Instagram - Software Engineer, Android (Live Infrastructure)
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Instagram is a global community of more than 1 billion, which means jobs here offer countless ways to make an impact in a fast growing organization. Instagram was built to connect people to the people and interests they love. Our app has played a critical part in forming meaningful communities where people can connect with each other and share what matters most to them.

Instagram Live has quickly become the largest real-time streaming platform in the world. The Live team has also launched Video Chat in May 2018. As a Software Engineer on the Live team, you will help make Instagram the best place for people to connect more deeply with their friends or followers through shared, real-time experiences. We seek Android Engineers that are passionate about delivering high-quality interactive experiences, by both using state-of-the-art technology to enable brand-new functionality, as well as by improving the quality and performance of existing solutions.

The position is full-time and based in our San Francisco, CA office.

Responsibilities

* Help conceptualize, architect and implement new functionalities to enable new features on Instagram Live and Video Chat.
* Identify and execute on opportunities to improve performance and reliability (e.g. reducing crashes, errors and latency, improving video quality) of existing streaming video infrastructure.
* Work closely with, and incorporate feedback from other engineers within and outside the team.
* Provide technical mentorship and guidance to team members and peers on Android.

Minimum Qualifications

* 2+ years experience building Android applications
* Experience in understanding large code bases, including API design techniques
* Experience writing unit tests and testable code

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience in mobile infrastructure improvements (such as performance, reliability, stability, modularization efforts)
* Experience with multi-threaded programming