--- title: 'Senior Android Engineer at Epic Kids Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-android-engineer-epic-kids-inc-india-ksc3eyrb7dr0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-04' --- # Senior Android Engineer at Epic Kids Inc. - **Company:** Epic Kids Inc. - **Location:** India - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-11-02 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/epickids/jobs/8163295003 ## Job description ## About Epic Epic Kids is the leading digital reading platform built for kids 12 and under, trusted by millions of children, educators, and families around the world. Our mission is to inspire a lifelong love of reading by providing unlimited access to thousands of high-quality books, videos, and educational content through a safe and engaging experience. We combine technology, storytelling, and learning innovation to help every child become a confident reader. At Epic, you'll join a collaborative and fast-paced global team passionate about building meaningful products that make a real impact on children's education and literacy. ## About the role You'll own Epic's native Android app, the main way kids open a book on Android phones, tablets and Chromebooks. It's a large, mature Kotlin codebase with some Java and xml UI layouts. You'll work independently and partner closely with our Android, iOS, backend and web engineers and with the US engineering team. ## What you'll do - Own and evolve the Android app across phones, tablets and Chromebooks. - Own the reading experience: our in-house page renderer and page-flip animation, zoom and gestures, and Read-to-Me audio synced to word highlighting. - Own offline reading (encrypted downloads, background work, local storage), Google Play Billing subscriptions, and the Play Store release pipeline. - Drive performance, stability and quality: startup time, memory, ANRs and crashes, and test coverage. - Modernize carefully: move legacy Java and RxJava code forward without breaking a live app. also move to compose UIs whenever possible. - Over time, pick up some iOS/Swift work. ## What we're looking for - 4 - 6 years of building and shipping native Android apps. - Strong Kotlin, and comfortable working in mixed Kotlin and Java code. - Deep experience with the Android View system, Fragments and custom Views: custom drawing, animation and touch handling. - Reactive and async programming: RxJava 2 in production, plus Kotlin coroutines. - Dependency injection, MVP or MVVM architecture and Networking with Retrofit and OkHttp. - Local persistence with Room/SQLite, including schema migrations, and background work with WorkManager. - Google Play Billing and the release pipeline: Gradle build variants, app signing, CI (Jenkins or similar), Play Console tracks and staged rollouts. - Testing with JUnit, Mockito or MockK, Robolectric and Espresso. - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. ## Nice to have - Media: ExoPlayer/Media3, MediaPlayer, and syncing audio to text. - Handling encrypted media and content stored offline. - Jetpack Compose, and the judgment to know when it fits alongside an existing View-based codebase. - Performance tooling: Perfetto, Android Studio profilers, LeakCanary, New Relic or Crashlytics. - Experience with kids' or education apps and children's privacy rules (COPPA). - Interest in cross-platform mobile and some familiarity with iOS/Swift. ## Compensation 40–50 LPA, with some flexibility for exceptional candidates. ## About Epic Kids Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Epic is the leading digital reading platform for kids aged 12 and under, offering a safe, ad-free library of over 40,000 books, audiobooks, and videos. - **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of TAL Education Group; previously acquired by BYJU’S in 2021) - **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, USA - **Founded**: 2014 - **Founders**: Suren Markosian, Kevin Donahue ## Core Business - Primary industry: E‑learning / Children’s Digital Publishing - Target customers: B2C (parents and families) and B2B (K–12 educators and schools) - Mission: “Unlock the potential of every child by making reading something kids want to do — fun, safe, and accessible for all.” ## Products & Services - **Epic! App (iOS, Android, Web)**: A subscription‑based digital library featuring 40,000+ books, audiobooks, and learning videos from 250+ publishers including HarperCollins, Macmillan, National Geographic Kids, and Sesame Street. Offers personalized recommendations, reading rewards, and educator dashboards. - **Epic School**: Free version for teachers, used in over 2 million classrooms. Includes tools for assigning books, tracking reading progress, and differentiating instruction. - **Epic Originals**: Proprietary content created by the Epic team; Epic Originals have been read over 400 million times. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (acquired by BYJU’S in 2021 for ~$500 M; now part of TAL Education Group since 2025) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $32 M (latest available); total funding of $51.45 M (Seed through Series D) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Reach Capital (led Series C), with participation from 10+ investors including top children’s publishing executives. Key publisher partners: HarperCollins, Macmillan, Sesame Street, Smithsonian. - **Growth Signals**: Reached 50+ million children worldwide; 49.6% headcount growth year-over-year (68 employees); over 1 billion books read annually on the platform; 90% of educators would recommend Epic to colleagues. ## Competitive Advantages - **Unmatched safety & trust**: Ad‑free, COPPA‑compliant, and curated by literacy experts — a key differentiator for both parents and schools. - **Exclusive content & partnerships**: Deep relationships with 250+ publishers and a growing library of Epic Originals that can’t be found elsewhere. - **Educator‑first model**: Epic School is free for teachers, driving adoption in classrooms and creating a natural B2C funnel through family sharing. - **Scale**: Used in over 2 M classrooms, giving Epic a massive distribution advantage in the K‑12 edtech space. ## Strategic Focus - Expanding the Epic Originals pipeline and deepening publisher relationships to keep content fresh and exclusive. - Growing international reach and supporting multilingual literacy (currently operates in 6 countries). - Leveraging the resources of TAL Education Group to accelerate product development and enter new markets, especially in Asia. - Enhancing AI‑powered recommendations and reading‑level tracking to improve personalized learning outcomes. ## Why Work Here - **Mission‑driven culture**: Employees are united by a belief that reading unlocks every child’s potential. The company reports 95% of parents say Epic improved their child’s reading skills. - **Work environment**: Remote‑first with co‑working hubs in San Jose, Redwood City, and Chino, CA. Many roles are listed as “Remote” or “Hybrid,” offering flexibility. - **Growth trajectory**: Rapid headcount expansion (+49.6% YoY) and backing from a global education leader (TAL) signal strong investment in talent. - **Engineering culture**: Teams work on full‑stack, infrastructure, and content tools to support a platform serving millions of daily users. Stack includes cloud‑native technologies (Kubernetes, AWS). - **Employee ratings**: 3.6/5 on LinkedIn (54 reviews) with work‑life balance scored at 4.0 and culture at 4.0. Notable perks include a focus on impact rather than bureaucracy. ## Sources 1. [Epic Careers Page](https://www.getepic.com/careers) 2. [Epic About Us](https://www.getepic.com/about) 3. [Built In Company Profile: Epic for Kids](https://builtin.com/company/epic-kids) 4. 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