Android Software Engineer

Philo: TV on the Internet!!!

At Philo were a group of technology and product people who set out to build the future of television marrying the best in modern technology with the most compelling medium ever invented in short were building the TV experience that weve always wanted for practice this means leveraging cloud delivery modern tech stacks machine learning and hand-crafted native app experiences on all of our platforms. We aim to deliver a rock solid experience on the streaming basics while cooking up next generation multi-screen and multi-user playback experiences.

Android Software Engineer

The Android team at Philo is responsible for building our product experience on all Android-based mobile platforms (Google/Galaxy/Amazon stores). Were a small collaborative team building apps with high engagement and millions of installs which collectively are responsible for a large fraction of the billions of minutes watched on Philo each year. We are passionate about crafting the best possible UX to connect our users with the content they love providing a seamless viewing experience while surprising them with new features and capabilities.

We are seeking an enthusiastic experienced Android engineer with a deep technical background building high-quality high-engagement Android applications for TV and mobile. You will help model best-practices to the team and unblock your teammates when they are stuck.

Responsibilities:

• Drive continuous improvements to the reliability performance and UI of the Android practice this means managing our tech debt backlog and advocating for improvements as needed.
• Provide input on system architecture and design tradeoffs.
• Help the team manage and plan for the application releases. We have a rotating release shepherd who is a member of the Android team and is responsible for the nuts and bolts coordination of each release (every week). In this role you would help guide the shepherd and make hard decisions about feature inclusion.
• Monitor app performance and triage crashes bugs and performance regressions as they arise.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across marketing support design product and data science teams to ensure smooth feature delivery.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of software development experience
• Experience with Kotlin Coroutines and their surrounding ecosystem
• Experience developing an Android app with video streaming features
• Experience with Jetpack Compose
• Experience with MVVM MVI and/or Clean Architecture
• Experience with adaptive layouts for a variety of form-factors
• Experience with Compose testing and JUnit

Nice to have:

• Experience with ExoPlayer
• Experience with GraphQL-based APIs
• Experience with cross device interoperability (e.g. casting)
• Experience building multi-modal experiences
• Experience managing releases on one or both of Google and Amazon app stores

The Android codebase uses MVI paradigms and we are slowly adding Compose to our larger components. Of particular note our business logic is largely encapsulated by a shared Kotlin Multiplatform Codebase so for newer features the business logic lives outside of the Android code.

More about Philo

At Philo were a company that puts people firstboth our subscribers and our team. We empower our colleagues to do their best work while supporting one another in pursuing shared goals. We value pragmatism pride in our work and passion with transparency and openness as fundamental parts of our culture.

Were committed to diversity equity inclusion and accessibility as we grow the Philo team and shape the future of TV. We believe that a diverse range of voices and perspectives enables us to innovate faster and create the best experiences for our is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Were committed to supporting every candidate and employee. If you need an accommodation at any stage of the process please email and well work with you to meet your needs.

Philo offers access to top-rated networks including AMC BET CMT Comedy Central Discovery Food Network Hallmark HGTV History Investigation Discovery Lifetime MTV Nickelodeon OWN VH1 WE tv and more along with groundbreaking originals and blockbuster movies included with AMC. Our service also includes 80 free channels and premium add-ons like STARZ and MGM.

Our extensive library boasts over 75000 titles and our unlimited DVR allows users to save their favorite shows and movies for up to a year skipping ads for a seamless viewing experience. Stream on up to three devices simultaneously whether on your phone tablet laptop or TV using Roku Apple TV Fire TV Samsung TV Android TV Vizio TV or Chromecast.

Philo is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York and Cambridge MA. Our leadership team includes a co-founder of Facebook and alums from Meraki and HBO backed by NEA and industry partners like Discovery Viacom AMC and A&E.

Join us at Philo and be part of a team thats shaping the future of TV!

Status: Full-time
Location: San Francisco CA or remote within the U.S.
Compensation: Includes annual salary company stock options and health benefits. Salary is determined by experience and location:

• San Francisco New York City: $175K - $210K
• Boston Los Angeles Seattle DC Metro: $165K - $200K
• Denver Atlanta Las Vegas Sacramento Chicago Austin: $155K - $190K
• Texas Florida: $150K - $180K

We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we welcome people of different backgrounds experiences skills and perspectives. Philo is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that everyone does their best work when they are supported by each other and the company and we offer a generous set of benefits to make sure the Philo team is happy and healthy. Here is a sampling of the benefits we offer our team:

• Full health dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• 401(k) plan with employer contributions (we match 100% of deferrals up to 3% of pay and 50% of the next 2% of pay)
• Flexible working hours
• Up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave
• $2000 annual vacation bonus (we pay you to take a two week vacation)
• $5250 annually for professional development and educational assistance
• $1250 annual home office TV stipend during first year of employment ($250 annually thereafter)
• $500/month ($6000/year) bonus for employees who commit to working at least 3 days per week in our offices plus generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit rideshare bike rental or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco)
• Free Gympass subscription an all-in-one corporate benefit that gives employees the largest selection of gyms studios classes training and wellness apps
• Dog-friendly office
• And much more!

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