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Software Engineer, Android

About NewsBreak

NewsBreak defines a new way for users to engage with local news and community. We connect and empower local users, local content contributors, and local businesses at scale, with the goal of helping people everywhere live safer, more vibrant, and more truly connected lives. By forging close partnerships with thousands of local publishers and businesses around the country, NewsBreak is helping a new generation of readers find and engage with vital, locally published content and information.

Since our founding in 2015, we have grown by leaps and bounds to become the nation's leading local news app! We now have 50 million monthly active users and ranked #1 in the news app category on Google Play.

We're a Series-C unicorn startup, headquartered at Mountain View, California. For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about

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

Benefits

We offer competitive benefits package:

  • Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
  • Top-tier 401(K) plan with company matching
  • Paid time off and paid holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • FSA and commuter benefits programs
  • Team activity budget


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