Senior Android Software Engineer

Senior Android Software Engineer

We are looking for inquisitive, well-rounded Android engineers on the Growth Activation Product team. Openness to backend/API is important.Working closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers, you’ll play an important role in enabling the newest technologies and experiences. You will build robust frameworks & features. You will empower both developers and Pinners alike. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems. Even better, because we covet the kind of courageous thinking that’s required for big bets and smart risks to pay off, you’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through to technical design, implementation, and release.

What you’ll do:

• Build out Pinner-facing frontend features in Android to power the future of inspiration on Pinterest

• Contribute to and lead each step of the product development process, from ideation to implementation to release; from rapidly prototyping, running A/B tests, to architecting and building solutions that can scale to support millions of users

• Partner with design, product, and backend teams to build end to end functionality

• Put on your Pinner hat to suggest new product ideas and features

• Employ automated testing to build features with a high degree of technical quality, taking responsibility for the components and features you develop

• Grow as an engineer by working with world-class peers on varied and high impact projects

What we’re looking for:

• Deep understanding of Android development and best practices in Kotlin and/or Java, e.g. Activity Lifecycle, memory management, etc.

• 6+ years of industry Android application development experience building consumer or business facing products

• Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineers

• Ability to keep up-to-date with new technologies to understand what should be incorporated

• Strong collaboration and communication skills

• Past experience leading multiple engineers to deliver amazing impact

• Open to work on Backend/API 

• Excited about solving ambiguous problems 

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.

• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per half and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country. 

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