Android Engineer

About the client

Our mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone in the world.  We are a community of communities where people can dive into anything through experiences built around their interests, hobbies, and passions.  With more than 50 million people visiting 100,000+ communities daily, it is home to the most open and authentic online conversations.
About the Role

Design, develop,  and prototype Android native customer applications for internal and external use. Participate in the full app life cycle: concept,  design,  build, deploy, test, and release to the app store. Work with product teams on new ideas, designs, prototypes, and estimates. Keep up-to-date on current and upcoming features in relevant products and platforms. Drive a best practices approach to continuously improving our products, processes, and tools. Assist in the creation and maintenance of documentation for all features in development.

What you'll do

• Work cross-functionally with product,  design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and  business strategy and build  novel products and features that our users  will love.
• Contribute  to the full development cycle:  technical design, development, test,  experimentation, analysis, and  launch. You’ll be reviewing code and  design docs, giving feedback on  product specs and mocks.
• Set  and define standards that improve  developer workflows, recommend best  practices, and help coach and mentor  engineers on the team to further  their professional development.
• Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.

Who You Might Be

• Expertise in Java or Kotlin, with 8+ years of experience in Android development.
• Sound software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience building mobile applications at scale with at least 1MM users
• Able  to embrace the challenges of building  data intensive, highly  responsive, and fault tolerant apps in the  constrained environment of a  smartphone.
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people’s lives globally.
• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.

Offer Details

• Full-time contractor (no benefits)
• Remote only, full-time dedication (40 hours/week)
• Required 6+ hours overlap with PST
• Competitive compensation package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and career development.