Senior Android Engineer (contractor)

Wag! Android Developer

At Wag!, we build products that help dogs and their parents live more joyful lives. Working with our technology and engineering team is part art, part skill—and all heart. We like to surround ourselves with other smart people that will challenge us and bring new thinking to the team to help us build better products. We're all about automation and we're constantly pushing the limits on what can be delivered auto-magically—from QA to deploying code in production. Our patent-pending Woof Pack Scrum structure allows us to work more independently, faster, and with the right level of autonomy and accountability for producing results. If there's a way to integrate it into Slack, we've probably done it. We love music, food and drinks—anything that helps us be the best team possible. And maybe most important—we don't like to leave our dogs home alone, so be ready to spend your days in the office hanging with the pups.

Wag! is an on-demand dog walking app that has been one of the fastest-growing startups this year, funded by some of Silicon Valley's top investors. We walk many dogs in more than 100 cities every single day.

Who You Are

You're an Android enthusiast who wants to innovate and help us out with our mission of making dog ownership easier. You thrive in a startup environment where you'll juggle different priorities and iterate quickly.

What You'll Get To Do

In a word: innovate. You'll build and contribute to the architectural and design decisions your team makes, and articulate the impact of those decisions. You'll break down new features into releasable chunks, estimate release schedule, and work on creating the features with your team. You and your team get to create impactful features for our customers, and you'll influence your team members to take ownership and always do the right thing.

What We Offer

This is a Contractor role. Love dogs? You'll get to enjoy office dogs. We also have catered daily lunches and an open snack bar to nourish you and fuel your creativity. Of course, we also offer a competitive salary with stock options, along with medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Here's your chance to get in on the ground floor of a fast-growing startup!

What You'll Need To Get In The Door

You have a proven ability to build, launch and iterate on apps. You have superior analytical skills and a strong sense of ownership in your work. You have a proven customer facing application development, troubleshooting, deployment and application performance tuning experience.

• Proven customer facing application development, troubleshooting, deployment and application performance tuning experience.
• Ability to build, launch and iterate on apps.
• Have a strong sense of urgency and ownership in your work.
• 6+ years of Android development experience.
• Fluent in Kotlin and Java.
• Familiarity with Android best practices (not reinventing the wheel).
• Familiarity with MVP, MVVM, Android LiveData and ViewModel.
• Familiarity with ConstraintLayout UI component
• Familiarity with Gradle and the Play Store guidelines and best practices.
• Experience with mobile test automation tools such as Espresso and Appium.

Wag! Group Co. strives to be the number one platform to solve the service, product, and wellness needs of the modern U.S. pet household. Wag! pioneered on-demand dog walking in 2015 with the Wag! app, which offers access to 5-star dog walking, sitting, and one-on-one training from a community of over 500,000 Pet Caregivers nationwide. In addition, Wag! Group Co. operates Petted, one of the nation's largest pet insurance comparison marketplaces; Dog Food Advisor, one of the most visited and trusted pet food review platforms; WoofWoofTV, a multi-media company bringing delightful pet content to over 18 million followers across social media; and maxbone, a digital platform for modern pet essentials. For more information.