Senior Android Engineer, Lovevery
Early learning program supporting families with stage-based play for children
Job no longer available
Early learning program supporting families with stage-based play for children
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help every parent feel confident.
Role
Who you are
- Have a Full-Stack View with a Front-End focus
- Are Experienced and Able to Learn Quickly - You have deep expertise in building, deploying and monitoring full stack native apps
- You can quickly architect and build elegant user-facing features and have a point of view on what’s needed from backend systems. While you love learning new technologies, this is not an area where you need to ramp up
- Are Product-Minded - You will define the ideal technical solution and have input in your squad’s roadmap
- You will keep a customer-focus in mind, and be able to prioritize business trade-offs for each roadmap item
- Are a Strong Collaborator and Communicator - You’ll enjoy working in a world-class cross-functional team where strong communication and collaboration are a key part of your success
- Are Quality-Focused - You will be a champion for building things in a robust, scalable way and developing automation and monitoring to prevent regressions that will impact customers' experience with Lovevery
- Are Pragmatic – You will be building new digital products in this role, and you will also be rebuilding e-commerce platforms and stitching together solutions to create the best experience in the most pragmatic way
- You are passionate about understanding the customer and delivering an amazing customer experience through digital solutions
- You think parenthood and early childhood are inspiring areas to work on
- You have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- You have 5+ years of experience in Android app development in Kotlin, and some professional experience with Ruby on Rails, Python, or equivalent server-side programming languages
- You’re well versed in working with structured data and backend APIs
- You are comfortable working in a cloud-based architecture such as AWS or Heroku
- You have familiarity with test automation tools and frameworks
- You are an effective collaborator who thrives working with teams to solve complicated challenges
- You can share at least one apps you have developed, or contributed to, in the Google Play Store. Be prepared to speak to your contributions during the interview process
- You are driven and hard-working
What the job involves
- You will be architecting a solution that extends from the UI through the back-end and into the data models
- Your primary focus is to build robust, high performing native Android experiences and to do so, you will have to provide input into the right back-end APIs to support your work
- You’ll deliver full solutions, features and non-functional requirements such as cross-device compatibility, performance, security, and testability
- Design and deliver new product features for the Android application, optimize existing features, own the frameworks and systems needed to deliver the product vision, roadmap, and strategy
- Work closely with a product team consisting of a Product Manager, UX Designer, and other developers
- Define and establish development best practices and patterns. Stay up to date on Android platform best practices
- Write code considering security, testability, maintainability, scalability, and performance
- Mentor and pair with mid-level and junior software engineers in order to develop their skills and understanding of the code, programming languages, and frameworks employed within the Lovevery platform
Our take
A child’s first toy - whether that’s building blocks or a Ken doll - will serve their first foray into learning. Lovevery recognizes the relationship between toys and child development, offering Montessori-inspired, naturally made play kits. Subscribers to Lovevery receive a box every few months containing age-appropriate toys that change and grow in tandem with the child.
Whilst the products are aesthetically pleasing and well built, they are uniquely inclusive, being both gender neutral and customizable, such as a doll’s skin tone. Along with information on its accompanying app, each kit comes with “play cards” that provides context around the toy and its educational purpose, creating an informative and empowering space for parents when approaching play.
Lovevery continues to evolve, starting as a play kit provider and now with an app with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Its partnerships with Target and an expansion into the European market indicate impressive growth. And with new launches including a resale marketplace, the company is well set for even more growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Oct 2019
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $126m
Company HQ
Downtown, Boise, ID
Leadership
Jessica Rolph
(Co-FOunder & CEO)Previously co-founded and served as COO of HappyFamily Brands, now serving as a Board Member. Spent 10 years at RSF SocialFinance, eventually as the Independent Director, Member of Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Is currently a Henry Crown Fellow for The Aspen Institute and a Member of YPO.
Roderick Morris
(Co-Founder & President)Started out as an Analyst for Corporate Executive Board and Simmons & Company International, before becoming a Consultant for Bain & Company. Served as the Vice President of Business Information Solutions for LexisNexis, Vice President of Marketing for Vovici and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Operations for Opower. Has served as a Board Member for Somos, Energicity and the Conservation Lands Foundation.
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