Senior Android Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing new WHOOP mobile software requirements and features in Java and Kotlin;
• Fixing known software bugs and errors and architecting the codebase in accordance with the Android Design Guidelines;
• Working cross-functionally with WHOOP Analytics, Hardware, Signal Processing, and Product Managers to devise solutions to challenges across the WHOOP system;
• Applying a solid understanding of local storage solutions in order to generate models for cached entities;
• Writing and maintaining automated tests including both Unit and UI tests;
• Documenting new features and architecture;
• Grooming and ramp-up of other mobile developers while helping the backend team design data contracts;
• Analyzing and monitoring user metrics and feedback to determine the crash rate or potential bugs and to improve engagement;
• Driving cross-team projects to completion while working with other Android, backend iOS engineers and embedded engineers;
• Self organize using productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Github and communicating effectively with immediate and external team members;
• Creating new service calls and callbacks to send and/or fetch data through backend endpoints;
• Utilizing Android Design Guidelines to code and display custom views;
• Executing release process including getting the app built, managing build variants, signing, publishing, and testing through Firebase, and submitting to the Android Play Store; and
• Organizing and preparing code using Github feature, develop, and master branches.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• This position requires a Bachelor’s (or equivalent foreign degree) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a closely-related field and at least 6 years of Android Development experience. In lieu, will accept a Master’s degree (or equivalent foreign degree) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a closely-related field and 4 years of Android Development experience.
• Qualifying experience, which may have been gained concurrently, must include the following:
• 4 years of experience in the use of Android SDK to build, test and debug custom Android applications, UIs, and controls with an eye for best practices.
• 3 years of development/programming experience with Java and Kotlin.
• 2 years of experience in the following: GIT; Developing code to communicate with a RESTful backend; and UI/UX Design patterns
• Qualified candidates for consideration will be expected to have sound knowledge and understanding in the application of the following:
• Experience with, and understanding of Object-oriented programming, algorithms, and data structures.
• Knowledge of OS level interfaces (Android 8 and newer)
• Experience leveraging MVVM with CLEAN architecture
• Android Jetpack library and coroutines