Android Engineer II (healthcare)

Whoop Whoop · Consumer · Boston, MA · Software

Android Engineer II role focused on building and maintaining scalable Android features for a health and performance tracking company. The role involves integrating with backend services, applying modern architecture patterns, and improving developer enablement. While AI tools are mentioned as being used, the core craft is not AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design, build, and maintain scalable Android features that integrate with WHOOP’s backend services and APIs
  2. Collaborate with backend, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure seamless and performant end-to-end systems
  3. Apply modern Android architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, MVI) and modular design principles to support team scalability
  4. Improve developer enablement by enhancing shared Android libraries, frameworks, and build tooling
  5. Monitor app performance, debug complex issues, and optimize for speed, stability, and battery life

Skills

Required

  • 2–4 years of professional Android development experience
  • Proficiency in Kotlin (and Java when necessary), Android Jetpack libraries, and the Android development ecosystem
  • Strong understanding of Android app structure, lifecycle, concurrency (Coroutines), and memory management
  • Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and backend services
  • Familiarity with modular architecture and scalable design systems (MVVM, MVI)
  • Experience using Git and productivity tools like Jira, Confluence, and GitHub
  • Exposure to mobile CI/CD workflows, Gradle build configuration, and mobile release processes

Nice to have

  • AI tools

What the JD emphasized

  • Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks