Principal Android Engineer, Yahoo! Fantasy Sports
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Job description
- Shape and guide application design as the team's architect.
- Collaborate with other developers and designers to help define, build, and deliver new features in our Sports mobile apps
- Code -- you will spend much of your time building Android apps, efficiently coding in Java / Kotlin. This includes new feature development, architecture, writing unit tests, refactors, and bug/crash fixes.
- Share responsibilities like app architecture/design reviews, code reviews, performance tuning, and build pipeline management
- Own and deliver -- from executing difficult refactors to planning complex projects with many moving parts
- Mentor junior developers to help them understand our best practices.
- Share your opinions and help shape our technical direction, best practices, product ideas, and team processes. We value and depend on your input!
Requirements
You are an experienced, motivated engineer who is passionate about mobile app development and building high quality products. You thrive working as part of a team of smart, talented engineers and product designers who value team discussions and sharing constructive feedback. You are curious, driven, and enjoy challenging work., * Solid coding chops, code design skills, and practitioner of mobile development best practices -- including object-oriented design principles; design pattern usage; writing modular, reusable, testable code; data structures; concurrency; performance profiling and tuning
- Expertise in Java, Kotlin, Android Studio, Gradle, git, etc. -- the skills and tools needed to build Android apps
- Expertise in various Android App architectures - MVP, MVVM, MVI
- Up-to date on the Android best practices such as Live Data, Jet Pack Compose, Coroutines, Flows.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, and debugging skills
- Enjoys mentoring more junior developers
- The quintessential teammate -- great communicator, adaptable, supportive, hard working, and enjoys a good laugh
Preferred Qualifications:
- MS in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent CS training
- Experience as a Senior Engineer or higher in a technical setting
- Strong Technical Presentation skills to get buy-in from other developers and spread your technical innovations Yahoo wide
- Being a sports fan is a big plus!
- Experience in using AI to develop code and solve problems is also a huge plus!
The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies ; exercising sound judgment ; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others ; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations ; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.
Benefits & conditions
The compensation for this position ranges from $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.
