Senior Engineer - Android (Fantasy)
Company
Underdog Fantasy
Location
Remote
Type
Full Time
Job Description
We’re the fastest-growing sports gaming company ever.
Our mission is to build innovative games and products for American sports fans.
Founded in 2020, our team built three of today's most widely played fantasy games and successfully launched the largest contest in the history of fantasy sports: a $15M NFL Best Ball tournament -- and there’s a lot more to come! Underdog’s modern tech environment and in-house product development allow us to continuously deliver the best experiences for our users.
The opportunity in front of us to become the biggest company in our space is massive; after all, we’re currently sitting in the fastest-growing consumer industry in the U.S. In just over two years, we reached a nearly $500 million valuation through some of the best investors in the game, including Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, BlackRock, and SV Angel. We are many times larger now and our growth is not slowing down.
At Underdog, we believe that sports are for everyone and are building a tomorrow for every fan. Want to help create that future? Join us.
Please note, Underdog is a US based company and no sponsorship is available for this position at this time.
- You’ll be an early member of our small team to help build out the next generation of Underdog’s mobile applications and keep us the #1 app in the industry
- Lend your expertise to higher-level technical discussions and contribute to the continued learning of all team members
- Build efficient, well-structured code with an eye for testability (Architectural Patterns, SOLID principles, DI, etc.) from product requirements and designs
- Work with: Kotlin, Coroutines, Flow/LiveData, Hilt, MVVM & MVI architectures, Retrofit, Arrow, Epoxy (RecyclerView), Coil
- Collaborative in nature with the confidence to speak up and the humility to ask for help
- Expert in of Object-Oriented Design Principles
- Expert in Kotlin (Coroutines, Lambdas, Scope Functions, etc.)
- Have strong knowledge of the Android SDK (Architecture Components, Lifecycles, XML Layouts, RecyclerViews, etc.)
- Have strong knowledge of reactive streams and functional programming (Flow, RxJava2, etc.)
- Comfortable with REST APIs, JSON (de)serialization, and asynchronous logic
- Have 4+ years of experience building Android applications
- Familiarity with the Epoxy library (Airbnb)
- Familiarity with the Arrow library and advanced functional programming concepts
- Passion for Android development, with at least 1-2 personal projects under your belt
- Experience with writing reusable composables, or an interest in Jetpack Compose
- Basic knowledge of most major sports (NFL, MLB, NBA) and how they are played
Our targeted compensation rate for this position is between $150,000 and $210,000, depending on experience, plus equity. Think your skills are exceptional and warrant higher pay? Apply anyway! If we agree, we’re willing to negotiate.
What we can offer you:
- Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Monthly raffle to win a sports ticket reimbursement of up to $500 (including game day snacks)
- A $500 home office allowance
- Underdog credits to play on our platform
- A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
- 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents
Still not sure? Don't take our word for it. See what other people have to say.
- 5.0 rating on Glassdoor and a 100% CEO Approval ratingÂ
- A+ culture score on ComparablyÂ
- Recognized as Best Place to Work by Front Office Sports
- Recognized by Comparably under the following awards: Best CEOs for Women, Best CEOs for Diversity, Best Company for Career Growth, Best Company in New York, Best Company Outlook
Underdog Sports is firmly committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity. We built our unique culture on the foundation of a safe and inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds. We highly value our employees' mental, physical, and emotional health and continuously ask ourselves: what can we do better? Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn't discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic.Â
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Date Posted
09/20/2023
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