Tech Lead, Android Core Product - Cupertino, CA, USA

Cupertino, CA, USA. Posted 14 months ago

The role

A Senior Android Engineer will own major features and shape the future of the Android team. You will work on the Android app to support a growing user base and deliver high quality features.

What you will do

Own major features and work closely with the design team
Shape the future of the Android team
Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
Participate in discussions across Product, Design, and Engineering teams
Review pull requests and support teammates
Handle critical issues or unexpected challenges
Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team

Required qualifications

5+ years of software engineering experience
Familiarity with Android components
Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app
Product design intuition and user empathy
Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX
Understanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing tests
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond the spec
Experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests
Excellent communication skills
User oriented problem solving approach
Driven with continuous feedback from leaders

Nice to have

Experience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in Android
Experience with iOS, Web or NodeJS

Benefits

Fast-growing environment
Entrepreneurial-minded team
Hands-off management approach
Opportunity to make a big impact
Competitive salaries
Friendly and laid-back atmosphere
Commitment to building a great asynchronous culture
Opportunity to work on a life-changing product

Before you apply

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About the company

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