Android Engineer
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Social media today is centered around sharing your experiences with your followers and "connecting" with people via digital engagement. As a result people are addicted to staring at their phones and using digital to replace real-life experiences. At Twenty our mission is to enable and enrich experiences by bringing people together in real life. Our app lets you know where your friends are, and what they are up to, so you can decide what to do. It also makes it very easy to quickly bring friends together for any activity. Just drop a pin!

Backed by Ron Conway (SV Angel) and Nelson Peltz, we have amazing supporters who believe in our vision. We've partnered with industry leaders like Live Nation, Roc Nation, the Madison Square Garden Company, TAO Group, WME/IMG, and others to revolutionize the way people meet up and experience events together.

Let's cut to the chase, shall we? Operating cross-platform is a huge part of what gives Twenty a competitive edge in this market, and we need a strong and passionate Android Engineer to take a role in our small but mighty Engineering team. You'll have the opportunity to establish best practices while developing features and maintaining quality code. If you've got a strong Java background, want to learn Kotlin, a love of UI, a comprehensive understanding of all things Android, and startup-quality grit, then this is the job for you.

What You'll Do

* Strive to understand our mission, the current product, and how users are using it.
* Collaborate with Product and Design to brainstorm new features and to get to the right solution for problems that are real and worth solving for.
* Ship robust, scalable, secure, efficient software that matters to our users and to the company.
* Choose the right technology (e.g. local storage option or third-party SDK) with no unnecessary abstraction layers. Make pragmatic (often boring) technology choices at work and play in your free time (or whenever it's appropriate). Don't build science projects just because you are smart enough to build them.
* Communicate effectively; esp. when blocked on steady progress and ask for help to get yourself unblocked.
* Understand the nuances of fragments and Android XML layouts, and how to create adaptive interfaces that work for multiple device form factors.

What You'll Need

* 3+ years of Android development.
* Extensive hands-on experience of creating custom UI controls; designing protocols, implementing interfaces, and performance optimization.
* Proficiency in writing readable, maintainable, performant object-oriented Java in order to inform learning Kotlin on the job (or you already are good at Kotlin).
* Understanding of modern Android development and Android devices landscape.
* Relentless attention to detail when it comes to implementing designs; writing clean, test-supported, and well-documented code.
* Be humble enough to bend to the will of the frameworks, technologies, constraints, and people you work with when doing so won't have a materially negative impact. In other words, you can play by someone else's rules when that's the easiest and/or best thing to do.
* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or closely related degree

Nice to Haves

* Experience with Firebase Real-time Database or Firestore
* Experience with mobile location and mapping technology.
* Knowledge of Kotlin or strong desire to learn quickly

Benefits

* Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Coverage
* Free Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Drinks
* Flexible Spending Account & Pre-tax Commuter Benefits
* Weekly Lunch and Learns & Monthly Team Building Events
* Health & Wellness Reimbursement

Feel free to include links to apps you've released in the Play Store and description of the parts you've specifically built.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.