Android Engineer

A US-based global platform on a mission to bring community engaging content and build a sense of belonging among users across the world, is looking for an Android Engineer. The engineer must have extensive media experience and will be in charge of enhancing the user experience. The platform fosters the creation and growth of communities in new markets, thereby helping users find the best, most culturally relevant content. They have managed to raise $1bn+ in funding during their Series F round of funding. This role requires a significant overlap with the PST time zone. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Work cross-functionally and across teams to execute on technical and business initiatives
• Design architectures and build components that deliver quick, seamless experiences to users all around the world
• Participate in all phases of the development process, including technical design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch
• Review code and design documents, as well as product specifications and mockups, and provide feedback
• Lead a group of thoughtful, quick-thinking, and enthusiastic engineers
• Set standards to optimize developer processes, promote best practices, and assist engineers on the team in their professional development by coaching and mentoring them
• Learn and develop your technical and non-technical skills regularly

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 6+ years of experience working as an Android Engineer
• Extensive experience working with Java and Kotlin
• Prior experience working with apps that have a large user base
• Must possess sound software engineering fundamentals
• Experience building data-intensive, highly responsive, and fault-tolerant apps in the constrained environment of a smartphone
• Willingness to go against the grain and learn new software development techniques
• Dedicated to creating scalable, well-designed software that improves people's lives around the world
• Experience building at least one fantastic Android app with a team from start to finish
• Excellent communication skills
• Expertise in building high-performance feeds-based or media-rich Android apps is desirable
• Bilingual skills with English is nice to have