Senior Android Engineer

Company Background:

Maven is the leading women’s and family healthcare company. Named the #1 Most Innovative Company in Health by Fast Company in 2020, Maven advances women’s health, family planning, and diversity in the workforce by empowering parents to plan or start a family while growing their careers. Employers love Maven because it helps lower their healthcare costs while improving their ability to attract and retain women and working parents. Founded in 2014 by Katherine Ryder, Maven has raised $90MM, and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Icon Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Spring Mountain Capital, Female Founders Fund, Harmony Partners, and individual strategic investors Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Natalie Portman, and Anne Wojcicki.

Job Description:

We are implementing modular, reliable designs utilizing Kotlin and state of the art tools (Retrofit, coroutines, Architecture Components, RxJava, Dagger). Our focus is on producing applications that are useable, accessible, reliable, and responsive to changing business needs. As a Senior Android Engineer you will be working with a cross functional team including backend engineers, visual designers, and the rest of our mobile team.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Develop an end-user’s understanding of our application and work with visual and business design specifications to meet the end-users’ needs.

• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Develop unit and instrumentation tests for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Requirements:

• At least 6+ years experience developing Android apps.
• Experience with Kotlin preferred
• Exposure to modern application architectures (MVVM, etc).
• Proficient with Android Studio and Git
• Experience with Android SDK
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies

At Maven we believe that a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences enrich our teams and allow us to achieve above and beyond our goals. If you do not have experience in all of the areas detailed above, we hope that you will share your unique background with us in your application and how it can be additive to our teams.

Benefits & Perks: 

Mavens are united in their quest to improve the health and well-being of women and their families in our community. We seek to empower all of our team members to fulfill that mission and reach their full potential regardless of function, geography or experience level. That’s why we invest in our Mavens, who are our most important asset in achieving our mission. To that end, we offer:

• Choice of great medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options, including a plan for which the premium for Mavens is 100% covered by Maven
• Access to the Maven platform service and free Maven appointments for Mavens and generous credits for family & friends
• Free One Medical membership
• 401(k) plan
• Unlimited paid time off
• Monthly stipend for your choice of wellness benefits
• Weekly stipend for a *free* lunch
• One-time stipend to enhance your work from home experience (We will be working remotely until sometime next year!)
• A variety of virtual team events such as musical performances, game nights & happy hours
• 12 weeks parental leave and 2 weeks flexible time upon return
• Annual professional development stipend
• 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years