At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan. WHOOP empowers users to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. Our wearable device tracks key physiological metrics such as heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and sleep quality to provide personalized insights into users' fitness, health, and recovery.
As an Android Engineer I, you will build on WHOOP’s generative AI capabilities to develop and maintain exciting, member-facing features that drive meaningful health outcomes. You will play a vital role in delivering personalized insights across WHOOP and work alongside experienced engineers, designers, and product managers to help members better understand their health, optimize performance, and gain clarity throughout their WHOOP journey.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Utilize knowledge of Kotlin and Java to develop and maintain product features and communicate with a RESTful backend
Lead and contribute to new feature ideation, planning, and development
Work with Product Engineers to devise solutions to challenges across the WHOOP system
Document new features and architecture
Analyze and monitor user metrics and feedback to determine crash rate or potential bugs and to improve engagement
Participate in the release process including getting the app built, managing build variants, signing, sending and testing through Firebase, and submitting to the App store
Self organize using productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Github
QUALIFICATIONS:
Product minded engineer with empathy for the member experience
Possess a strong willingness to learn and grow rapidly across Android and external systems
Experience in Android application structure and components as well as lifecycle and Android Design Guidelines
Experience in building, testing, debugging, and delivering native Android apps in a professional environment
Knowledge of Kotlin and frameworks such as Coroutines, Android Jetpack libraries (including ViewModel, Flows, and Navigation), Room database, and Retrofit / OkHttp.
Well-versed in communicating with a RESTful backend
Experience using Git to organize feature work
Experience using best-practice mobile architecture and modular design, including patterns such as MVVM, MVI, etc
WHOOP Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
1 Kenmore Sq, Boston, MA, United States, 02215
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