Staff Software Engineer, Android

Butterfly Network · New York, NY Office

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • $165,000 – $180,000
  • Posted 2026-10-05
  • Confirmed live on 10 November 2026

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Staff Software Engineer - Android

Company Description

Butterfly Network, Inc. (NYSE: BFLY) is driving a digital revolution in ultrasound imaging and sensing with its proprietary Ultrasound-on-Chip™ semiconductor technology and software solutions. Butterfly first proved its technology in the point-of-care ultrasound market – commercializing the world’s first single-probe, whole-body portable ultrasound device, which is now on its best-selling, third-generation: Butterfly iQ3™. The Company combines its advanced hardware with cloud software and AI, an enterprise workflow solution (Compass AI™) and other offerings to drive adoption of affordable, accessible ultrasound. Butterfly also enables third-party development of imaging AI apps through Butterfly Garden™, its software development kit and AI partnership initiative.

In addition to its medical imaging products, Butterfly Embedded™ is the Company’s Ultrasound-on-Chip™ licensing and co-development program designed to enable a new wave of ultrasound-enabled technologies across non-competitive healthcare markets and beyond. Through Butterfly Embedded™, partners can build and scale novel ultrasound applications powered by Butterfly’s proprietary semiconductor chip and software platform. Butterfly’s innovations have been recognized by Prix Galien USA, Fierce 50, TIME’s Best Inventions and Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, among other achievements.

We’re a team of bold thinkers, problem-solvers, and innovators ready to shape the future of medical imaging. Let’s build something extraordinary together!

Job Description

As a Staff Android Engineer at Butterfly, you will be responsible for building native Android apps that reinvent the ultrasound user experience for the mobile age. You'll be a champion for constantly improving the software architecture and team processes. You'll collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver elegant solutions to complex problems. You'll work alongside the hardware, cloud, machine learning, control software, and imaging science teams to integrate cross-cutting features. You'll even participate in user research sessions to get a firsthand view into how the product you build is being used in the real world.

As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be:

• Collaborating and unboxing ambiguous requirements through iterative problem-solving sessions with Android and iOS developers.

• Working alongside product managers, designers, and clinical professionals to break down requirements and develop new medical imaging experiences.

• Producing high-quality, efficient, and well-tested modern Kotlin code.

• Following established team architecture patterns and evolving the codebase with the team.

• Working in a complex codebase with numerous internal Android modules managed by the Android, Device Software, Imaging and AI teams.

• Mentoring engineers at all levels. We are all life long learners.

• Working on advanced technologies such as deep learning applications, telemedicine and integration with our cutting edge Butterfly iQ device.

• Leveraging modern technologies like Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flow, and GraphQL.

• Product managers write requirements, engineers write tickets. We know how to break down work that builds what they want.

• Perform a broad variety of tasks in support of the role and responsibilities.

Qualifications

Baseline skills/experiences/attributes:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science / Engineering or related field.

• A track record of professional achievement and problem solving.

• 5+ years of native Android application development.

• Strong grasp of Kotlin and coroutines/reactive framework design patterns.

• A strong grasp of Jetpack Compose and View-based UI Development

• A strong grasp of JUnit unit testing and knowledge of UI automation (Espresso)

• A passion for creating something meaningful.

Ideally, you also have these skills / experiences / attributes (but it's ok if you don't!):

• Interest and experience working in complex application structures with internal libraries that have JNI/NDK bridging layers to native C++ code.

• Experience with Gradle multi-module builds and modularized Android app architecture.

• Knowledge of graphics rendering and image processing (OpenGL ES, Vulkan).

• Python and C++ experience will help you collaborate with our Device Software and Imaging teams.

Values

Innovation is what we do. Our values are how we make it happen. Butterflies are and believe in…

• Patient-Centric Innovators: Our mission is THE mission.

• Empowered to Impact: Every voice matters.

• One Team, One Goal: Unity fuels progress.

• Growth Champions: We embrace challenges.

• Action-Oriented Achievers: We follow through, every time.

Location

Butterfly offers a hybrid work model for most positions, with team members spending two or more days a week in the office. While flexibility is key, we value in-person connections that spark creativity an

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