Principal Android Engineer - Boston, United States - WHOOP

    WHOOP
    WHOOP Boston, United States

    Found in: beBee S2 US - 1 month ago

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    Description

    At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP empowers users to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.

    WHOOP is seeking a Senior, Staff, or Principal level Android Engineer capable of owning the planning, design, development, validation, and maintenance of new features while also providing mentorship of Junior, Mid, and Senior level team members.

    The WHOOP Android app is consumer facing and provides users with analysis of their physiological data while also continuously streaming from our proprietary Bluetooth peripheral all day, every day. This means the app is not only responsible for the transport of large amounts of data between the peripheral and our backend server, but also requires complex views, visualizations, and interfaces to give the user insights in near-real time.

    Requirements:

    6+ years of experience in building, testing and debugging Android apps

    Experience building custom Android applications, UIs, and controls with an eye for best practices

    Knowledge of OS level interfaces (Android 4.4 and newer)

    Experience communicating with a RESTful backend

    Thorough knowledge of Computer Science (ie. OOP, algorithms and data structures)

    Awesome portfolio of interesting technologies and complex mobile applications

    Deep knowledge and genuine interest in mobile technologies

    Desirable:

    Previous experience with Android Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy

    Experience with Kotlin

    Experience working with Material Design

    Experience working with RxAndroid

    Passion for data, analytics, visualizations, and UX

    Working knowledge of git

    WHOOP focuses on Analytics, Sports, Fitness, Industrial, and Corporate Wellness. Their company has offices in Boston. They have a mid-size team that's between employees. To date, WHOOP has raised $102.751M of funding; their latest round was closed on November 2019.

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