Sports App - Principal Android Software Engineer

Yahoo Sports is one of the internet’s leading destinations for comprehensive sports news and innovative fantasy games. We produce insightful content across multiple platforms and curate quality coverage from around the web to inform and entertain fans. We're an original fantasy sports pioneer, with a legacy of innovation that helps us continue to be a fantasy leader. And as one of the most-visited sports platforms on the internet, we're one of the best places for brands to reach fans.

A Lot About You

You are a visionary, highly skilled engineer with a passion for mobile app development and a proven track record of delivering exceptional, high-quality products. You excel at defining technical architectures, leading complex initiatives, and mentoring teams to success. You thrive in collaborative environments with smart, talented engineers and product designers, fostering a culture of innovation, trust, and excellence. You are curious, strategic, and driven to solve challenging problems while setting the standard for engineering craftsmanship and team culture.

Responsibilities

• Architect and help lead the technical roadmap for our Sports Android App, defining scalable, modular, and high-performance solutions using Kotlin, with a focus on quality, testability, and maintainability.

• Collaborate closely with other engineers and cross functional teams to help define, build and deliver new features, and further modernize our codebase

• Mentor and inspire a team of engineers, fostering their growth through code reviews, technical guidance, and career development while cultivating a collaborative and high-performing team culture.

• Own and deliver end-to-end on strategic, high-impact projects—from conception through execution—balancing technical complexity, business needs, and timelines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Exceptional coding expertise and mastery in software development, with a focus on mobile app development and writing modular and testable code; unit testing; design patterns; concurrency; performance profiling and tuning

• 8+ years of experience building and shipping native, production Android apps

• Deep proficiency in Kotlin, Jetpack, Android Studio, Android Platform Tools, Java, git, and other essential tools, libraries, and frameworks for Android development.

• Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams, with a track record of fostering collaboration, innovation, and a positive team culture.

• Outstanding analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills, paired with a strategic mindset for long-term technical planning.

• High EQ, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to inspire and influence across all levels of an organization.

• BS in Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent CS training); advanced degree or equivalent experience is a plus.

• Being a sports fan is a bonus—we’d love for you to share our passion for the game!

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

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The compensation for this position ranges from $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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