Philo · 22 hours ago
Android Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$175K/yr - $210K/yr
5+ years expPhilo is a company focused on building the future of television through technology and product innovation. They are seeking an enthusiastic Android engineer to enhance their product experience on Android platforms, ensuring a seamless viewing experience while implementing new features and capabilities.
Digital MediaInformation TechnologyTV
Responsibilities
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 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 week). 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
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software development experience
Experience with Kotlin, Coroutines, and their surrounding ecosystem
Experience developing an Android app with video streaming features
Experience with Jetpack Compose
Experience with MVVM, MVI, and/or Clean Architecture
Experience with adaptive layouts for a variety of form-factors
Experience with Compose testing and JUnit
Preferred
Experience with ExoPlayer
Experience with GraphQL-based APIs
Experience with cross device interoperability (e.g. casting)
Experience building multi-modal experiences
Experience managing releases on one or both of Google and Amazon app stores
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.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$134.2MKey Investors
Republic capitalNational Education AssociationNew Enterprise Associates
2020-08-06Series D· $50M
2020-01-13Series C· $1M
2018-07-03Series C· $41.37M
Leadership Team
Andrew McCollum
CEO
Recent News
2025-12-09
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