Senior Android Engineer
About The Position
The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Their Android apps are progressive and innovative, and they are looking for Senior Android Engineers to help take their apps to the next level. Opportunities include building engaging features for the News app, maximizing subscriber value within the Growth Platform, creating engaging experiences on the Games team, helping users discover recipes on the Cooking team, and building foundational technologies for all mobile teams by joining the App Platforms team. This is a hybrid role based at their New York City headquarters, reporting to the Mobile Engineering Manager and collaborating with various professionals.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional Android development experience using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Coroutines
- Knowledge of Git/GitHub and best practices for peer code review
- Experience with the mobile app release process, build tools, and continuous integration
- Knowledge of Android UI concepts (layouts, themes, styles, views) and Material Design guidelines
- Experience with Agile software development practices
- Understanding of dependency injection
- Proven focus on app performance, quality, and responsiveness
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Android UI concepts (layouts, themes, styles, views) and Material Design guidelines
- Experience working on a mobile platform team
- Experience working with a distributed team and an understanding of how to make the most of asynchronous collaboration
Responsibilities
- Build and ship Android features by enhancing existing code and creating new functionality from scratch
- Mentor other Android engineers and support their growth
- Write clean, maintainable Kotlin code using Jetpack Compose and Coroutines
- Participate in code reviews and write unit tests; collaborate with QA to enable robust automated functional tests
- Contribute to app architectural decisions, documentation, technical roadmap and timeline estimations
- Integrate with internal NY Times services and external third-party APIs
- Stay current on Android technologies, best practices, and AI tooling for mobile development
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
- company-matching 401(k) plan
- paid vacation
- paid sick days
- paid parental leave
- tuition reimbursement
- professional development programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
