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title: 'Member of Technical Staff - Android at Favorited'
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# Member of Technical Staff - Android at Favorited

- **Company:** Favorited
- **Location:** Santa Monica, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/fav/8df4ec1b-e967-4920-98aa-c28f67f2c4c5

## Job description

Job Title: Member of Technical Staff - Android Location: Santa Monica, CA (On-site) Employment Type: Full-time Level: Senior Company: fav

## About fav

At fav, we believe that digital communities should be more than just spaces to watch content. Our platform is a place to connect, engage, and play, and empowers creators by enhancing audience participation and fostering deeper connections. Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But, if you’re a self-starter eager to shape the future of social interaction with a team that holds itself to the highest standards, this is the place for you. We value open, yet respectful communication and real-time feedback to help each other grow quickly. If you’re passionate about gaming and have a knack for gamifying everyday life, you’ll thrive in our fast-moving, collaborative environment.

## About the Role

We’re looking for a Member of Technical Staff to help build and scale our core mobile experience on Android. You’ll play a critical role in developing high-performance, real-time features for a rapidly growing user base. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, cares deeply about product quality, and has experience shipping and scaling native Android applications used by millions.

## Responsibilities

- Design, build, and maintain high-quality native Android applications using Kotlin.
- Own features end-to-end, from technical design through implementation, testing, and release.
- Collaborate closely with product, design, backend, and infrastructure teams to deliver seamless user experiences.
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability across a wide range of Android devices.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and establish best practices for Android development.
- Identify and proactively solve technical challenges before they impact users or development velocity.
- Participate in code reviews and mentor engineers to elevate overall team quality.
- Improve development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and release processes.

## What We’re Looking For

- 5+ years of professional Android development experience.
- Proven track record of shipping multiple native Android applications to the Google Play Store.
- Experience building and scaling large-scale applications supporting millions of users.
- Deep expertise in Kotlin, Jetpack, Compose, and the Android SDK.
- Strong understanding of Android architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI, etc.).
- Experience with modern networking stacks (GraphQL, gRPC, and REST) and building real-time features on streaming transports (WebRTC, WebSockets, LiveKit, and Agora).
- Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment with high ownership.

Nice to Have:

- Experience with iOS development (Swift) and cross-platform considerations.
- Familiarity with real-time, interactive, or live-streaming products.
- Familiarity with Android-native Material Design components.
- Fluency with AI development tools like Claude, Cursor, etc.

Salary & Benefits Compensation: $150,000 - $200,000 base + equity. Benefits Include:

- Unlimited PTO to prioritize work-life balance.
- 401(k) plan to invest in your future.
- Comprehensive health insurance to support your well-being.
- Paid company holidays for time to recharge.
- Competitive salary that reflects your impact and experience.

Where You’ll Work: This is a full-time, on-site position in Santa Monica.

EEOC Statement We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

## About Favorited

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Favorited is a creator-first interactive live-streaming platform that makes live content more fun, personal, and engaging for both creators and their audiences.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed, Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Monica, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: David Tesler (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Social/Platform Software, Media and Information Services (B2B), Mobile Computing Software
- **Target customers**: B2C (live-streaming creators and their viewers), with strong focus on gaming and interactive content communities
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Make live content more fun, personal, and interactive — for you and your audience.”

## Products & Services
- **[Favorited Platform]**: An interactive live-streaming application that provides tools for creators to engage with their audience in real-time, build a following, and boost earnings through gamification and in-app interactions. Type: SaaS / Mobile App.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised — $2.05M (Seed rounds: $1.3M in Jan 2025, $750K accelerator in 2022)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Abstract Ventures, Hacker Fellowship Zero, Integra Groupe, Parable Partners Management, Soma Ventures (PitchBook). A recent TechCrunch article also mentions backing from a16z, though this is not reflected in PitchBook’s investor list (conflicting reports).
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew ~685% YoY to ~45-50 employees (LinkedIn/PitchBook). Recent news coverage (Jan 2025) and a rapidly expanding user base. Presence in US, Czechia, Canada, and UK.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Creator-first design** with built-in monetization and audience engagement tools (e.g., in-app characters, gamified interactions).
- **Real-time, interactive experience** that differentiates from passive live-streaming platforms.
- **Strong technical foundation** using modern infrastructure (Kubernetes, GCP, real-time streaming, event-driven architecture).

## Strategic Focus
- Empowering creators to reduce content creation burden and increase earnings.
- Expanding global user base and deepening community features.
- Scaling platform reliability and performance to support high-traffic, real-time applications.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Fast-paced, intense, and collaborative environment. Values open, respectful communication and real-time feedback. Ideal for self-starters passionate about gaming and social interaction.
- **Work Model**: Full-time, on-site position in Santa Monica, CA.
- **Notable Perks**: Unlimited PTO, comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) plan, paid company holidays, competitive salary + equity options (e.g., SRE role $150K–$200K base).
- **Engineering Culture**: Modern tech stack (GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, Python, Go, TypeScript). Emphasis on reliability, scalability, and automation.

## Sources
1. [favorited.com](https://www.favorited.com/)
2. [Jobs at Favorited (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/favorited/406e86ad-92de-4238-85c0-fc55920346f0)
3. [PitchBook - Favorited Profile](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/527370-13)
4. [LinkedIn - Favorited](https://www.linkedin.com/company/favapp)

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