Software Engineer - Mobile Application - Android

This role can be done from home

Building the world's leading sound experience starts with the experience we provide for our people. That's why we've been distributed from the start: initially between offices in Boston & Santa Barbara, and now with additional offices in Seattle, San Francisco & Paris. This role can be done from anywhere in the United States or Canada - any of our offices, or from remotely from home. It's about impact, not location.

Sonos products are installed in millions of homes and businesses around the world, and nothing is more important to our customers' enjoyment of our products than the user interface they encounter every day. As an Android app developer, you will be part of a team of engineers, designers, and product managers working together to design and implement a new user experience featuring novel ways to present diverse types of media (music, podcast, video clip, radio station, etc), and control a growing and diverse lineup of hardware products inside and outside the home.

What You'll Do

• Develop code, on Android, that implements a new setup and control experience for Sonos.

• Leverage your knowledge of modern user interface technology as you collaborate with designers and product managers to arrive at the best way to present the UI, & the right technologies to deliver.

• Work on a widely used and sophisticated lineup of Android applications that incorporate media, Internet services, large data sets, and control of hardware devices.

• Gain exposure to, and build expertise in, the diverse landscape of hardware and software technologies that go into Sonos products.

• Participate in user research to hear directly from customers experiencing the UI design for the first time and rapidly iterate.

• Impact a highly visible area of a product that many of your friends and family likely already use in their homes and workplaces, on a team that has a clear mission and listens to your input on the product and its architecture.

What You'll Need

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria. If you don't have 100% of the skills listed, we strongly encourage you to apply if interested.

Basic Qualifications

• 4-10 years professional experience developing applications for Android targeting a variety of device types, including phones, tablets, watches, TVs, etc.

  • At the higher levels (6+ years of experience), you should have experience being the first developer on a new project and implementing an architecture others can build upon over time.

  • At all levels, hands-on code development is expected.

• Experience with modern Android app and native UI development tools for this platform (Android Jetpack, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Multiplatform, etc).

• Experience working on an application that distinguishes itself through the quality of its UI.

• Experience with contemporary Android development tools (IDE, debugger, simulators, deployment, build flavors, app store submission, etc).

• An openness to working with design professionals, and iterating toward the best user interface in response to user feedback.

• A natural inclination to delve into and learn new areas.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2-4 years experience developing applications for custom AOSP-hardware or custom ROMs including developing System Apps or familiarity with using System APIs in the underlying Android Framework

• Experience working in a commercial software development environment (source control, bug databases, continuous integration, diagnostics and telemetry, being part of a team of developers and with other functions such as Test and PM, etc).

• Experience building Android applications that connect to other hardware devices on the LAN and that connect to services over the WAN including an understanding of what it takes to make those applications remain responsive and high performing in the face of a variety of network conditions.

• Experience implementing and tuning performance of a motion/animation-based 2D UI.

• Experience building localized/internationalized applications.

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