Sr Software Engineer, Android - Safety Media
Job Description
**About the Role**
At Safety Media we work directly on designing, coding, deploying and monitoring high scale features that leverages media resources such as Audio and Video in order to increase Safety across the Uber platform.
**What the Candidate Will Do**
- Develop scalable and robust mobile solutions that will be used by thousand of users around the globe
- Pair with other teammates in order to achieve the best possible solution for a given problem
- Closely collaborate with product and design teams to clarify requirements and suggest possible improvements to Safety Media products
- Serve as a tech lead and mentor to other junior Android engineers
**Basic Qualifications**
- 5+ years of full-time Android engineering work experience with solid understanding of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
- Proficiency in Kotlin and Java
- Proficiency in object oriented programming, MVC architecture, multithreading, networking, offline storage, memory management and source control management (git)
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
- Solid understanding of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
- Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
- Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
- Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
- Strong focus on high-quality mobile UI experiences. Experience with UI/UX paradigms to build sophisticated user experiences
- Experience working with product and design teams
- Experience with feature flagging, A/B testing and experimentation
- Experience with Unit Testing, testing frameworks and best practices
- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
- Full professional proficiency English language skills to work with other engineers and stakeholders from different regions around the world
**Preferred Qualifications**
- Knowledgeable in Reactive programming (RxJava), Kotlin coroutines and Dependency injection.
- Comfortable working within the coding conventions of a large engineering organization and working in a large and sophisticated code base with many contributors.
- Previous experience working with Media management such as Audio or Video.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.
Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.
\*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to [accommodations@uber.com](mailto:accommodations@uber.com).