Senior Android Engineer, Media Foundation

What You Will Do

• Build novel media products and features that our millions of users will love.
• Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy.
• 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.
• Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise.
• Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Kotlin with 5+ years of experience within Android development.
• Deep understanding of Android SDK, Lifecycle, System components, Jetpack Compose, animations, MVVM/MVI, Clean architecture & Unit/UI Testing, Multithreading.
• Embracing the challenges of building data intensive, highly responsive, and fault tolerant apps in the constrained environment of a smartphone.
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
• Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
• You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure. You care about innovation.

Nice To Have

• Additional knowledge around GraphQL, REST, HTTP basics, and the ability to design maintainable APIs is a plus.
• Knowledge of ExoPlayer for video and audio playback, asset management, streaming, editing, and exporting capabilities.
• A proven track record of using data and performance metrics to relentlessly optimize apps, moving the needle from "good" to "world-class" user experiences.
• Hands-on experience optimizing video player performance or building feature-rich products on top of core media playback components.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k with Employer Match
• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Generous Paid Parental Leave

Pay Transparency

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The base salary range for this position is:

• $167,000 - $267,000 USD

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