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Staff Android Engineer

thenewyorktimes · 30+ days ago
Remote - US
$160k+
Full-time
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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. 

About the Role

The New York Times is looking for a Staff Android Engineer to join the mobile team developing multiplayer Games. You'll join a team with native mobile engineers, backend engineers, QA, product, project, data, and design and report to the Engineering Manager of the team. You will have the option to work from the NYT HQ or you may work remotely.

Our Android apps are written in Kotlin, backend APIs are written in Go, web front ends use React.

NYT Games is a collaborative team that values inclusion, diversity, and personal growth. We combine product development with a world-class suite of puzzles, including beloved titles such as the NYT Crossword, Spelling Bee, and Wordle. Our Games app won an Apple Design Award in “Delight and Fun” Category which is a reflection of tremendous work the current team has put to modernize the app using the latest tech.

Responsibilities:

  • You will be accountable for the overall architectural design of the Android app
  • You will design, develop, and test new features using Kotlin
  • You will work with product, PMO, design, data, QA, and other engineers to guide product development
  • You will take a leadership role in driving key technical decisions, technical roadmap and timeline estimations
  • You will promote standards in Android development, and engage with the community of Android developers at the Times
  • You will ensure app stability by writing quality code and partnering with the QA team to test and fix bugs
  • You will demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 8+ years full time experience as an Android Engineer
  • 5+ years of experience building robust user interfaces with complex animations and user interactions
  • 2+ years of experience with Kotlin, including writing unit tests, networking, data persistence and UI
  • 2+ years of experience with modern Android technologies such as Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Dagger, and Room.
  • 2+ years of experience translating product goals into quality shippable code

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with mobile game development experience of running games at scale in production
  • Experience working with backend engineers and solid understanding of backend architecture
  • Experience dealing with high traffic distributed systems 

This role may require limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule will be determined when you join, taking into account team size and other variables.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:
$160,000$175,000 USD

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws. 

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