We are looking for a Senior Android Engineer to join the MyFitnessPal engineering team. Our users rely on the MyFitnessPal Android app to power their health and fitness journeys every day. As a member of our MyFitnessPal Engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to positively impact those users with your expertise in the Android development ecosystem. In addition to technical expertise, you’ll find that your teammates value collaboration, mentorship, and inclusive environments.
About the team:
Our longstanding mission is to elevate user engagement within our app by fostering a supportive and motivating environment. We aim to inspire users to set and achieve their personal goals, driving continuous progress and creating a more enriching and fulfilling user experience. Through innovation and a deep understanding of our users' needs, we are committed to empowering every individual on their journey towards success.
What you’ll be doing:
- Assist in the technical direction of the MyFitnessPal Android app
- Continuously ensure the vitals of the app exceed customer expectations
- Empower & coach others on and outside the team to perform at their best
- Lead work on high impact features that bring value to our 13m+ users
- Use A/B testing to quickly iterate on user experiences
- Continuously modernize the MyFitnessPal Android app codebase while delivering on the product roadmap
- Improve code quality through unit testing with increased code coverage
- Work closely with your product team to define and refine feature specifications.
- Turn big ideas into simple, elegant solutions.
- Collaborate with a team of 14 to deliver new tools to our customers to ensure they are reaching their goals.
Qualifications to be successful in this role:
- 5+ years of experience in building, testing, releasing, and maintaining Android applications in Java and Kotlin
- Experience with Jetpack Libraries
- Advocate of clean code, good architecture, and great testing practices
- Holistic view of the product with experience working with cross-functional teams
- Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD infrastructure with the goal of continuously delivering value to our customers as often and safely as possible
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Eager to learn and teach through collaboration
- Approach interactions with kindness and empathy
- Substantial experience with Git in a team environment
- Experience working with a relational database
- Comfort working with RESTful APIs
- Experience with MVVM or MVI
- Experience with Jetpack Compose
- Experience with Kotlin Coroutines
Bonus Points:
- Experience migrating a large legacy codebase to modern standards
- Experience with Dagger and Hilt
- Experience with GraphQL
The reasonably estimated salary for this role at MyFitnessPal ranges from $108,000 - 155,000. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, MyFitnessPal offers a wide range of comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, parental planning, mental health benefits, annual performance bonus, a 401(k) plan and match, responsible time off, monthly wellness and technology allowances, and others.
Face-to-Face Connections: We value personal connections. Enjoy opportunities to meet and connect with your team members in person to help forge meaningful relationships that extend beyond the virtual realm. Teams meet as often as needed and all of MyFitnessPal gathers annually.
Flexibility At Its Best: Achieve the work-life balance you deserve. Enjoy a flexible time-off policy and work on your own terms with our Responsible Time Off benefit.
Give Back: Use your volunteer days off to support what matters most to you. Each full time teammate receives 2 days per calendar year to give back to their community through service.
Mentorship Program: Take control of your career through our mentorship program where, if you’d like, you will be matched with a teammate who can help you scale your skills and propel your growth.
Family-Friendly Support: Embrace the journey with confidence and care. Enjoy our paid maternity and paternity leave, to provide time to balance family responsibilities with your career and take the time needed to strengthen family relationships. We understand the complexities of starting or expanding a family, which is why we provide best-in-class comprehensive assistance for fertility-related matters.
Wellness Comes First: Live Good Health is one of our core values. Receive a monthly Wellness Allowance, empowering you to focus on your physical and mental well-being by choosing from a range of wellness initiatives, including dedicated mental health days.
Celebrate Greatness: Your hard work deserves recognition! Our reward and recognition platform empowers peers to acknowledge and reward each other for the exceptional contributions they make.
Elevate Your Health & Fitness: Get access to MyFitnessPal Premium, allowing you to take your fitness, health and wellness journey to new heights.
Unlock Your Potential: Access our virtual learning and development library, and participate in training opportunities to continuously grow and enhance your skills.
Championing Inclusion: Our dedicated DEI Committee actively fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace by setting actionable goals and evaluating progress across the organization.
Healthcare Matters: Your well-being is our priority. Take advantage of our competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits that cater to your holistic healthcare needs. Feel secure and supported on your wellness journey.
Secure Your Future: Benefit from our retirement savings program, giving you peace of mind for your financial goals. Reach them sooner with MyFitnessPal’s competitive employer match.
At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to enable people to make healthy choices. And it wouldn't be possible without our team. We celebrate the unique POV that each person brings to the table and believe in a collaborative and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability. These are our guiding ideologies and apply across all aspects of employment.
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MyFitnessPal provides powerful tools that make it easier for everyone to live a healthier life by tracking meals and physical activity.
