Member of Technical Staff (Android Engineer, Computer Growth)

We are seeking an Android growth engineer at Perplexity. As an Android growth engineer, you'll work across the full mobile funnel , install, activation, onboarding, push and lifecycle messaging, conversion, retention, and in-app purchase moments , for Perplexity, Comet, and Computer on Android.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and own growth surfaces across the mobile funnel , install, activation, onboarding, lifecycle, conversion, retention, and paid upgrade moments , on Android.
• Lead experiments end-to-end, from hypothesis and instrumentation through implementation, analysis, and rollout, shipping many in parallel despite app release cadence.
• Own in-app purchase and paywall surfaces: billing integrations, subscription and credit purchase flows, entitlement correctness, and pricing and packaging experiments.
• Build push and lifecycle notification experiences that earn their opt-in , permission prompts, targeting, timing, deep links back into the right task, and the instrumentation to prove they drive retention rather than churn.
• Make cross-platform surfaces feel native.
• Partner with rest of Growth to optimize app store performance and attribution.
• Hill-climb on the metrics that matter: install-to-activation, D1/D7/D30 retention, notification opt-in and engagement, paid conversion, and habit formation.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional mobile engineering experience shipping consumer apps at meaningful scale on Android.
• Strong native skills , Kotlin/Jetpack Compose , and the willingness to flex into other parts of the stack to unblock yourself and others.
• Experience owning a full release cycle: build and release tooling, phased rollouts, store review, crash and regression monitoring, and rolling back safely.
• Strong execution: you ship many experiments and product improvements in parallel and drive them to a clear outcome.
• Familiarity with A/B testing and experimentation platforms.
• Comfort data-informed decision-making.
• Strong product judgment; you translate user behavior and growth opportunities into simple, effective technical solutions.
• Self-motivated with strong ownership instincts.
• Genuine interest and adoption of AI products and willingness to learn quickly.

Nice to have:

• Direct experience on a growth or experimentation-heavy team.
• Deep experience with in-app payments.
• Experience with mobile attribution and measurement stacks.
• ASO experience, including store listing experiments and localized metadata.
• Comfort reaching into the backend or web stack to unblock yourself end-to-end.
• Time spent at a fast-growing startup or on a high-ownership engineering team.

Compensation:

• $220K – $405K • Offers Equity