Software Engineer, Android

Company: NewsBreak
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

Description

About News Break

News Break defines a new way for users to engage with local news. Since its founding in 2015, it has grown by leaps and bounds. We're the nation's largest intelligent local news platform!

News Break is ranked the #1 news app on both iOS and Android in 2020 with 45M+ monthly active users.

We're a series-C startup headquartered at Mountain View, California.

For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about

Our mission is to help local news survive and renew, local businesses to grow and prosper, and most importantly local people's life to be informed and improved that together will foster a unique, healthy and connected local community.

We are looking for ambitious talents who are committed to innovate in product, technology, or business, with the aim of engaging and empowering local media, local businesses, and local users.

The intelligent local information platform we are striving to build, News Break, serves as a perfect liaison among local users, local media and local businesses.

About The Role

Android engineers work closely with cross functional members to create a great mobile experience. We leverage knowledge of Android concepts and mobile trends to tackle a breadth of product challenges, from designing seamless navigation for a holistic app experience, to making various performance optimizations for a responsive app experience. Android engineers work closely with other product teams to develop mobile abstractions that make it easy for other teams to further improve the mobile product.

Responsibilities
Work with a small team of mobile engineers to build a performant and reliable Android app
Build new user-facing features and help drive mobile product strategy
Create tools and infrastructure to enable rapid iteration cycles on mobile
Collaborate with other product teams to enhance mobile user experience

Requirements

Minimum Requirements
Strong knowledge of Java/Kotlin, Android frameworks, and mobile trends
High attention to detail in all aspects of development from performance to UI

Preferred Qualifications
Industry experience in mobile development and production applications
Personal projects in the Play Store
Knowledge of Python and Php

Benefits

We provide a highly competitive compensation package including base salary, bonuses, and stock options. Benefits include great Medical, Dental and Vision. A flat organization and family-like culture makes this a perfect environment to make huge impact on our product and grow your skill set.

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