Senior Android Engineer, MLB App Feature Teams
Major League Baseball · New York, New York
Posted about 3 months ago · $150,000 - $185,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 87 days Major League Baseball's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 56% of Major League Baseball's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Major League Baseball
- high 36 stale, 1 reposted of 36 open
- Hiring momentum
- 83 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Major League Baseball's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Major League Baseball.
About this role
The Senior Android Engineer at Major League Baseball will be responsible for developing and delivering features for the MLB App, focusing on enhancing fan experiences through personalized feeds, real-time stats, and media integration. This role involves end-to-end feature ownership, including design, implementation, testing, and monitoring, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, reliable app performance.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Major League Baseball as an employer.
What you need
- 6+ years of professional experience building production Android applications
- Strong Kotlin, Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, coroutines, and modern Android architecture expertise
- Experience working in modular Android codebases with shared core modules, design systems, and established architectural patterns
- Strong REST and GraphQL integration experience, including error handling, async state management, and API contract collaboration
- Proven testing discipline across unit, integration, snapshot, and UI testing, including experience running tests in CI
- Experience diagnosing production issues using logs, metrics, crash reporting, analytics, and observability tools
Nice to have
- Experience building high-traffic consumer apps with millions of users
- Media, video streaming, sports, live events, or real-time data experience
- Experience with Firebase, Datadog, GraphQL clients, analytics platforms, remote configuration, and experimentation frameworks
- Experience improving app startup, rendering performance, memory usage, networking efficiency, or build performance
- Experience in large shared repositories with many contributors and multiple release trains
What you get
- Competitive Benefits Package
- Company 401K Contribution
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Access to Free Tickets to Baseball Games & MLB.TV
- Discounts at MLB Store | MLBShop.com
Worth weighing
- Salary range provided is $150,000 - $185,000, which may vary based on experience and skills.
- The role requires strong collaboration with various teams, which may imply a fast-paced environment.
- The use of GenAI tools is emphasized, indicating a modern approach to development but also requiring careful oversight and accountability.
Summarised from Major League Baseball's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Major League Baseball on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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