Senior Android Software Engineer
Our founders are former venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs who have scaled this business to $100M+ in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped. We often think about the thousands of smiles we are able to put on our customers faces each day, and it fills our hearts with purpose.
Thats why we have been working hard to expand our team and invent so that we can continue to bring the magic of Skylight to millions of loved ones throughout the world.
At Skylight, our engineering team is small but mighty our software powers an experience for millions of customers. We've built a healthy, bootstrapped, and profitable business, and are scaling our Engineering team to better support our growth, improve our technical infrastructure, and continue to expand the feature set for customers.
Our ideal candidate is well-versed in all things Android, from best practices in release management to the ins and outs of the Android SDK. We're looking for someone who loves building delightful customer-facing features and cares deeply about creating great user experiences.
Responsibilities- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to develop and implement new features for our Android application
- Write high-quality, reusable, and maintainable code in Kotlin
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive test suite to ensure the quality and stability of the application
- Optimize application performance and improve the user experience
- Ensuring that our Android architecture enables scaling both our team and user-base
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve code quality
- Extensive experience (6+ years) developing native Android applications
- Expertise in Kotlin programming language and Android SDK
- Strong understanding of Android application architecture and design patterns
- Expertise in the release management cycle
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate effectively with others
- Passion for learning and staying up-to-date with new technologies and trends in Android development
- Familiarity with Android design patterns and libraries (Coroutines, Flow, Hilt/Dagger, Room, Retrofit)
Benefits
Our competitive compensation package includes:
- Competitive Salary + Equity Package
- 401K matching
- Wellness, learning, and home-office budgets
- Health, Dental & Vision Medical Plans
- Tremendous autonomy to set the direction of your work
- Unlimited PTO
- Company holidays on the first Friday of every month
About Skylight
Skylight is a technology startup based out of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Our mission is to connect loved ones by creating the worlds simplest products and services that improve family life. We make consumer products, like Skylight Frame and Skylight Calendar, that are loved by millions of people across the globe.Our founders are former venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs, who have scaled this business to $100M+ in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped. We think often about the millions of smiles we are able to put on our customers faces each day, and it fills our hearts with purpose.
Thats why we have been working hard to expand our team and invent so that we can continue to bring the magic of Skylight to millions more loved ones throughout the world.
At Skylight, we have three core principles that guide our work and help us manage the business day to day: autonomy, rigor, and care. These principles show up early and often and help guide the work we do and the way we work.
Equal opportunity employer
Skylight is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.If youre the best person for the job, we want you on board!
For Colorado-based candidates, the range being offered for this role is $170K-210K based on experience and for California-based candidates, the range being offered for this role is $170-210K based on experience. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of this law.
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