Staff Android Engineer, WHOOP
Connectivity
$170-230k
+ Equity
Wearable health and fitness devices
Be an early applicant
Wearable health and fitness devices
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$170-230k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock human performance and Healthspan.
Role
Who you are
- You are experienced working with consumer-facing apps that control BLE devices
- You have a track record of influencing engineers beyond your own team in the application of architectural and platform design principles
- Expert knowledge of best practices for concurrency and multithreading, including Kotlin coroutines and Flow
- Product minded engineer with empathy for the member experience
- Willingness to learn and grow rapidly across Android and external systems
- Extensive experience building, testing, debugging, and delivering native Android apps in a professional environment
- Expert knowledge of Android application structure and components as well as lifecycle and Android Design Guidelines
- Strong experience with Jetpack Compose and modern declarative Android UI
- Experience with Kotlin and frameworks such as Koin, Android Jetpack libraries (including ViewModel, Flows, and Navigation), Room database, and Retrofit / OkHttp
- Experience designing modular architecture and dependency boundaries in a large multi-module Gradle codebase, including patterns such as MVI and MVVM
- Excellent knowledge of Android Studio, Gradle and CI systems
- Experience debugging and diagnosing issues across complex or distributed systems such as firmware, mobile, and backend
- Experience using Git to organize feature work
- Experience communicating with a RESTful backend
- Firm belief that automated testing is important and experience writing both Unit and UI tests
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, driving cross functional problem solving, tradeoff definition, and optimization
- Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions
- Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply!
What the job involves
- As a Staff Android Engineer on the Connectivity team you'll own the architecture of the software that connects WHOOP hardware to the Android app, and set the technical direction for how that connection performs at scale
- From ensuring timely firmware updates to designing innovative ways to establish connections from software to hardware, we bring WHOOP to the highest level of performance and availability across the globe using the latest cutting edge technology
- At the Staff level, your impact is measured as much by the engineers and decisions you influence as by the code you write
- Own the architecture of the Android connectivity layer end to end, from the BLE transport up through history sync and firmware delivery, and drive its evolution across a large modular codebase
- Collaborate within a cross-functional environment alongside WHOOP hardware, firmware, and software teams
- Establish and refine communication protocols between the WHOOP strap and Android, ensuring alignment with iOS standards
- Apply expert-level mastery of the Android Bluetooth stack to manage GATT operations, bonding, and reconnection logic in real-world scenarios
- Own connection reliability across the fragmented Android device landscape by diagnosing and mitigating OEM specific Bluetooth, power management, and permission behavior
- Create and own systems that aid in analyzing connectivity health of our members, and use that telemetry to set team priorities
- Manage a prioritized backlog centered on reducing technical debt, improving code health, and enhancing module testability
- Elevate engineering quality through rigorous code reviews, expanded test coverage, and refined architectural design practices
- Utilize expert Kotlin proficiency to build product features and define patterns for the broader engineering team
- Document new features and architecture using Jira, Confluence and preparing code using Github feature, develop, and master branches
- Participate in the incident commander rotation for the whole WHOOP ecosystem and also the release process including getting the app built, managing build variants, signing, sending and testing through Firebase, and submitting to the Play Store
- Analyze and monitor user metrics and feedback to determine crash rate or potential bugs and to improve engagement
- Represent Android Connectivity in cross-functional forums, including bug triage, product syncs, and firmware coordination
- Facilitate the ramp-up of mobile developers, mentor engineers across the Android organization, and assist the backend team with data contracts
Our take
WHOOP develops wearable health-tracking devices designed to help athletes optimise their performance. Its technology continuously monitors recovery, sleep, and training hours to fine-tune both individual and team performance. Unlike competitors that primarily track exercise data, WHOOP's holistic approach includes metrics like heart rate variability, which can influence more effective and healthier exercise routines.
By focusing on a subscription model that includes the cost of the physical device, WHOOP differentiates itself from competitors that charge a higher one-time fee for their products. This model provides ongoing value and encourages users to stay engaged with their health data.
WHOOP's comprehensive monitoring of strain and recovery has given it a competitive edge, even as other brands like Fitbit have incorporated similar features. Beyond sports performance, WHOOP has conducted extensive research on predicting premature births, aiming to integrate these findings into its app. This commitment to broader health applications demonstrates WHOOP's dedication to advancing wearable health technology.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Mar 2026
$575m
SERIES G
Aug 2021
$200m
SERIES F
Total funding: $979.8m
Company benefits
- Flexible Vacation: WHOOP has a flexible vacation policy that allows you to unwind, laptop-free, when you need it most.
- Focus on Family: We offer 18 weeks paid parental leave, plus an additional 2 weeks to gradually return to work.
- Get Invested: In addition to a competitive base salary and 401k, you're eligible to receive stock options to share in the future of WHOOP.
- WHOOP +1: Everyone on the team gets a complimentary WHOOP membership—plus another membership to share with a loved one.
- Health Matters: Our competitive benefits package covers medical, dental, and vision, in addition to mental health services, life and disability insurance, and more.
- Find Your Fit: Full-time employees get $500 a year to spend on wellness in whatever way they see fit, from fitness classes and memberships, to recovery services.
- It Pays to Sleep: Our Sleep Performance Program incentivizes employees to get more sleep. Log an average sleep performance of 85% or higher for the month and get a $100 bonus.
- Location, Location, Location: You can’t beat the views from the rooftop of One Kenmore Square. Feel inspired daily as you work, enjoy free snacks and coffee, and collaborate in the heart of Boston.
Company HQ
West Fens, Boston, MA
Leadership
Will Ahmed
(Founder & CEO)After graduating from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Economics, Will went on to hold Summer Analyst roles at Allen & Company and Lindsay Goldberg before founding WHOOP in 2012.
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