Android Software Engineer App Gather Storefront Engineering

Android Software Engineer App Gather Storefront Engineering

Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology and innovation we make it possible for shoppers to quickly and easily find exactly what they want from a selection of more than 14 million items across home furnishings dcor home improvement housewares and more. Partnering with Product Experience Design Analytics and business leaders across Wayfair our Native App Engineering teams contribute to an awardwinning mobile experience that makes shopping for your home delightful and engaging. iOS and Android engineers leverage the full capabilities of mobile devices and their SDKs. For example our apps take advantage of augmented reality computer visionassisted product search using the devices camera and machine learning to create personalized experiences and improve the speed of the app.

The App Gathers team charter is to empower customers to collect their various ideas manage their styles and discover products that match their interests and support their feeling of home. The ideal candidate has experience in native Android development and a proven track record of delivering high quality features efficiently. This person will leverage their breadth of knowledge to deliver features for Wayfair shoppers to make their shopping experience frictionless and delightful.

What Youll Do

• Lead development for indepth mobile projects surrounding upperfunnel functionality such as homepage sales category authentication and landing experiences including architecting and developing new features application maintenance and refactoring and increased performance and automation.
• Review code and provide guidance for other developers participating in our release approval process.
• Being passionate about test coverage and quality engineering are paramount.
• Use data and metrics to collaboratively drive impactful changes.
• Frequently interface and interact with quality UX backend/API product analytics and other teams.
• Though primarily focused on Android collaborate with iOS and fullstack teams to ensure solutions are robust and aligned.
• Lead by example; share knowledge experience and best practices through mentoring tech talks and presentations.

What Youll Bring

• At least 2 years of professional Android development on publicly available apps.
• A passion for writing clean readable and thoroughly tested code and an eagerness to share your expertise with others.
• A mastery of Android fundamentals interacting with endpoints debugging and memory management.
• Experience having architected or designed complex features with product managers or other stakeholders.
• A deep understanding of architecture patterns such as MVP MVVM Clean/VIPER etc. as well as async patterns.
• A drive to learn about new libraries and technologies stay on the cutting edge of the evolving mobile landscape and an eagerness to create experiences that will delight users.
• A genuine belief that constructive and respectful code reviews are the bedrock of a healthy team.
• Knowledge of Material Design Android UI/UX development and best practices
• Experience with the following is nice to have:
  • Jetpack Compose and GraphQL
  • Ruby or similar scripting languages
  • Working on other platforms such as with iOS and/or FullStack

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About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the worlds largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world were reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industryleading technology and creative problemsolving we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If youre looking for rapid growth constant learning and dynamic challenges then youll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

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