Software Engineer, Android

About Zenly

Zenly was created because we wanted an easy way to know what our friends were doing. Naturally, we created an app - a map that lets you see your friends and what they’re up to. Millions of people around the world have since made us realize that Zenly goes beyond letting you know what your friends are doing. It actually brings you to spend more time with the people who matter most and moves you a little closer to them even when you can’t. We’re a small team of <60 passionate people determined to offer an alternative to products that were meant to connect us but only alienated us. An alternative that represents a true reflection of your world and those you care most about.

Position

Role

As an Android Engineer, you will work in a long-lived dedicated team/squad alongside contributors of all disciplines (Backend, Design, iOS, Product, Scientists, QA). You and your team will be responsible for an overall company goal and will work together at defining the roadmap that will lead to the most impact.

Currently, Android Engineers are working in teams like Conversation, Growth, App Platform, and Maps to quote only non-internal team names.

Our app

Zenly is written mainly in Kotlin with remains of Java but also quite uniquely in Go (we embed a shared library written in Go that deals with stuff like data synchronization, Network transport and cross-os app feature backends like the Chat or the Location pipeline). Our min SDK is 21.

We make extensive usage of RxJava in structural parts of the app like (lifecycle bound tasks, scheduling, multi-threading, reactive UI model, automated tracing) and have a fair number of internal frameworks built on top of it.

Last but not least, we try to push Zenly to the edge of the devices' capabilities and had much fun making non-traditional heavy UI experiences and animations on Android, sometimes heavily tweaking or going beyond what the system normally provides.

You'll contribute by:

• Participating in the elaboration and delivery of your team's roadmap.
• Working closely with our product and design peers to craft the best experience possible or the Android platform
• Using Zenly UI/UX principles to build industry-leading standards (smooth transitions, one-handed interactions)
• Delivering well-architected products with a high bar for UX craft and engineering high quality
• Ensuring that what we build works seamlessly on multiple Android devices and in low connectivity areas

Your qualification

What skills and experience will make you thrive

• Building Android apps in Kotlin/Java + std libs with strong knowledge of the Android SDK.
• Crafting elaborate UI interactions
• Solving UI performance issues
• Dealing with somewhat complex multithreading problems
• Digging in large code bases, including Android AOSP and API design
• Extensible software design (plugins architecture, API design, DDD)

What we offer

What to expect

• Have a direct impact on the company growth and innovation
• Be part of a company with ethics, along with smart people
• Participate in building a product with positive incentives

Wait! there is more?

We take great pride in our office based in the Bastille area with a green atrium and emoji pillows. We even built in a climbing wall and a massive hammock to relax.

All of us are offered an awesome package including other perks:

• Competitive compensation package (including RSUs)
• Handled relocation and visa procedures
• Between 30 and 35 paid days off not including bank holidays (insane, isn't it?)
• Allowances: international phone allowance, gym membership allowance, and a meal allowance
• 100% coverage of your health insurance for you and your partner
• Public transportation subscription reimbursement (100%)
• Weekly yoga and meditation classes in the office
• Language classes in the office
• Fun: trips abroad every year with the whole team (French Alps, Sicilia, Majorca, Marrakesh)
• Pet-friendly office 
• Free drinks and snacks of all kinds (homemade pastry, fruits, etc.) every day :)

Think you’ve got what it takes? Take a step forward to apply!