Android Engineer II

Android Engineer II | Acorns

Acorns is seeking a talented Android Engineer for our team. We are looking for someone with a background building rich, scalable software, who thrives solving complex engineering problems with simple, elegant solutions. 

As an Android developer, your typical week will involve collaborating with product and other engineering teams such as iOS, frontend, backend, and QA to plan and build out new features and infrastructure to build reliable and cohesive financial products. You will primarily work in Kotlin and Java.

You will be joining our highly autonomous and passionate engineering organization that promotes a customer first, result driven and collaborative culture. You’ll have the opportunity to further shape and build a strong engineering culture, adopt efficient and practical PRD processes and collaborate with our talented design, product, education and marketing teams to drive growth for our business.

This role has the option to be remote or based in our Irvine, CA or New York, NY offices.

You are not expected to have experience with all technologies listed. We're looking for experienced engineers that love learning new technologies on the job, think creatively to solve complex problems, and enjoy working collaboratively. If you feel passionately about Acorns' mission, vision and values, please apply.  

Within 1 month, you will:

• Introduce yourself and work with the various teams here from backend, QA, compliance, securities and more.
• Learn about our roadmap and all the exciting new projects coming soon.
• Get your first project into the Play Store and learn about our development processes.
• Familiarize yourself with our codebase and products.

Within 6 months, you will:

• Take full ownership of at least one feature, from requirements to implementation
• Identify areas for improvement and drive your vision for Acorns technology forward
• Contribute to and evangelize Acorns engineering culture
• Provide insight into Android application development best practices; Support decisions around framework and tool choices.
• Build efficient and reusable Android abstractions; Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.

Within 12 months, you will:

• Have demonstrated excellence within the engineering organization.
• Built products that are being used daily by our millions of users.
• Be someone other team members go to for advice or questions on services you helped build

What you will bring to Acorns:

• BS in Computer Science or 5+ years of professional software experience
• 3-5 years experience developing native Android applications
• Deep knowledge of native Android applications built in Kotlin
• Ability to weigh and communicate the pros and cons of different approaches 
• Experience developing, releasing, and maintaining native Android applications (point us to your work in the App Store) 
• Experience building high-performance, dynamic UI programmatically using autolayout strategies
• Experience implementing third-party SDKs on Android (Social Media, Marketing/Crash Analytics, etc)
• Solid understanding of Object Oriented (OO) application design and development, Cocoa Touch design patterns, algorithm design
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment with a version-control system like git
• Passionate about making high user impact and moving key metrics 
• Thirst for delivering game-changing products
• Exceptional drive and precision in delivery
• A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission
• Optimistic about the potential of societal change

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and stock options
• A comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of you and your family
• Flexible paid time off
• Numerous career possibilities that allow you to grow with Acorns
• Talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another, our mission and our customers.
• The rare opportunity to create a new world. We inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges.

About Acorns:

Mission:

With benevolence and courage, we look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming; beginning with the empowering step of micro-investing.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

Acorns believes diversity, equity and inclusion are fundamental obligations that strengthen our team. We need a diverse, multi-disciplinary team to build a meaningful company and culture.

Values:

1. Lead with heart
2. Make bold decisions
3. Always build trust
4. Never stop growing
5. Find a way

Compensation Information:

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $149,000 and $174,700/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, equity grants, and discretionary cash bonus awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.