Senior Android Engineer, WHOOP
Simplified Design
4+ days a week in office
Wearable health and fitness devices
Open for applications
Wearable health and fitness devices
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
4+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unlock human performance by helping people find their inner potential.
Role
Who you are
- Product minded engineer with empathy for the member experience
- Possess a strong willingness to learn and grow rapidly across Android and external systems
- Expert knowledge of Android application structure and components as well as lifecycle and Android Design Guidelines
- Experience in building, testing, debugging, and delivering native Android apps in a professional environment
- Knowledge of Kotlin and frameworks such as Coroutines, Android Jetpack libraries (including ViewModel, Flows, and Navigation), Room database, and Retrofit / OkHttp
- Well-versed in communicating with a RESTful backend
- Experience using Git to organize feature work
- Experience using best-practice mobile architecture and modular design, including patterns such as MVVM, MVI, etc
- The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office
What the job involves
- As a Senior Android Engineer on the Simplified Design Team, you will design an intuitive, world-class experience that prioritizes clarity, eliminates friction and highlights value across the member journey
- This is accomplished by building features that enable members to optimize their health and performance by connecting members to our powerful data science algorithms through our beautiful visualizations
- Working alongside product management, design, and fellow engineers, your work will span WHOOP’s three core pillars — Strain, Sleep, and Recovery — delivering personalized guidance through engaging and intuitive user interfaces
- Utilize knowledge of Kotlin and Java to develop and maintain product features and communicate with a RESTful backend
- Lead and contribute to new feature ideation, planning, and development
- Work with Product Engineers to devise solutions to challenges across the WHOOP system
- Document new features and architecture
- Help mentor and elevate junior developers on the team
- Analyze and monitor user metrics and feedback to determine crash rate or potential bugs and to improve engagement
- Participate in the release process including getting the app built, managing build variants, signing, sending and testing through Firebase, and submitting to the App store
- Self organize using productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Github
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
- TAKE TIME OFF: Our PTO plan encourages members to take time off in order to come back refreshed.
- LIVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE: Our benefits package includes premium medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents. Life and disability insurance are also available.
- FEEL INVESTED: 401k and stock options to share in the future of WHOOP.
- EAT WELL: Keep hunger at bay with endless snacks in our fully stocked kitchen. Enjoy catered team lunches on Friday, and even a cold brew keg.
- KNOW THE PRODUCT: We offer you a WHOOP strap and membership at no cost.
- BE ACTIVE: Take advantage of our office gym and on-site showers, as well as a $500yearly wellness perk for fitness classes and memberships.
- BE PRESENT: Take care of your loved ones with 12 weeks paid parental leave, plus an additional 2 weeks to gradually return to work.
- LOVE WHERE YOU WORK: Sitting in the heart of Fenway, our beautiful office overlooks Fenway Park. A prime location for great food, not to mention catching a Sox game, too!
- WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER: If we don't already have a club here that fits your lifestyle and interests, you're encouraged to start one. Share your passions with others at work, or discover new ones!
Company HQ
West Fens, Boston, MA
Leadership
Will Ahmed
(CEO)Studied at Harvard. Worked as a Summer Analyst at Allen & Company and at Lindsay Goldberg. Founded Whoop in their final year.
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