Hands on software development on the Android/Amazon platform that drives multiple applications
KEY POINTS
Prepare architectural diagrams and technical specifications for the engineering team to deliver high quality, maintainable software
Participate in preparing business cases, requirements documents and product roadmaps for the Android platform.
YOUR TEAM
Our team is led by some of the best entrepreneurs and executives in media and technology. Our Executive Chairman was the Chief Content Officer of Spotify. Our co-founder and CEO was the CEO of Threadless and board member of Trunk Club and Smule. Our principal architect built the first Roku for Netflix. You’ll be joining a world-class startup team, with multiple exits under their belt, to build the future of television.
Our team solves business and technology problems. We run many experiments. We iterate on successful tests and turn them into products. We deploy those products across our apps to millions of users. We obsess over data. We run a lean, agile, vegan, non-gmo, all organic development process. Our team is aligned with company goals and KPIs. We have autonomy on how to solve problems. We bring out the entrepreneur in every engineer. We work together to build the future of TV.
WHAT'S IN it FOR YOU
Medical insurance after the trial period
20 paid days per year for your vacation and health
Long term and stable projects
Strong experts you can collaborate with and learn from
Smooth and respectful interviews
English and German classes
Responsibilities
Hands on software development on the Android /Amazon platform that drives multiple applications for some of the most popular global entertainment brands
Design, develop, test, maintain, integrating and improving existing applications
Work with the product team to understand and deliver on their requirements
Lead individual project priorities, deadlines and work
Participate in preparing business cases, requirements documents and product roadmaps for the Android platform.
Attend and participate in meetings and multi-disciplinary committees as required
Prepare architectural diagrams and technical specifications for the engineering team to deliver high quality, maintainable software
Represent coding standard methodologies through sharing your expertise, performing code reviews, and mentoring engineers
skills
Experience programming in Kotlin and Java using Gradle and Android Studio
Experience following and implementing software design patterns
Able to work with multiple scrum teams in an agile process
Experience with unit testing, test-driven development, branching patterns and continuous integration / deployment
Be an advocate for high-quality software and excellent user experiences
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to facilitate conversations with business partners in project definition, business requirements definition and functional design sessions
Eye for quality and user experience
Translate business objectives into software requirements
Basic Qualifications
3+ years experience developing Android Applications
Good English Skills – Read and Write: Advanced / Speaking: Intermediate
Have shipped one or more apps to the Google Play and/or Amazon app store
Familiarity with RxJava or other reactive frameworks
Familiarity with Dependency Injection frameworks, such as Dagger
Desired Qualifications
Experience developing for Android TV / Amazon Fire TV
Experience working across multiple interdisciplinary teams
Experience working with globally distributed teams
Experience working on Android projects with multi-module architecture
Differentials
Experience with Video Streaming (HLS / MPEG-DASH)
Previous experiences working with ExoPlayer
Widevine DRM knowledge
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