Philo · 1 day ago
Lead Android Software Engineer
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Responsibilities
Lead technical direction for Android development, ensuring code quality, scalability, and performance.
Drive continuous improvements to the reliability, performance, and UI of the Android applications. In practice this means managing our tech debt backlog, and advocating for improvements as needed.
Provide technical leadership to members of the Android team, including input on system architecture and design tradeoffs.
Help the team manage and plan for the application releases. We have a rotating release shepherd, who is a member of the Android team and is responsible for the nuts and bolts coordination of each release (every 2 weeks). In this role you would help guide the shepherd and make hard decisions about feature inclusion.
Monitor app performance and triage crashes, bugs and performance regressions as they arise.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders across marketing, support, design, product, and data science teams to ensure smooth feature delivery.
Own the best practices within the codebase; lead by example by improving the codebase and its supporting documentation as you go.
Qualification
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Required
8+ years of software development experience
Experience with Kotlin, Coroutines, and their surrounding ecosystem
Experience developing an Android app for TV platforms
Experience with Jetpack Compose
Experience with MVVM, MVI, and/or Clean Architecture
Experience using SQL-based tools for application monitoring and alerting
Preferred
Experience with video playback and ExoPlayer
Experience with GraphQL-based APIs
Experience with TV Integration Framework
Experience with cross device interoperability (e.g. casting)
Experience building multi-modal experiences
Benefits
Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
401(k) plan with employer contributions (we match 100% of deferrals up to 3% of pay and 50% of the next 2% of pay)
Flexible working hours
Up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave
Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave
$2,000 annual vacation bonus (we pay you to take a two week vacation)
$5,250 annually for professional development and educational assistance
$1,250 annual home office + TV stipend during first year of employment ($250 annually thereafter)
$500/month ($6,000/year) bonus for employees who commit to working at least 3 days per week in our offices, plus generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco)
Free Gympass subscription — an all-in-one corporate benefit that gives employees the largest selection of gyms, studios, classes, training and wellness apps
Dog-friendly office
And much more!
Company
Philo
Philo offers an entertainment-focused streaming service nationwide.
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (1)
2022 (4)
2021 (2)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$133.2MKey Investors
Republic capitalNational Education AssociationNew Enterprise Associates
2020-08-06Series D· $50M
2018-07-03Series C· $41.37M
2017-05-30Series C· $22M
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