Senior Android Developer, Games Apps
The New York Times9 hours ago
Base Salary
$140k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and build scalable, maintainable Android features using Kotlin and modern Android frameworks.
- Lead technical projects and contribute to app architecture, code reviews, technical roadmaps, and delivery estimates.
- Partner with product, PMO, design, data, QA, and engineering teams to translate requirements into technical specifications.
- Mentor junior and mid-level developers and encourage skill growth and adoption of developer tools.
- Promote high standards in Android development and contribute to the Times’ Android engineering community.
- Build accessible, performant, high-quality game experiences for the New York Times Games App.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of full-time software engineering experience.
- At least 3 years of Android-focused experience.
- At least 2 years of Kotlin experience, including unit testing, networking, data persistence, and UI development.
- Experience building user interfaces with complex animations and user interactions.
- Understanding of Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Hilt/Dagger, and Room.
- Experience designing clean app architectures using MVVM, MVI, or Clean Architecture.
- Ability to translate product goals into quality, shippable code.
- Passion for and knowledge of AI coding tools, especially for mobile development.
- Preferred: experience collaborating with backend engineers and understanding backend architecture.
- Preferred: experience with high-traffic distributed systems.
- Preferred: mobile game development experience in production at scale.
- Preferred: experience leading teams and mentoring junior engineers.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Company-matching 401(k) plan.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Paid vacation and sick days.
- Paid parental leave.
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.
- Hybrid work based at the New York City headquarters, typically 3+ days per week in the office.
- Limited on-call hours may be required, with the schedule determined after joining.
Tech Stack
Jetpack ComposeKotlin
Categories
GamingMobile
About The New York Times
The New York Times produces and distributes journalism and related digital products for global audiences across web, apps, print, audio, and newsletters. Its business model centers on paid subscriptions and advertising, offering the core news report alongside podcasts, newsletters, NYT Games, NYT Cooking, and Wirecutter product reviews. Founded in 1851 and headquartered in New York City, The New York Times Company is a public company listed on the NYSE under the ticker NYT.