The New York Times
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SeniorAndroidEngineer
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“Senior Android Engineer at The New York Times. Skills: Android development, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose. Build Android features. Ship Android features”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve reader experience; Maximize subscriber value; Create engaging experiences; Help users discover recipes
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
On-call hours
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years Android development, Kotlin experience, Jetpack Compose experience, Coroutines experience, Git/GitHub knowledge, Peer code review practices, Mobile app release process, Build tools knowledge, Continuous integration knowledge, Android UI concepts knowledge, Material Design guidelines knowledge, Agile software development practices, Dependency injection understanding
Nice to Have
Mobile platform team experience, Distributed team experience, Asynchronous collaboration understanding
What You'll Do.
Build Android features
Ship Android features
Enhance existing code
Create new functionality
Mentor Android engineers
Support engineer growth
Write clean Kotlin code
Write maintainable Kotlin code
Participate in code reviews
Enable automated tests
Contribute to app architecture
Contribute to documentation
Contribute to technical roadmap
Contribute to timeline estimations
Integrate with NYT services
Integrate with third-party APIs
Stay current on Android tech
Stay current on best practices
Stay current on AI tooling
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Native Android engineers; iOS engineers; QA professionals; Product professionals; Project professionals; Data professionals; Design professionals
Process & Methodology
Agile, Roadmap planning, Timeline estimations
Full Job Description
The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. Since 1851, The New York Times' mission has been to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Whether it's bringing new truths to light through reporting, finding the perfect side dish to pair with dinner, or challenging yourself with the Sunday crossword, our mobile apps bring this mission right to our subscribers' hands. Our Android apps are progressive and innovative. Our teams advocate for the best approach to building apps and look to the future by participating in Early Access Programs. Our mobile teams sit at the intersection of our mission. We’re looking for Senior Android Engineers across several teams to help us take our apps to the next level. Some of the opportunities include: Build engaging features to improve the reader experience in our flagship News app Maximize subscriber value within our Growth Platform Apply the latest trends in native and hybrid development to create engaging experiences on our Games team Help users discover and cook the world's best recipes on the Cooking team Build the foundational technologies that empower all mobile teams by joining the App Platforms team This is a hybrid role, based at our New York City headquarters, reporting to the Mobile Engineering Manager and collaborating with native Android and iOS engineers, QA, product, project, data, and design professionals. Responsibilities: Build and ship Android features by enhancing existing code and creating new functionality from scratch Mentor
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