Principal Android Engineer at EchoStar
Greenwood Village, CO
$127,050–$181,500from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Greenwood Village, CO
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A principal-level Android engineering role focused on large-scale enterprise deployments, where the core work involves defining the technical architecture and long-term roadmap for a production Android application, building out observability infrastructure, and driving media playback and streaming reliability across a broad device fleet. The position also carries responsibility for setting engineering standards, mentoring teams, and coordinating across product and backend partners. Suits a seasoned Android engineer with deep media playback and technical leadership experience.
Senior level · 10+ years · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 100 people in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 30–190
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $140,636 (middle half $126,359–$175,118). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title is 'Principal Android Engineer' but the actual scope — owning a single enterprise Android application's architecture and roadmap — is consistent with a Senior individual contributor rather than a true org-wide Principal. The advertised seniority is recorded as Principal per the title; the assessed level is Senior.
The degree requirement is listed as a Bachelor's in CS/Engineering 'or equivalent practical experience', so no formal degree is hard-gated.
Location is inferred as the Denver/Englewood, CO metro (EchoStar/DISH HQ); the posting does not explicitly state a city but the company is headquartered there. The role requires at least one in-person interview, suggesting an on-site or hybrid expectation.
Jetpack is listed in the Required Technical Skills section as 'Kotlin, Jetpack, and modern Android architectural frameworks' — Jetpack Compose is called out separately under Core Skills; both are captured.
Android TV, embedded Android, and set-top box experience appear under 'Additional Qualifications', a clearly secondary section — marked as preferred.
AI-assisted development tools appear prominently in the Core Skills section but are framed as 'proficiency in AI application within software engineering workflows' without naming a specific tool; captured generically as preferred given the lack of a concrete named product.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI-assisted development tools.
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