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M1 Finance has created a personal wealth-building platform made for the modern era, uniting personal perspective and automated ease. We seamlessly combine free investing and low cost borrowing all in one intuitive, automated Finance Super App, and we're driven by a mission to empower personal financial well-being. We believe that financial well-being is fundamental to overall well-being, and we strive to deliver products that are simpler, smarter, and stronger than those created by our boring, entrenched, and slow-moving competitors in the personal finance industry.
Our clients have already trusted us with over $12 billion of assets, we're currently helping hundreds of thousands of people grow and manage their wealth with our industry-leading automation and tools, and we're adding thousands of new clients every day.?
We're looking for passionate people who want to improve and build on what we've created and take responsibility to help others build something meaningful and sustainable for their futures.
We mean it when we say, M1 is yours to build.
If this sounds interesting to you, read on!Job Description
We're a high-performing team of engineers driven by curiosity, clarity, and craft. We move with purpose and iterate quickly, guided by a clear vision and a commitment to continuous improvement. We value first-principles thinking and open collaboration, challenging assumptions respectfully while supporting one another to deliver our best work. Every engineer plays a meaningful role in shaping the product, influencing everything from architecture to implementation.
We're looking for an experienced Staff Android Engineer to help drive the next evolution of our product. You'll work closely with a talented, collaborative team that values transparency, impact, and technical excellence.
If you're excited by growth, impact, and solving complex problems alongside exceptional peers, we'd love to hear from you. This role is open to both remote candidates and those interested in a hybrid model based out of our Chicago HQ.
What you'll do
Design and Build: Develop and enhance features that elevate our Android application, leveraging modern frameworks like Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and GraphQL.
Architect and Refactor: Lead modernization efforts, evolving Legacy components into scalable, maintainable architecture.
Champion Quality: Write clean, testable, and maintainable code while establishing strong testing and CI/CD practices.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with product managers, designers, and Back End engineers to deliver seamless user experiences.
Stay Current: Keep pace with the evolving Android ecosystem and identify opportunities to incorporate new platform capabilities.
Mentor and Lead: Share knowledge, conduct thoughtful code reviews, and help guide technical discussions that raise the bar for the team.
Operate with Ownership: Monitor, diagnose, and resolve production issues to ensure reliability and performance across the Android platformQualifications
8+ years of industry experience
Deep understanding of the Android SDK
Fluency in Kotlin with strong knowledge of Coroutines and asynchronous programming
Hands-on experience with Jetpack Compose (Bonus: Compose/View interoperability, custom layouts, and design system components)
Solid architectural foundation (MVVM, Hilt, modularization strategies)
Expertise with Gradle and build system optimization
Experience with OkHttp and GraphQL (Apollo client preferred)
Proven track record of writing robust, maintainable tests
Strong communication skills with experience mentoring other engineers
Familiarity with client application and systems architecture patterns
Prior experience building and maintaining apps with comprehensive feature sets and rich user interfaces
Prior experience operating and supporting production apps
Structured, organized thinker that is both attentive to detail and mindful of the big picture
Interest in investing and personal finance
Experience partnering closely with iOS Engineers or contributing to iOS app development is a strong plus
Salary band - $180,000 - $210,000Additional Information
Our Values
Our team embodies our ten core principles and if these principles speak to you - we'd love to talk with you.
Mission drivenWealth expands what life can be. We exist to help people build it, optimizing with intelligence and precision so their resources become fuel for possibility. This is work worth doing.
Extreme ownershipWe own outcomes, not just tasks. When something affects our clients, teammates, or shareholders, we take full responsibility. No excuses, no finger-pointing, no waiting for someone else to act.
BoldnessThinking small is a self-fulfilling prophecy. We set ambitious goals because they inspire ambitious results. We would rather fail at something meaningful than succeed at something trivial.
Ruthless prioritizationOur ambition will always exceed our capacity. We say
About the Company
M1 is a fast-growing fintech company and personal finance platform made for the modern era. Hundreds of thousands of investors take control of their long-term wealth with M1 and have already trusted us with over $10 billion of assets. As the Finance Super App™, we empower financial well-being with all the tools to invest, borrow, spend and save: high-yield savings, automated investing tools, paperwork-free margin loans, low-cost personal loans, high cash-back credit card rewards that can be automatically re-invested From 202...
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