Senior Android Software Engineer - App Platform

About GameChanger:

We believe in the life-changing impact youth sports have on and off the field because they encourage leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and confidence—important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches, parents, and volunteers, organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community, we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.

So if you love sports and their community-building potential, or building cool products is your sport, GameChanger is the team for you. We are a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City, and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.

The Position

GameChangers App Platform team empowers app teams to build, test, and deploy world class user experiences with low complexity and high confidence. The team’s areas of stewardship include CI/CD, testing frameworks, logging/observability, architecture foundations, modularization, dependency management, and operating system support. The team’s work is more strategic in nature as they seek to stay ahead of anticipated needs. 

As a Senior Android Software Engineer on the App Platform team, you will gain a deep understanding of what engineering processes work well and, conversely, where opportunities exist to improve developer experience. You will be a technical leader, guide, and mentor on strategic initiatives focusing primarily on the Android platform. You will report to the App Platform Engineering Manager.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and build solutions for our app teams that make it easy and delightful to do the right thing at scale.
• Work within and help evolve our tech stack: We currently use Reactive MVVM (Jetpack View Model, RxJava/RxKotlin), LiveData for state, and Jetpack Compose for UI. 
• Work with mobile delivery stakeholders (engineers, designers, testers) to decide what to build.
• Work with your Engineering Manager to plan your strategic initiatives.
• Teach and learn with engineers across the company. 
• Promote responsible engineering practices and mentor team members.

Who You Are

• Demonstrable experience with modern Android architecture and design patterns.
• Solid understanding of best practices in software design and architecture, including familiarity with CI/CD.
• Customer-focused; understanding what our internal customers want and then building it.
• Strong communicator and collaborator. 
• Data driven decision maker.
• Curious, willing to dig deeper; understanding that the first answer may not be the best or even correct solution.
• Comfortable saying no to a multitude of cool things in favor of building the right thing.

Perks:

• Work remotely or from our well-furnished, modern office in NYC's FiDi.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Technology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years to purchase new technology.
• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA/HRA., and coverage for family/dependents.
• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.
• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.
• Retirement savings - 401K plan offered through Vanguard, with a company match.
• Generous parental leave.
• Commuter benefits.
• DICK'S Sporting Goods Teammate Discount.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

The target salary range for this position is between $105,000 and $210,000. This is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes incentive, equity, and benefits for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay.