Software Engineer, Android

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technical or product efforts involving many engineers

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers

• Work closely with our product and design teams to build new and innovative application experiences for Android

• Implement custom native user interfaces using the latest Android programming techniques

• Build reusable Android software components for interfacing with our back-end platforms

• Analyze and optimize UI and infrastructure application code for quality, efficiency, and performance

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience of object-oriented software development experience

• Experience building Android applications in Kotlin/Java using Android SDK

• Demonstrated experience driving change within an organization and leading complex technical projects

• Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques

• Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management

Preferred Qualification

• Experience with WhatsApp's codebase

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