Android Developer HowAboutWe
Who We Are
HowAboutWe makes it faster, easier and more fun than ever to get offline on awesome dates. We are the offline dating site.
We?re a well-funded ($18.5mm), rapidly-growing startup with headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. We build breathtaking products that transform people?s lives. You can read more about us here.
In addition to our core dating product, we are currently focused on creating the world?s most innovative mobile/tablet dating applications and a new application focused on helping couples discover and buy amazing date experiences.
Our engineering team is small, smart, and fast. We value and support: independent thinking, agility, testing, pair-coding, analytics-driven UX design, constant deployment, and tight feedback loops. We are mobile-focused and foresee that within 2 years well over 50% of our traffic will be mobile.
Who We?re Looking For
You are an experienced Android developer who wants to join us in creating a native Android App to go with our suite of large consumer-facing dating products that are transforming the way people find love online and offline.
See our current iOS App
As a smart, creative, and independent thinker, you want to have a large impact on our products. Your contributions will span the entire product lifecycle from weighing in on design to anchoring rapid agile feature development to maintaining operations environments.
Our products are extremely client-side intensive and requires the right mixture of design eye and engineering expertise.
The ideal candidate has:
1-2 years experience building native Android applications.
Strong Java background
It's a plus if you have:
Strong understanding of web standards and modern client-side engineering using JavaScript, SCSS, HAML, Compass, CoffeScript, et al.
Experience with Ruby on Rails
Experience working with other mobile platforms such as iOS, RIM, Windows 7, Symbian, etc.
Experience working with Adobe Photoshop to prepare assets
Web and/or print design background
Benefits
Competitive Salaries and Stock Options ? We pay highly competitive salaries in addition to significant stock options.
Sustainable Pace ? Our whole team is committed to a full workday of energized work that includes an hour lunch break and leaving at a reasonable hour. Really.
Agile Process ? Our product development is hugely collaborative and includes working directly with our stakeholders on delivering business value, pair programming and daily stand-ups.
Modern Development Tools ? We use Pivotal Tracker for project management, GitHub for source control, Ruby, Rails and VIM.
Equipment ? Each developer is outfitted with a new Mac Book Pro for development work and we pair on the latest, large-screen iMacs.
Continued Learning ? We?ll pay for developers to go to several conferences a year to continue learning their craft.
Health Insurance ? We cover 100% of health costs for every team member.
Ten Paid Holidays ? Our office closes for all standard paid holidays.
Fifteen PTO Days ? We encourage all team members to take vacation and recharge.
Food & Drink ? Stocked fridge, some team meals, etc.
This position is for full-time employment on-site in our office in DUMBO. We will support relocation for the right candidates.
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New York City, NY
United States
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