Senior Android Engineer, WHOOP
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$150-210k
+ Equity
Wearable health and fitness devices
Open for applications
Wearable health and fitness devices
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$150-210k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock human performance and Healthspan.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience building, testing, debugging, and shipping Android applications in a professional environment
- Strong proficiency in Kotlin and familiarity with Android frameworks such as Jetpack Compose, Room, Coroutines, and Android Architecture Components
- Deep understanding of Android Studio and related debugging and profiling tools
- Experience integrating with RESTful backend services
- A product-driven mindset with a strong sense of customer empathy
- Eagerness to learn and rapidly grow across Android technologies and external systems
- Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience
What the job involves
- We are looking for highly motivated and skilled engineers to help us scale and take our proven system to new heights
- Our Android app is built using the latest native technologies and features rich user interfaces and data visualizations, delivering highly actionable and relevant information to WHOOP members to help maximize their daily performance
- As a Senior Android Engineer at WHOOP, you’ll play a critical role in building features that empower members to optimize their health and performance
- By connecting our powerful data science algorithms with intuitive and engaging visualizations, you'll help transform complex insights into meaningful, actionable experiences
- You’ll work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to develop features that support our mission to unlock human performance
- You'll collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams in a fast-paced growth environment
- Contribute to the evolution of the Android platform by defining and applying best practices to improve usability for both users and developers
- Communicate effectively with immediate team members and cross-functional stakeholders
- Lead and contribute to cross-team projects, working alongside backend, iOS, and Android engineers
- Present technical solutions, improvements, and frameworks to the broader software team for adoption
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 their app. This commitment to broader health applications demonstrates WHOOP's dedication to advancing wearable health technology.
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Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Aug 2021
$200m
SERIES F
Oct 2020
$100m
SERIES E
Total funding: $404.8m
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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