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Substack · 2 days ago

Android Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$175K/yr - $215K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop the core Substack Android app for readers and writers. This is a dynamic organization with needs across the board. We expect that engineers can jump into many areas of the product and add value.

Collaborate with designers, writers, support staff, and many others. From product concept and research to implementation and deployment, we expect you to own your work and deliver high-quality solutions.

Work directly with customers to solve their problems. The entire company (CEO included) participates in customer support in order to drive empathy for our users and help us build better products.

On the web work with JavaScript, especially Node/Express and React, and Postgres. It’s helpful if you know these technologies already, if not, we’ll be excited to help you learn.

On the Android side of things, we use Kotlin and all the latest Google approved technologies (i.e. Jetpack Compose, Room, Coroutines, etc.)

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Required

At least 5 years of software engineering experience.

Experience shipping high quality Android apps.

Independent and autonomous.

Hold yourself and others to a high standard when working on production systems.

Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences.

Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of thinkers while bringing our own unique experience and background to the team.

Believe in Substack’s mission to build a better business model for writing.

Preferred

Experience with JavaScript, especially Node/Express and React, and Postgres.

Knowledge of Kotlin and Google approved technologies (i.e. Jetpack Compose, Room, Coroutines, etc.).

Benefits

Equity for all full-time roles

Exceptional benefits

Company

Substack

Substack is a subscription-based newsletter publishing platform for independent writers.

Founded in 2017

San Francisco, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.substack.com

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