing, developing, and maintaining features for apps published in the Google Play Store
  • Has strong experience in Kotlin
  • Is well-versed in modern Android development patterns, such as MVVM
  • Has solid experience with the Android SDK and commonly used Jetpack libraries
  • Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, best practices and building custom UI elements
  • Is skilled in multithreading and optimizing memory and performance for Android
  • Has experience with Kotlin Coroutines and Flow
  • Is proficient in writing and maintaining unit tests and instrumentation tests to ensure high-quality releases
  • Has experience integrating and consuming RESTful APIs
  • Has experience with Mobile CI/CD systems, including automating builds, testing, and deployment processes
  • Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
  • Is inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust

Desirable

  • Experience with Jetpack Compose
  • Experience with Websockets
  • Experience with Android Accessibility Service

What the job involves

  • To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for an Android Engineer to join our Mobile Team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to build new features and capabilities that elevate the Grammarly Android experience to a world-class standard
  • Writing effectively on mobile devices remains challenging, especially in professional settings
  • The Grammarly AI Writing Assistant was created to make effective and mistake-free writing accessible on mobile
  • Since its launch in 2023, the writing assistant has gained significant traction, with users interacting with it over seventy times daily
  • Creating a seamless writing assistant experience presents unique challenges—there is no room for delays or glitches in a product that people rely on for instant responses
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Machine Learning teams to bring new ideas from concept to production
  • Contribute to the evolving architecture of our mobile products, ensuring exceptional responsiveness and performance, even in resource-constrained environments
  • Diagnose performance bottlenecks, identify bugs, and drive improvements to deliver a delightful user experience
  • Tackle real-world communication challenges our users face daily, significantly enhancing how people communicate on mobile devices

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Insights

Top investors

44% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Support for professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
  • Global, local, and team-specific events and programs
  • Catered lunches
  • Gym and recreation stipends
  • Admission discounts
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity
  • Support to set up a home office
  • Ample and defined time off
  • 401(k) matching

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Nov 2021

$200m

LATE VC

Oct 2019

$90m

LATE VC

Total funding: $400m

Our take

From professional writing to everyday correspondence, effective communication is critical. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people write clearly and without mistakes, checking spelling, grammar, and other potential pitfalls.

Grammarly was originally launched as a subscription service for students, although the platform has moved into the mainstream in the last decade. It went freemium in 2015 and now works across more than 500,000 applications and websites including email clients, enterprise software, and word processors. Paid tiers give users more tools beyond grammar and spelling checks to include things like word choice, sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, fluency, and formality level.

The company has been profitable since the beginning and now has a valuation of more than $13 billion, placing it among the 10 most valuable startups in the US. The AI writing assistant space is heating up, and Grammarly is hoping to defend its positions against offerings including Scalenut, Ginger and Microsoft's Editor by the release of its SDK, making it far easier to integrate Grammarly into other applications. So far this has been used in over 4,000 products and earned excellent ratings and increased user numbers of Grammarly's service.

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