Principal Android Engineer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Principal Android Engineer (Gamedev): Shaping and guiding application design for hirify.global Fantasy Sports as the team's architect with an accent on building high-quality, feature-rich products. Focus on coding in Java/Kotlin, architecture, writing unit tests, refactors, and bug/crash fixes.

Location: Flexible hybrid work options, may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions at hirify.global office or facility.

Salary: $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/yr

Company

hirify.global Sports is one of the internet’s leading destinations for comprehensive sports news and innovative fantasy games.

What you will do

• Shape and guide application design as the team's architect.
• Collaborate with other developers and designers to help define, build, and deliver new features in our Sports mobile apps.
• Build Android apps, efficiently coding in Java / Kotlin, including new feature development, architecture, writing unit tests, refactors, and bug/crash fixes.
• Share responsibilities like app architecture/design reviews, code reviews, performance tuning, and build pipeline management.
• Mentor junior developers to help them understand our best practices.
• Share your opinions and help shape our technical direction, best practices, product ideas, and team processes.

Requirements

• Solid coding chops, code design skills, and practitioner of mobile development best practices.
• Expertise in Java, Kotlin, Android Studio, Gradle, git, etc.
• Expertise in various Android App architectures - MVP, MVVM, MVI.
• Up-to date on the Android best practices such as Live Data, Jet Pack Compose, Coroutines, Flows.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and debugging skills.
• Great communicator, adaptable, supportive, hard working, and enjoys a good laugh.

Nice to have

• MS in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent CS training.
• Experience as a Senior Engineer or higher in a technical setting.
• Strong Technical Presentation skills to get buy-in from other developers and spread your technical innovations hirify.global wide.
• Being a sports fan is a big plus!
• Experience in using AI to develop code and solve problems is also a huge plus!

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work options.
• Comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.
• Diverse and inclusive workplace.
• 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.