Product Engineer

About the RolennThe New York Times is looking for a Senior Android Engineer to join the mobile team developing multiplayer Games. You’ll join a team with native mobile engineers, backend engineers, QA, product, project, data, and design and report to the Engineering Manager of the team.nnOur Android apps are written in Kotlin, backend APIs are written in Go, web front ends use React.nnNYT Games is a collaborative team that values inclusion, diversity, and personal growth. We combine product development with a world-class suite of puzzles, including beloved titles such as the NYT Crossword, Spelling Bee, and Wordle. Our Games app won an Apple Design Award in Delight and Fun Category which is a reflection of tremendous work the current team has put to modernize the app using the latest tech.nnThis role can be based in our New York City headquarters or fully remote in the US.nnResponsibilities:nnn* Design, develop, and test new features using Kotlinnn* Contribute to app architectural decisions, code review, technical roadmap and timeline estimationsnn* Participate in technical discussions with engineers across multiple stacks and platformsnn* Work with product, PMO, design, data, QA, and other engineers to guide product developmentnn* Promote standards in Android development, and engage with the community of Android developers at the Timesnn* Ensure app stability by writing quality code and partnering with the QA team to test and fix bugsnn* Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.nnnnnBasic Qualifications:nnn* 5+ years full time experience as an Android Engineernn* Experience building robust user interfaces with complex animations and user interactionsnn* 2+ years of experience with Kotlin, including writing unit tests, networking, data persistence and UInn* Demonstrated understanding of modern Android technologies such as Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Dagger, and Roomnn* Experience translating product goals into quality shippable codennnnnnPreferred Qualifications:nnnn* Previous mobile game development experience of running games at scale in productionnn* Experience working with backend engineers and solid understanding of backend architecturenn* Experience dealing with high traffic distributed systems nnnnnThis role may require limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule will be determined when you join, taking into account team size and other variables.nn#LI-RemotenREQ-017014 nn#Salary and compensationn No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Mobile, Senior, Android, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:nn $57,500 $102,500/yearn nn#Benefitsn 401(k)nn Distributed teamnn Asyncnn Vision insurancenn Dental insurancenn Medical insurancenn Unlimited vacationnn Paid time offnn 4 day workweeknn 401k matchingnn Company retreatsnn Coworking budgetnn Learning budgetnn Free gym membershipnn Mental wellness budgetnn Home office budgetnn Pay in cryptonn Pseudonymousnn Profit sharingnn Equity compensationnn No whiteboard interviewnn No monitoring systemnn No politics at worknn We hire old (and young)nn

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