Software Engineer, Android

Meta Meta · Big Tech · New York, NY

Software Engineer role focused on developing and optimizing Android applications and user interfaces, collaborating with product and design teams, and ensuring high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code.

What you'd actually do

  1. Research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for user interfaces, infrastructure, and/or tools supporting applications on Android using the Android SDK.
  2. Work closely with product and design teams to build new and innovative application experiences for Android.
  3. Work on problems of moderate scope and implement custom native user interfaces using the latest Android programming techniques.
  4. Receiving general instructions on routine work and detailed instructions on new projects or assignments, build reusable Android software components for interfacing with back-end platforms.
  5. Resolve a variety of issues by analyzing and optimizing UI and infrastructure application code for quality, efficiency, and performance.
  6. Deliver tasks and projects on Android that are critical to the team’s goals (including product goals, PREQ goals, etc.).
  7. Drive projects forward on Android by leading XFN conversations, unblocking other engineers, data analysis, future iterations, etc.
  8. Write consistently high-quality, clean, and well-documented Android code that is easily readable and extensible.
  9. Make contributions to improve the Android components or systems to facilitate easier development of new features.

Skills

Required

  • Object-oriented software development
  • Coding in C/C++
  • Coding in Java
  • Building maintainable and testable codes bases
  • API design
  • Unit testing techniques
  • Code editors (VIM or Emacs)
  • Revision control systems (Subversion, GIT, or Perforce)
  • Linux, UNIX, or other *nix-like OS
  • Core web technologies: HTML, CSS, or JavaScript
  • Building highly-scalable performant solutions
  • Algorithms

Nice to have

  • Android SDK
  • Android programming techniques