
Android Engineer Sporty Group. Who We Are. . Sporty Group is a consumer internet and technology business with an unrivalled sports media, gaming, social and fintech platform, which serves millions of daily active users across the globe via technology and operations hubs in more than 10 countries and 3 continents.. . The recipe for our success is to discover intelligent and energetic people, who are passionate about our products and serving our users and attract and retain them with a dynamic and flexible work life, which empowers them to create value and rewards them generously based upon their contribution.. . We have already built a capable and proven team of 450+ high achievers from a diverse set of backgrounds and we are looking for more talented individuals to drive further growth and contribute to the innovation, creativity and hard work that currently serves our users further via their grit and innovation.. Sporty's sites are some of the most popular on the internet, consistently staying in Alexa's list of top websites for the countries they operate in.. As an Android Engineer at Sporty you’ll be responsible for applying the latest and greatest technologies and frameworks to ensure a smooth user experience for a massive user base.. Our Stack. Languages: Java / Kotlin. Architecture: MVVM. Network: Retrofit, Okhttp, Protocol buffers. Dependency Injection: Dagger 2. CI/CD: Jenkins. Other: Android JetPack, Glide, Git, ExoPlayer. Responsibilities. Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers and Backend Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on Android. Build end-to-end features of the app: networking, persistence, business logic, and UI. Build efficient and reusable mobile components and architect reliable, performant, and scalable mobile solutions. Identify areas of improvement and advocate for mobile best practices. Analyze and optimize UI and infrastructure application code for quality, efficiency, and performance. Mentoring less experienced team members. Requirements. 4+ years of application development experience in Android. Proficiency with Java, Kotlin and the Android development ecosystem. Enjoy working on mobile apps at all levels – from networking up to user interfaces and everything in between. Understand and have experience making decisions about mobile application architecture, including data modeling, networking and data synchronization and concurrency. Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques. Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management. Good communication and collaboration skills to be able to work in a fast paced and distributed environment. Previous history of working with a remote, distributed team would be beneficial. Bonus Requirement. Experience with mobile video playback and streaming technologies . Benefits. Permanent remote based. Quarterly Performance Bonus. Top-of-the-line Equipment (MacBook Pro). Referral Hire Bonus . Health and Life Insurance. On-call payment. Paid leaves of 21 days (excluding 12 public holidays). 5 Days working. Team Fun activities. Annual company retreat - Dubai in 2022 and Phuket in 2023. Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation. Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful. Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members. Our Mission. Our mission is to be an everyday entertainment platform for everyone. Our Operating Principles. 1. Create Value for Users. 2. Act in the Long-Term Interests of Sporty . 3. Focus on Product Improvements & Innovation . 4. Be Responsible . 5. Preserve Integrity & Honesty . 6. Respect Confidentiality & Privacy . 7. Ensure Stability, Security & Scalability . 8. Work Hard with Passion & Pride. Interview Process. 60 min HackerRank Test . Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team. Remote 90 min video interview loop with 3 x Team Members (30 mins each). Pre-offer call with Talent Acquisition Team. 24-72 hour feedback loops throughout process. Working at Sporty. The top-down mentality at Sporty is high performance-based, meaning we trust you to do your job with an emphasis on support to help you achieve, grow and de-block any issues when they're in your way.. Generally employees can choose their own hours, as long as they are collaborating and doing stand-ups etc. The emphasis is really on results. . As we are a highly structured and established company we are able to offer the security and support of a global business with the allure of a startup environment. Sporty is independently managed and financed, meaning we don’t have arbitrary shareholder or VC targets to cater to. . We literally build, spend and make decisions based on the ethos of building THE best platform of its kind. We are truly a tech company to the core and take excellent care of our Team Members.